Anyone know if excessive coughing ( I have bronchitis right now) can cause port promblems? Right now thats the ONLY area that hurt...well besides my throat. But my port area...its very bruised feeling. I told hubby about it...and of course he thinks I'm stressing over nothing. I'm 3 months out...so the port should be firmly in place by now right?

Thanks for any imput on my silly question. LOL

Melissa

Of course, I am no expert, but I would say you have nothing to worry about. Your port is attached to the muscle in your abdominal wall, so every time you cough, you are "disturbing" it, just the same as when you do crunches or stretch. It probably hurts even more than with other activities because coughing is such a violent movement for your muscles!!!

Never hesitate to call the doctor if it feels "wrong". She/he is there for your well-being, and I'm sure they can do a quick check to see if your port is okay!!

Rest, lots of fluids, and some great cough syrup (hopefully with some "good stuff" in it) should have you ready to go soon!

Hope you get to feeling better soon!

~cheri

I havent heard of coughing causing PORT problems, but - I HAVE heard of excessive coughing causing a slippage.

BE CAREFUL!!! and get some cough syrup. Its alot cheaper then band/port replacement surgery!

Hope you feel better soon!

Thats basically what the nurse told me today when I called the office. It's more likely to move the band than the port...but thats only in extreme cases. She told me to get som Mucinex to help loosen up the crud I'm trying to cough up. She thought I'd be alright as long as I didn't have any gagging type of coughs. So far so good, but now I'm paranoid. LOL She said if I was still having port area pain after the cough cleared up then they would check the port. I hope this cough doesn't last too long...I really want to get a fill soon.

Melissa

Even though coughing may not be able to loosen or disturb the port, I can totally see where it could irritate it. I had a bronchial cough right after surgery and it was misery. The area that it hurt me to cough the most at that time was my port too.......Hope you feel better. The ads fro that mucinex gross me out on TV.....hope it works for you though!

Right now...and for the past hour or two I've had this "gurgly burpy kinda jumpy sensation" and its driving me nuts...I'm not sure if it's bronch related or band related. It sometimes feels like its in the stomach area but others feels like its a little higher up, but still on that side. Its got me a bit worried...and hubby who knows me well said not to get worked up about it. It doesn't hurt just feels odd and unfamiliar. I ate real food for the first time since being sick today...Had about 3 oz of fish, and a piece of broccolli...I imediatly decided the broccoli was not going to feel right so didn't eat anymore.

Melissa

Hey Girl... how's the "gurgly burpy kinda jumpy sensation"???

feeling better?

Yeah, it was defeintly weird. Maybe it was just the noises some say their band makes when food starts going through. I mean I did go from totally empty there, it could have been a shock. Hasn't done it today, and the port area isn't hurting anymore when I cough either. Now I just have to worry about peeing my pants when I cough really bad. One thing about being sick...not hungry...so trying to eat like I'm supouse to and stay away from the carbs. Can't drink Water right now though, it has a "funky" taste, probally because I'm sick, but been drinking decaf, sugar free tea and sobe lean drinks.

melissa

Get ya some propel - good for you and tastes like Kool-aid!!!

Hope you feel better soon!

Really? The band actally makes noises? What kind of noises?