is this pain normal?

[erinrutledge 0]

i have a pain in my abs near my port. it is in the inside and it just feels a little tight. just sore right there. i am only 4 days post op, so i figure this is probably normal. but i am curious if anyone else had anything similar to this.

i hope this makes sense, its kinda hard to describe

[Cocoabean 430]

I had a lot of pain inside above my port. My port is on my left side a few inches to the side of my belly button and several inches below my ribs.

The pain was right below my ribs on the left side. I finally deduced it was gas pains. I still get it from time-to-time, but not nearly as bad.

[Chele6378 0]

I had and have all sorts of weird pains and I'm almost 10 days post op. Any pain around the port area I pass off as port pain. Any pain just below my breast bone I call band pain. Any other pain I'm calling gas!

I have named my band, her name is Frita Bandita. Sometimes Frita gets crabby and pinchs me to let me know she's there.

[mjbf 0]

Yes it is normal--mine hurt in the exact same place as yours and didn't go completely away for 4 weeks! Good luck--it does get better!!

[erinrutledge 0]

thank you guys for your responses. i'm just slightly paranoid since i am new to this. but i did figure it was normal.

thank you again guys!!

[MaryfromMI 5]

I had pain similar to this and I asked my doctor about it at my follow-up appointment. I would get a stab of pain between my port incision and the incision close to my belly button. My doctor said that it was the tubing of the port causing that pain.

[cariel 0]

I was banded last Thursday and I'm very sore around the port incision. Bending really causes a stabbing pain. (I had no idea how often I bend in a day prior to this) I've been told the ports are stitched into the muscle surrounding it and that ads to the pain.