4 weeks post op - abdominal muscle pain

[trinity2008 0]

I am 4 weeks post-op and last Thursday I noticed a slight tenderness near the incision of the port area. It was a dull feeling on the left side and then on Friday the tenderness went to the right side, then subsided. And now it hurts so much more back on the left side that when I woke up this morning I could not sit up and had to take small baby breaths. I called my husband into the bedroom and told him to call the center for the doc on call. The doc called and spoke to my husband who then asked if I had any swelling, which I don't; if I had any redness in the area where the pain is, and I don't. But when I push down slightly on the left side and pain is excruciating and when I sit up it hurts like hell. The doc said that it could be a hernia, to take some tylenol and see if it helps. Tylenol took the edge off, as well as the heat pad, but the pain is back. But when I spoke to my mother I was told that hernias often display a bulge, which I do not have. What in the world could be causing this much pain?? DId I tear scar tissue? Or has my port slipped out? How does a person know if its the port moving around? When I push down I don't feel any kind of port. I still have no idea where its located.

I plan to call the office in the morning to get an appointment. I just don't understand why this came on so suddenly. I am scared.

Anybody else experiencing this??