Port Incision

[Little2be 0]

Hi, I"m having problems with my port incision. My surgery was July 29 and I was doing great other than a defill two days post op due to excessive swelling. After that, nothing but smooth sailing. Until my first fill that is. I don't know what happend, but it hurt like crazy. And bled all the way home. The bandaid was saturated and I was a mess. Shortly after that I developed a huge bruise over the port site.

My incision became puffy and dark purple and then a small hole developed. It leaks all the time. SOmetimes pus and sometimes just a bloody mixture. I have been to the surgeons and my family Md's twice now and both say, don't worry it's just a local infection.

On friday, I was allowed to have another fill. I still have drainage from the one end, and now the other end is starting the same thing. It is getting darker and darker and it looks like it's almost ready to pop there too.

I feel like a goof everytime I go to either the family MD or the surgeon, but I'm worried and they dont' seem to be.

How is it I know pus is abnormal and they aren't bothered?

Any suggestions?

[bethmal 0]

Hi, I"m having problems with my port incision. My surgery was July 29 and I was doing great other than a defill two days post op due to excessive swelling. After that, nothing but smooth sailing. Until my first fill that is. I don't know what happend, but it hurt like crazy. And bled all the way home. The bandaid was saturated and I was a mess. Shortly after that I developed a huge bruise over the port site.

My incision became puffy and dark purple and then a small hole developed. It leaks all the time. Sometimes pus and sometimes just a bloody mixture. I have been to the surgeons and my family Md's twice now and both say, don't worry it's just a local infection.

On friday, I was allowed to have another fill. I still have drainage from the one end, and now the other end is starting the same thing. It is getting darker and darker and it looks like it's almost ready to pop there too.

I feel like a goof everytime I go to either the family MD or the surgeon, but I'm worried and they dont' seem to be.

How is it I know pus is abnormal and they aren't bothered?

Any suggestions?

Hi - I just went through sorta the same thing. But it wasn't from a fill.

In July, I noticed a little bubble bump on my port incision. I called my surgeon and went in. He was at a loss and we decided to watch the area to see if there were any changes.

A month went by and it got worse. It actually felt like something was stabbing me. So, I went back and he lanced it open and sure enough there was a pus pocket or abcsess there. Again, we were both at a loss because I haven't had a fill in over 2 years. He sent me for a stat endoscopy - to rule out erosion. The area drained for 2 months and I was on antibiotics for 6 of those weeks. The area was not getting any better so I had to have emergency surgery on the 30th to remove my old port, move the tubing over and have a new port placed.

The new port hurts like heck but there is no infection anymore.

I hope this helps you a little.

[Dana36 0]

I have the same thing. I had surgery on 9/14, and my port incision never closed completely. I was glued shut, not stitched and the glue came off of that incision very quickly. It has an opening about the size of a dime and it leaks puss and sometimes a little bit of blood all the time. I went to the surgeon, he said it was a surface infection, and gave me some cream for it. It just doesn't seem to be getting any better though.