Port Pain

Shelby · September 2, 2007

Hi All - I was banded on Tues 8/28 and still have alot of pain in the port area. The only relief I get from the pain is when I'm laying down in bed. Sitting and standing hurt sooo much. I'm going back to work on Tues 9/4 (desk job - lots of sitting/standing) and I'm freaking out! I'm keeping up with the pain meds but that doesn't seem to help much.

Should the port pain last this long and be this intense?

patricia · September 2, 2007

Hi Shelby.

I had port pain and it lasted about 1 week and then subsided. Where is your port located? Mine is near my belly button on the left side.

Shelby · September 3, 2007

Hi Patricia - mine is the left side and a little higher than my belly button. It's just so painful. The incision is fine but it's all the pain behind the area... make sense? I know it's the muscles healing but man o man I'm in constant pain. I'm hoping today will be better but so far it's not. Thanks for responding!