Port "Pinches"

[ChicagoRose 650]

So I have noticed in the past week that when I sit for too long and go to stand, I feel a slight pinch at my port site. Other times, like while driving, I feel tenderness at my port site. I'm pretty sure it's just from my abdomen being scrunched together but does anyone else have this problem when sitting?? I see my surgeon again on June 4.

[kileybug34 173]

I have a problem if I sleep on that side. It gets sore and also after doing ab exercises. I think it is pretty normal for me to be a little sore there when doing those things.

[B-52 7,113]

I used to get this all the time, early on.....sharp tearing like pains around my port.....NOT little pinches..

My surgeon explained to me that my port is stitched to my abdominal muscles, and done so when I had a big, stretched belly.....

But as I lost weight, and did stomach crunches during exercising, my stomach got tighter....puling these anchor points....

Now that I have lost all the weight, and my stomach is once again flat and tight...I no longer get these pains...no matter how hard I bend, flex, exercise, etc.

So in my case anyway, it was all contributed to loosing weight and regaining muscle tone....

[Wanna-Be-Healthy 46]

I used to get this all the time, early on.....sharp tearing like pains around my port.....NOT little pinches..

My surgeon explained to me that my port is stitched to my abdominal muscles, and done so when I had a big, stretched belly.....

But as I lost weight, and did stomach crunches during exercising, my stomach got tighter....puling these anchor points....

Now that I have lost all the weight, and my stomach is once again flat and tight...I no longer get these pains...no matter how hard I bend, flex, exercise, etc.

So in my case anyway, it was all contributed to loosing weight and regaining muscle tone....

Congratulations on your weight loss! Now that your stomach is flat and tight, does the port stick out?

[B-52 7,113]

Congratulations on your weight loss! Now that your stomach is flat and tight, does the port stick out?

Like the creature in "Alien"...it's right there under 1/4" of skin....you can see every nook and cranny, including the tubing that snakes towards the center of my belly then vanishes at it goes deep.....

I had a kink in my tubing once and we were able to massage it to get it straight.....

There are many posts about ports being visible, I should take a photo....