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Had my surgery on 11/21...my port site is very sore....when standing, I feel some heaviness on that side and discomfort....how long till this pain passes...I am trying to not use the pain meds...I seem to need to hold that area as I move about...no redness...everything looks like it is healing...besides walking around the house and I am not doing alot...other areas not painful...just wondering when the pain eases....thanks!:(

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My port incision was sore for about ten days. My incision was infected and once I started on antibiotics, the soreness stopped. I'm 25 days post-op and have no soreness anywhere and I haven't for a couple of weeks.

The only symptom I had of the infection was that the edges were red and there was a lighter red band spreading out from the edges. My doctor saw me eight days post-op and said I might have an infection and to look for either the darker red or lighter red spreading further. Sure enough, a couple of days later, I noticed the lighter red had spread so my doctor called in antibiotics for me and that was the end of it. I never had fever or swelling.

So watch for infection but otherwise, your should be feeling less pain as each day goes by. If not, I'd call my doctor!

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I had that feeling like I had to carry my belly around just to keep that pulling feeling away. Yes - it hurt. I want to say that around 5 days post-op, that pulling feeling subsided for the most part. I took Vicodin up until about 8 days post-op (only one when the pain was unbearable while I was working days 4-8 post-op), but mostly just because parts of my job are physical and getting in and out of a vehicle so much wasn't helping. I'm now 10 days post-op and the port site is FINALLY starting to feel "normal." It twinges a little in the morning and when I'm getting in and out of the patrol vehicle, but feels fine most of the time. :lol:

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