port oowie

[Guest tlloyd]

Hi, I have just had my band 9 days now. The area where I think my port is seems to be burning a little. Is this normal or???

[Alexandra 55]

Hi tlloyd! Welcome to bandland and congratulations on your surgery!!

It's hard to say whether your burning port is "normal" based on just that. Does it seem to be healing oK otherwise? Is it closed, healed, not overly swollen? Healing wounds can itch a lot and maybe you're feeling a variation on that. If it's not pink and excessively warm to the touch it's probably not infected, but if you're at all worried a visit to your doctor is in order.

[Guest tlloyd]

Thanks for the info. The incision in closed and healing very well and just has a burny sensation underneath. Maybe I am just actually feeling the port.

[sharon 0]

My port kind of seemed like an "outtie", it doesn't stick out of the skin but for a while it looked very prominent. It will itch in the last stages of healing

[alice 0]

My port bothered me a couple of weeks too. I still have a bruise around it and it has been over two months.