Hello, I am a little over 3 weeks out and Ive noticed a strange sensation in my port area. The best way I can describe it is numb. I have feeling there, but it is significantly less than everywhere else on my stomach. Previously, it was burning and I understood that to be the port settling in. Now though is this strange feeling. Did anyone else experience this, and does it go away or is this permanent? I will be speaking to my doc about it when I see him in two weeks I was just wondering for now. Thanks.

Oh yea, that is normal. Mine is the same way. I actually just asked my doctor about it a few days ago and he said it should go away in about a year. It is just scar tissue and sometimes that can cause a numbing sensation.

I had the same thing when I had my Caesareans.It took a while for the normal sensation to come back.

I had the same thing and about taking a year, your right on there it's almost a year for me and it's gone away...

Wow, I had no idea that woud happen. It's great to know it's normal though. This is why we need LBT; for simple answers to things that might have caused us to worry. Thanks guys.

I WISH mine were numb!!!!!!

I hope it gets that way!!!....right now I have days were it's no problem and others where it feels like I'm being stabbed with a hot knife. I'm hoping that this is all part of the healing process and as time goes on my muscle and tissue will get back to normal.

In the meantime i think I'll start chanting....Please go numb, Please go numb....

Hi Big Mama - I too recently had surgery and my port area is very sore. I was trying to get out of bed without disturbing the cat (what?), and felt a really sharp pain. Since then, it's been pretty sore now for about a week. I'm hoping everything is okay, and the nurse didn't seem to concerned about it at post-op so I kind of know what you mean. Sometimes its better than others.

I'm 10 days post op. Port area very sore and numb.

I think it really depends on the person and their body...I'm 15 months post op and my skin around my port still has a numb area where the incision is.

I am almost a year out and still have the numbness were my port is....(so I am hoping it will go away soon).....a stranger thing is that I am losing weight everywhere except right in my front midriff right were the numb area/port is.......now I have always carried my weight from the waist down and before at this weight I never had a little midriff pooch........not too happy about that....the numbness is just a strange feeling if I run my fingers across it but I wish the pooch would go away.............