After feeling a "pop" on Fri afternoon after putting a load of laundry in, I checked out my painful "port site" (hasn't been a port there since my July 2013 revision) and there was a hard lump there, much bigger than the usual scar tissue. It was like someone was giving me an Indian burn inside. Everytime I used my ab muscles (sitting, standing, lying down) it hurt. All day Sat it burned. Hubby started googling it and started freaking me out that I had part of my intestines sticking thru. So I went to the ER.

After trying to reduce it (push it back), they did an ultrasound. It wasn't intestines but instead a fatty tumor that broke thru the muscle. Told me I had to see a surgeon. I c my primary care next Monday for a consult. Diagnosed me with an Incisional Hernia. Guess it's more common with people who have had more than 1 surgery on the same incicison (as in mine - where my port was and where they took my stomach out).

Just updating on my previous post about the pain on port site...

Wow, please let us know what surgeon says

Excuse me. I wasn't going to respond to this but I can't help it now. What the heck is an Indian burn?

Excuse me. I wasn't going to respond to this but I can't help it now. What the heck is an Indian burn?

LOL. An "Indian Burn" (not very politically correct of me, I guess) is when (usually a kid) twists ur wrist with both hands, frontwards and backwards at the same time.

Didn't know this was a new term. Maybe I'm telling my age (46)???

I had my port removed and they removed my stomach on the opposite side...I hope you are doing ok, hugs!!