Exercise and Port Pain

Anyalee · December 16, 2007

Does starting to exercise make the port pain go away quicker? This is excruciating for me- I can't sit up in bed or lay on my side.....I just had surgery Thursday- but want to be moving around. (without hurting so much)

jelbel · December 16, 2007

Calm down and try to rest, the pain will go away in a few days. Don't think about exercise yet,your body needs to heal and you are probably full of gas too.

Two weeks post op is a good time to start.

HHWALJ · December 27, 2007

I had surgery on 12/11. Felt so good by 12/17 that I overdid and ended up in the ER on 12/19. Rested like the surgeon told me too after that and now I feel awesome! I was so worried the pain would never subside, but it has. I love my band. I am worried that now the swelling has gone down, I 'm starting to have an appetite for more food. It's going to seem like forever unitl my first fill on Jan 22.

KATHY ALVAREZ · December 27, 2007

I had surgery on 12/11. Felt so good by 12/17 that I overdid and ended up in the ER on 12/19. Rested like the surgeon told me too after that and now I feel awesome! I was so worried the pain would never subside, but it has. I love my band. I am worried that now the swelling has gone down, I 'm starting to have an appetite for more food. It's going to seem like forever unitl my first fill on Jan 22.

had surgery in august filled in october dr said port was tilted and am having a lot of pain in that area think i have to go back to get port fixed but dont want to spend the money could it be what and how much im eating feel like munching all the time

KATHY ALVAREZ · December 27, 2007

banded in tj 8/07 filled in october 30 but having much pain live in fl but have to return to mexico and pay extra plus the cost of the fill the dr who filled me was extremely rough and had to guess how much to put in by having me drink Water my counselor thinks that the port has slipped and i am in a lot of pain anyone with similiar experiences also hungry a lot want to eat about every hour someone help

TulipStar · December 27, 2007

No, exercise does not make it better. Just rest up. If you exercise too soon, you risk injuring yourself. Especially don't do any ab work before 6-8 weeks po.

Good luck on your recovery!

NataliesMommy · January 11, 2008

banded in tj 8/07 filled in october 30 but having much pain live in fl but have to return to Mexico and pay extra plus the cost of the fill the dr who filled me was extremely rough and had to guess how much to put in by having me drink Water my counselor thinks that the port has slipped and i am in a lot of pain anyone with similiar experiences also hungry a lot want to eat about every hour someone help

Oh no, Kathy. Your story starts off exactly like mine did. Did you use Betancourt medical in TJ?? I did. And like you, I was having pain at my port site, they told me it was tilted and inflammed. If you did use Betancourt, please don't allow them to try to fix the problem. They very well could make things worse. I found an American doctor to treat me, and we've been dealing w/ my port infection for almost 2 years now. She had to go in and flip my port back over, which she was able to do. However, we haven't been able to kick the infection. I will probably have to have the band removed soon before the infection, that was diagnosed as pseudomonas, causes irreversible tissue damage, if it hasn't already.

I'd be more than happy to answer any questions you have.

aubrie · January 25, 2008

I never had any port pain at all until I started exercising. The floatation belts for deep Water aerobics KILL me. I have to go without one. WOW! What a workout that turns out to be!! Now that I've started doing Ab work, my port hurts all the time. I know that the port is stitched to a muscle. When this muscle tightens, does this cause the pain and soreness?

morningoasis811 · January 28, 2008

I had port pain, stress, discomfort for 2 months post op. My overall general surgery soreness and pain went away completely by one month.

Give yourself time, everyone is different.

Lala D · January 29, 2008

Aubrie - I have some port discomfort especially when I am using the stomach muscles. My pilates instructor said that made sense to her as the stomach muscles are pushing on/against the port. I had surgery in late 10/07 and as I do more exercises and strengthen my abdominal muscles the discomfort is much less. My first time back on a tread mill with an incline (after only walking outside) I thought my port had come loose it was so painful. It definitely gets better, how quickly seems to vary greatly person to person.

Take care.

thistledo · January 29, 2008

Hi Anyalee

I am two weeks post op and everything is fine except for serious port pain. My experience is that exercise does not improve the pain. I tried walking but was in a lot of pain afterwards, so now i'm trying to keep up the pain meds and rest my body.

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