Hello,

I was wondering how long you all had discomfort in the area of the large incision where the port went in. It is not pain on the outside but way inside and it comes with physical activity. I can push on the area and it does not hurt. It is not warm to the touch or red. It feels like muscle pain inside, deep. I can not bend down all the way to the floor without holding on to something because the left side doesn't have the strength that the right has. It has been 8 weeks since surgery. Did this happen to anyone else? If so how long until I am back to normal?

Thanks,

Jody

Banded 2/17/05

Hi. I had my surgery 1/12/05 and had port pain for atleast 6 weeks. It was tender and hurt when my jeans would touch the area. Check with your doctor if the pain continues but that is a big incision so it does take time to heal. Good luck.

I find that I had to find a new way to sit every 10 -20 lbs. IE - Sit proper or my port had fat/ flab rubbing against it. The more I sat wrong the more it hurt like your describing, As I lost weight it has gone away (unless I slouch at the computer screen a lot).

Port pain does get better and go away. However, I was told that the port is stitched to stomach muscle (lots of stitching) to assure it remaining in place. So, it takes longer than the other incisions to heal. Mine is fine now, although I did have some problems with it in the beginning. Hang in there, it will be fine.

Thanks you guys, I was concerned something was wrong.

Thanks,

Jody

Jody, I still cannot sit in some of the desks at school. The edge of the desk presses too much in a couple of my classes. It should get better as I loose weight and as I heal more.

Cheers!

Speaking of pain, what do you guys do to help relieve trapped air? Everytime I eat, air gets trapped in my chest...leaving me extremely uncomfortable. I end up banging on my chest so that I can burp to relieve the pressure. Anyone else have this problem?