Wondering if anyone has ever dealt with abdominal spasms from your port to your midline.

I got my hand in 06. In 11, I was training for a half marathon....after the race, I started having these seriously major muscle spasms at my port. It continues to today. I have to be very careful how I use my abs...movrment the wrong way will set it off. Even sitting up to get out of bed or sitting in a chair....i was at a dinner party and had to excuse myself 6 times during the course of dinner because sitting in the chair set it off....i can't take this anymore! I this enough of a health risk to get this thing out of me and have insurance pay for it?

I often have this problem, too. Sometimes the pain of the spasm is so severe that I nearly double-over. I talked to my doctor about it, and she believes the port is probably irritating a nerve. The more active I am, the worse it is. Fortunately, it's not a constant condition. It comes and goes. I might have a week or two with a lot of spasms and pain, and then I'm fine for a month or more. My doctor suggested I take tramadol for a couple of days if it gets bad, and that does actually help. Personally, I don't consider this a health risk - it's an annoyance and an inconvenience.