Hello All,

I am 8 days out from surgery & my pain has been minimal & I have been bragging to everyone how blessed I have been with such a great recovery...even my scars look good....except today I woke up with EXTREME port pain, it feels like its pulling & tearing....is this normal, has anyone else experienced this

looking forward to some responses.......

You might want to call your Dr. My port site has been very tender, but I have had no pulling sensation.

My surgeon swears that the port pain gets worse between days 8 and 10. I was warned of this. Something to do w/the healing process.

Don't be afraid to call your doctor and ask for something differnt or an apt if the pain is that bad.

Hope you feel better soon

I'm 6 days out and my port is killing me, though no pulling sensation. However, the pain isnt bad enough to be taking my lortab, I am only taking tylenol. I did a bad today, I soaked that incision in my bath today and then iced it down. After my bath, I cleaned the incision really well with peroxide and then replaced the steri-strips. My incision looks really good and is closed and I had my friend who is a corpsman look at it before I did this. I know it was wrong, but it hurt and was so irritated, something had to change. It feels so much better....

I am not saying to do this. Definately call your doc if you feel something is major wrong, otherwise I would say try icing. When I had my hysterectomy 2 years ago, I woke up in recovery with my tummy covered in icepacks and I healed so well and was so much more comfortable...

Hi:

I think you should call your doctor. There could be something going on besides healing.

Let us know how you make out.

I love my band and my new flat tummy!

Sue