My port is a pain!

[Rueann16 0]

I can always feel my port. When I close my car door, sleep, bend over... You name it. This is such a pain. My surgery was about 9 days ago... So I'm new at all this. I could be just swollen, or this is something I just wasnt aware of...Will this ever go away?

[Penni60 45]

My port was like that for awhile after surgery. Your body is still adjusting to the port and the band so give it some more time. I had my surgery in April and then had port revision surgery in July (my port was tilted). I am just now getting to where I can't feel the port but every now and then I feel a little pain shoot through the area. It is normal from what I have been hearing.

The "feeling" of the port will lesson over time, but you will probably always be aware of the port but shouldn't feel pain.

You are still recuperating from surgery.

[Rebeccalee 2]

My port was placed right between my 2 belly rolls and got pinched every time I sat down. It was pretty miserable for a few weeks. Now that the belly rolls are smaller my port doesn't bother me at all. It just took some time. It's fairly common to have soreness in the port area for a longer time than the other incisions.

Hope yours improves quickly.

[Kiera 2]

My port was quite noticable and uncomfortable for the first two or three weeks. After I lost about 30 pounds I did not notice it any more and now I really only notice it when I dig around there with my fingers and occasionally when I lift something heavy I sort of feel it but it does not hurt or anything. Just give it time and yours will probably settle too.

[Janie Jackson 0]

Hi. I too am allways aware of my port. It is kinda of a bother. My port was sore for several weeks after surgery but now there is no pain I am just aware of it and can feel it anytime I touch it. Give a few more weeks. Best wishes...Janie

[LisaG 0]

I found that one of the ladies in the support group described the pain as bruised. I am aware of it especially when I'm lying down and especially when I see the cat is about to jump on me! I find myself very protective of the port area. It was sore for it seemed like a month. You have stitches which need to heal.

[leatha_g 4]

My port bothers me anytime I wear jeans or tight fitting clothes around my waistband. It also bothers me during exercise. It's right where I need to bend to do certain machines or stretches.

[Rueann16 0]

Thanks for the replies. Looks like I havent given myself enough time to heal. I guess since the rest of me was healing so well, I thought that the port area would heal at the same rate. Good to know I'm not alone!

[barelythere 1]

do any of you have the low profile port?? it is so small and after you lose a lot of weight, you may want to change. i was banded 06/13/02, so the low profile port might be the only one they use now??? it may also depend on where your surgeon placed your port. i have heard of it being placed in several different areas.

the reason for me changing to the low profile, was because i had a port leak 6 months post op (this was found when i had an appt for my 2nd fill). when they got me into surgery (local anes), they found my plastic piece that comes off the port had totally broke in half. i never felt a thing. so they went ahead and switched the port and its great. very small and comfortable. my first fill 6 wks post gave me bad news too. they couldn't get the needle in the port and so i had to have it done under fluoro. they found that my port sutures busted and my port flipped over on its side. so that was fixed ..... the good news is i lost my first 60 lbs with my band totally empty (although i never knew it was) and i would do it all over again in a minute. life is good.....

[Janie Jackson 0]

Ginni, Tell us more about yourself... Thanks Janie

[barelythere 1]

hi janie & everyone. i just signed up yesterday. this is my first time to get on anything like this although i've been banded over two years. i lost 95 lbs in 15 months & my life has definitely changed. size 20 - size 8.....i now have 3.1 cc's in my band but don't believe i would ever have another one. food gets pretty limited when you have this much in your band. i'm still fighting my way through all the emotional eating habits that i have owned for 49 years, so that in itself has been a struggle for me. i had my band done in canon city. dr's wagner/brown were the first surgeon's in colorado to do the band, & i thought this is my last chance at being thin. i never did any research or even considered the gastric bypass. i just did it we started a support grp here & i have made a lot of good friends. we cheer each other and struggle together but we are all bonded together. we know and understand all the stuff. its so great to get into this group though. thanks for asking about me.....

[DeLarla 22]

I'm an expert on problem ports. I don't even have one. I was banded 5/5/05, but my port area never healed. It's normal to have some discomfort, but if the area is hot, tender, swollen, or badly painful, make sure to see your doctor. My port incision became infected a week after my surgery, but my doctor blew me off and told me it was normal. This went on for several weeks, and they kept telling me, "Just give it time." But eventually it got so bad that the tubing popped out of my belly. By the time I got to my doctors office, there was an entire 1 inch loop of tube sticking out of my skin. They had to remove my port.

Your problem is probably normal, but ports are nothing to mess around with. Donali had to have her port fixed after reaching too far (she kinda bounced to give herself the extra push to reach something.)

Just like if you have breast implants, you'd want to be a little more careful. Same thing here - be careful reaching, lifting, exercising. Love your port and your port should love you (even though though mine didn't love me.)

[bushbaby 8]

I am so sorry for all of you. I have never even felt mine.

[DeLarla 22]

Oops, I didn't mean to worry anyone! It's just that we have a foreign device in our bodies, and an ounce of prevention is worth pound$ of cure.

[Janie Jackson 0]

Ginni, Thanks for sharing with us. You are an inspiration. I cant imagne a size 8. WOW! Ill be tickled if I get to a size 14. When I loose 10 more pounds I will be in the 100s. Cant wait. Please keep posting and if you can put up some pictures. Thanks again.I allways baby my port. After hearing about Donali flipped port from streching. My work partner fell off a ladder today She is fine just going to be bruised some, but I thaught whoa what if that had been me and I damaged the port, so its on my mind a lot. Talk to us again Ginni...Janie