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large hard ball around site

I have a large hard ball around my port site, I noticed this yesterday today It seems to have gotten larger,I have intermediate sharp pains at site also.one side of my belly is larger than the other. Has anyone had this problem?

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You're probably feeling your port.

What size ball? Is your skin red, swollen, or hot? Are you running a fever?

How far post op are you? I actually have the same thing and I am 5 weeks post op. The doctor said it was inflamed possibly from over working myself to soon or it could be cellulitis. Cellulitis is a spreading infection of the skin that usually begins as a small area of tenderness, swelling, and redness on the skin. As this red area begins to spread, the person may develop a fever, sometimes with chills and sweats, and swollen lymph nodes ("swollen glands") near the area of infected skin. This is actually common after a trauma or surgery. I didn't have the fever or chills however it did get very itchy. I also got charlie horses above my port quite frequently for a while so you may be experiencing the same thing. It's been a week since my visit and he put me on medication (Keflex) and the size actually has gone down over the course of this time. Hope this helps :)

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How far post op are you? I actually have the same thing and I am 5 weeks post op. The doctor said it was inflamed possibly from over working myself to soon or it could be cellulitis. Cellulitis is a spreading infection of the skin that usually begins as a small area of tenderness, swelling, and redness on the skin. As this red area begins to spread, the person may develop a fever, sometimes with chills and sweats, and swollen lymph nodes ("swollen glands") near the area of infected skin. This is actually common after a trauma or surgery. I didn't have the fever or chills however it did get very itchy. I also got charlie horses above my port quite frequently for a while so you may be experiencing the same thing. It's been a week since my visit and he put me on medication (Keflex) and the size actually has gone down over the course of this time. Hope this helps :)

It will be 4 weeks post opt on 29th, I have DR visit today at 330pm ,I am scared hope not herniated ,do not want surgery again so soon

I'm Post Op on Day 12 and have something similar.

It's where my port is on my stomach on left side.. Kinda hard and does cause a little bit of pain from time to time. It's harder in the morning like my band is tighter. I think I'm just not completly healed and may still be swolen. When I'm full it's also harder.

I just had my followup appointment with my surgeon last Friday and everything looks okay.

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