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Port Broke Out

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maziemommy    8

maziemommy
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OMG! OMG! I never....

My port is stitched to ab wall/muscle. No way would I, or my doc, think we could/should expect it to break skin, and exit my body. I am told it has been placed with... reasonable expectations.. of it being untouched for life!

My honest opinion is for you to both seek 2nd opinion professionally.

Good luck and wishes for great health to you all.

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catzintj    1

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port breaking through the skin. wow. that sounds very bizarre. i would not think that that is normal......... i would be freaking..... careful about infection.

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tlwempen    0

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hello, how is your mom? i feel like my port is trying to come out!! i have severe pain and reddness at my port site. i can barely stand the pressure of my clothes against it. let alone my own hand! it is just under my skin and when i lay down it sticks way up. did your mom go through this? my next fill and check-up is april 16th. my doc is gone the whole month of april.

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mini_me    3

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hello, how is your mom? i feel like my port is trying to come out!! i have severe pain and reddness at my port site. i can barely stand the pressure of my clothes against it. let alone my own hand! it is just under my skin and when i lay down it sticks way up. did your mom go through this? my next fill and check-up is april 16th. my doc is gone the whole month of april.

pain and redness? these are signs of infection that my doctor would want to see in his office POST HASTE!!!!!

U NEED TO CALL UR DOC IMMEDIATELY!!!!!

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tlwempen    0

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dr. dennis lewis in riverton wyoming. i'm going to call on monday, i was supposed to see him on the 7th. his nurse called to cancel because he will be out of town for a month!! my port is right under my skin! i don't think it is infected. i did a lot of lifting on friday so that might have something to do with it. i'm 4 months post op. the pain is not getting better.

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sharona    2

sharona
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this shouldn't be happening at all...regardless of your weight loss...you need to get to your doctors and if he is not reacting get another doctor. I am a nurse and I'm telling you this is a big problem

sharon

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HeatherO    7

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I would definitely look at getting a different doctor if her doctor thinks this is normal. If he is also the one who did the original surgery, I would try to seek a different surgeon to replace the port as well.

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tlwempen    0

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calling my doc on monday. my check-up is on the 16th. i'm thinking it is cause of the lifting i did. we got our shippment of lawn and garden in, so i did a lot of lifting. then we had to put them together, so i did a lot of bending twisting and pulling.

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sharona    2

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NO...your far enough out from the surgery the lifting shouldn't have had a thing to do with it. Your looking to justify what sounds like a lousy physician.

sharon

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tlwempen    0

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found out my port slipped. had the corrective surgery yesturday and they raised it a little higher, so hope no more problems!! but is was infected.. think that is what caused the slippage. they are doing a culture on some tisue samples. started my third round of anibotics yesturday also. i'm thinking i've had the infection for a long time maybe even his the original surgery.

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