Well it's official, my port is coming out emergently tomorrow at noon (December 28th). I am nervous and incredibly relieved all at the same time. Please pray that I do well with the procedure/anesthesia. My doc is planning on giving me at least 6 weeks to heal before going in and putting in a new port in a different location. I'm hoping I don't lose any of my restriction by having the procedure. Most of all though, I'm just relieved to get the baseball sized knot removed from between my boobs!!!:rolleyes Thanks to all of you for your support and words of encouragement through the past 4 months. I'll keep you updated on how it goes.

I hope all went smoothly for you today & that your resting comfortably. Heal well & rest. God Bless

Thanks everyone for the well wishes. I'm home....The procedure itself was about 45 mins with a 2 hour recovery room time. I have to say, I wasn't expecting it to me this much. I am in just as much pain as I was with the band being put in. He removed the port and left a gaping (and I mean gaping/deep) hole in my stomach to drain out all of the infection. Praise the Lord it is over. I had my nurse friend come over the pack it with gauze, as I couldn't do it to myself. I'll try to take some pictures tomorrow when I have another dressing change. Warning though, it is pretty gaudy and not for the squeamish

Thanks again! You guys are awesome:squareeye

It sounds like you are going through the same thing Lisa (DeLarla) had to do with her port removal. She had a gaping wound and had to pack it as well. I have some pics of her wound around here somewhere. I will let you post yours first.

Penni-

That would be great if you could post the pics. I have tried searching under Delarla's posts and couldn't find. Thanks.

I will only post one here. They are pretty gross pics. If you wanna see any more just PM me. The wound is packed with gauze in this pic.

eeeewwwwwwwww, and owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

You poor babies!!! I can't imagine the feeling or pain of that!

Hope you are well!

Too many de-ported people...