Ouchie Owwww Ow! Dang port!

[lovecats85 2]

Ok, so doc says it's Ok that there is a hard area of swelling with a diameter of 6 friggin inches around my port. He said it was ok and it was normal and it would just be that way for a few weeks. But I have to complain b/c this didn't start until one week out and it's growing and growing and getting super hard and it hurts SO BAD. Did this happen to anyone else? I guess it's ok if my doc says it's ok - it's not red or infected looking - just painful and hard! I am 2 weeks out - when will this go away? Is this really normal b/c I'm having a hard time believing my doctor since I've never heard anyone else complain of this on LBT and I really beileve if you guys had felt the way I do and had a big hard pancake around your port, you would have posted on LBT.

[mousecrazy 2]

It didn't happen to me, but I THINK I have read about someone having a hematoma, so I wonder if that is what yours is? I think I would go to the doctor and let him/her take a look. Don't mess around with your health, you know? Keep us posted, Cindy

[DeLarla 22]

I didn't have any pain with my original surgery.

I didn't have any pain with my port removal.

But when Lopez replaced my port and left me with a huge gaping hole, I was doubled over for weeks in pain. OUCH!

[banded_for_life 2]

Laura, my band was put in on 9/23 and mine is hard and still a little swollen. I only feel pain if I press on it or try to lay directly on it.

[Lynn B 0]

Laura - My port location is not hard but it was placed right at my waistband so after a full day of sitting and standing at work (having my pants bump my port on the way up - press against it while I'm sitting - and bump it on the way up) I am pretty sore. I hope that yours resolves itself and you feel better soon.

[tztmama 0]

I can't feel my port by touching but it is still a little sore when I lay on my stomach.

[Rockin' Robyn 15]

I am the one who was hospitalized for the huge hematoma after my first fill of the port. I had my second fill 2 weeks ago, and again, had a huge hard knot around the area of my port. The weird thing was this time it wasn't as painful as the first, and the knot grew more slowly and started 2 days after the fill. I think in some people, there are blood vessels that actually grow around or close to the surgical site after surgery as part of the body's healing process. I have come to the conclusion that this will be something I always have to deal with. I'm going to just plan and take it very easy after fills. As far as the hematoma's (blood clot) in the tissue resolving, my doc said there is nothing I can do except wait for the body to reabsorb the clot and take pain meds if it gets too uncomfortable. Hang in there! I know how you feel, but it will all be worth it in the end