I'll bet you all can probably agree, nobody slaps you on the back, till you have a sunburn and nobody steps on your foot unless you have a foot injury. I've had this slight fear that someone is going to hit me in my port and I will be rushed to the hospital after it tears away from my abdomen muscles.

Edited March 29, 200917 yr by BillOh

i have not been "hit" in the port yet, but i do notice a slight discomfort if i get bumped in the abdominal area or if i lay on my stomach sometime.

FEAR YOURSELF FIRST !!!!!!! I tapped myself at exactly 1 week, 2X in less than an hour. Two nights later rolled over onto bunched up blanket during the night and also most kicked husband out of bed. As my tummy swelling went down, my low profile port is setting out like a push button. Now as I lean over the sink or such I get a reminder.

FEAR YOURSELF FIRST !!!!!!! I tapped myself at exactly 1 week, 2X in less than an hour. Two nights later rolled over onto bunched up blanket during the night and also most kicked husband out of bed. As my tummy swelling went down, my low profile port is setting out like a push button. Now as I lean over the sink or such I get a reminder.

Good point. One of my cats, Sidney, loves to "hup-two" on my stomach and I swear she knows something is there that shoudn't be.

I say I have and it hurt like hell.My Lab jumped up on me and clawed me across my port.I was afraid to raise my shirt and look because I just knew that it would be hanging outside my body, held only by the tubing.

Yep and it hurt like hell!

I've got a toddler and we've got a full-size crew cab truck with a 6 inch lift and 35 inch tires on it. She loves to stand on the seat and leap at us (we're AT the truck, she's not really airborne!). Usually I'm ready for her but this time I wasn't and I was standing a little sideways when she leaped. Her knee directly nailed my port! I almost dropped her! She'll be 3 in 2 months and I pride myself on the fact that I've never dropped her! She almost hit the ground the hard way that day!

The other problem I've had is sometimes I still swell (surgeon says swelling can last upwards of a year) in the evenings, depending on what's happened during the day, and I'll bump the counters in the kitchen if I'm not paying attention. Direct shot to the port. When I swell, that part of my stomach "bumps" out a little more than the rest. Makes it easier to hit!

I try not to worry about it too much 'cause when I do, it seems to get hit or bumped more often! Certain situations, like getting DD out of the truck, I pay more attention to where I am in relation to what's happening. Other than that, it is what it is. Sure hurts tho!!!

I've been bumped by a three year old...also, my one dog develops pogo stick legs at night and likes to press them into my stomach! So far, all is well! :thumbup: