hi,my name Ashley i am 12 w/cf and i have a port on my left side it does stick out a little but they said as i gain weight it will not stck out as much i only weigh 65 lbs but it is a nice thing to have because they don''t have to stick you all the time, They can num it when they access it with a very small needle and you don't feel nothing and they can draw all blood out of it after being accessed instead of being stuck every time and you cannot swim with it accessed when they deaccess the port you can swim but i hope that was helpful