Port Pain

[wichell 1]

Hi,

I was banded on 8/17 and am still having a lot of pain where my port is placed. Is this normal??????

[A New New Dawn 1,695]

That is normal (unless it is inflamed, red, swollen, etc. or extremely painful). It is the largest incision with the most stitching/cutting, etc. to place the port. My surgeon told me that one would be sore the longest.

For me, it was pretty sore up until about 5 weeks. However, if anything seems abnormal, definitely contact your surgeon's office and let them guide you.

[Domika03 309]

I was also banded on 8/17, and every once in a while I feel what I would call discomfort, not pain. Sometimes when I bend forwardd I get like a twitch or something, and I wonder if I "broke" something. Like A new dawn said above, if you feel it's really painful, then by all means, call your Dr. It can't hurt to see what he thinks... hang in there

[LBSept09 33]

They sew your port into muscle. .. this takes a very long time to heal.

3years out I still feel twinges from time to time and a pulling feeling if I over extend that area.

[wichell 1]

Thank you for replying. I feel everything was not explained enough to me at the surgeon's office. It's not a constant pain, but sitting makes it worse and of course if I roll onto the area while falling asleep. I appreciate the replies:)

[cindyloulou 0]

That is normal (unless it is inflamed' date=' red, swollen, etc. or extremely painful). It is the largest incision with the most stitching/cutting, etc. to place the port. My surgeon told me that one would be sore the longest.

For me, it was pretty sore up until about 5 weeks. However, if anything seems abnormal, definitely contact your surgeon's office and let them guide you.[/quote']

What does it mean when it is red and inflamed and hurting? I was banded in June 2011. And I've been hurting for a couple of weeks. I have. Doctors appointment tomorrow. I was just curious what I would be looking at when I went to doctor??

[A New New Dawn 1,695]

By red, inflamed and hurting, I meant looking or feeling like it may be infected. It would be swollen, sore, red, etc. Mine was that way and it was an issue w/ the stitches (thankfully, no infection and was easily fixed).

[marfar7 1,533]

It's been almost 3 yrs for me and I stiil occasionally feel discomfort where my port is. Usually it's just after a fill or unfill, but last nite, it felt bruised. Haven't had a fill in months. I think I might have slept on it wrong the nite before.

Good luck!

Marci