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Has anyone ever hit their port because they forgot it was there??? :faint: I did the other day and it scared the crap out of me!! :omg: I was reaching behind a futon and the frame is made of steel and I hit it just right and it is still a little tender. I have to admit I have done it more than once. Anyone else? :)

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Yup, I had to devise a new technique for reaching into the washer. Ouch! the first time I leaned in to get the clean clothes out and bent over on my port. I also had a few bumps with my then 2yo's knees, elbows and heels, especially when changing diapers! Ouch again! It's less tender now, and I've adjusted fine to maneuvering around it. It's like learning to avoid a PB. The learning curve is different for everyone, but it doesn't take long to figure it out! LOL

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I must still have enough padding to keep me from "bumping" it, but thanks for the heads up.

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I've hit it a few times. I've remedied that mostly, but I can't keep my cat from stepping on it! She likes to sleep on top of me at night, so she just climbs right on up there. Usually I can sleep through it, but if she steps right on that one spot, my eyes pop open!

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I lay on my tummy the other night to do some stretching after my run, YOUCH!

I dont lay on my tummy often, its a pregnancy thing that's lingered for me and I always expect to feel that icky weird feeling of laying on your baby.

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WHAT IF i ever got a punch in the port area? I used to play boxing long time ago, but do you think it could be a killing punch (the one over the port)? or not really?

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I live in an historic home and we have a high, enameled sink in our kitchen -- the kind that sits on 4 legs like a table. Anyhow, I often bump my port on the front of it when rushing around the kitchen at dinner time. Sometimes it's a dull pain like you hit your funny bone, other times though it feels like I got stabbed! Youch! It doesn't seem to bother me more, or less as I lose weight, but in general I find my port is more pronounced now.

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I had my surgery on the 10th of March 2006 and my port is swollen. Does anyone know what this might mean. I sent my doctors pictures and he advised me to take IBpuprofen and put heat on it. I did this last night but it still swollen this morning. What do yall think?

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