Botch Job on Port Installation???
Jennie
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Belly Button
Where did they put your port at? Mine was just under my collar bone, so I am confused why your belly button is hurting. Is that the area they put your port in?
As for your stitches, they disolve on their own and that can take up to a couple of weeks or more, everyone is different there.
I know my port area is still sore, well the incission area after they removed it and that has been about 3 months now, but there is nothing wrong with it. As far as when the port was in, I had strange pains through out the entire time it was in, especially when it tapped into the collar bone, but nothing that made me alarmed to something being wrong.
I am sure your surgeon will have some answers for you, Sorry you are going through so much trouble. Keep your spirits up, I am sure they will figure this out. You are in my prayers.
Debbie0 -
Hi Debbie,grandma2selena said:Belly Button
Where did they put your port at? Mine was just under my collar bone, so I am confused why your belly button is hurting. Is that the area they put your port in?
As for your stitches, they disolve on their own and that can take up to a couple of weeks or more, everyone is different there.
I know my port area is still sore, well the incission area after they removed it and that has been about 3 months now, but there is nothing wrong with it. As far as when the port was in, I had strange pains through out the entire time it was in, especially when it tapped into the collar bone, but nothing that made me alarmed to something being wrong.
I am sure your surgeon will have some answers for you, Sorry you are going through so much trouble. Keep your spirits up, I am sure they will figure this out. You are in my prayers.
Debbie
My belly button is a seperate issue. It has been an ongoing problem since my resection surgery. My port is in the collar bone area. I am hoping when I put that numbing cream on it I will not feel the pain that is there now. Thank you for your information. I appreciate it.
Jennie0 -
If I were youidlehunters said:Hi Debbie,
My belly button is a seperate issue. It has been an ongoing problem since my resection surgery. My port is in the collar bone area. I am hoping when I put that numbing cream on it I will not feel the pain that is there now. Thank you for your information. I appreciate it.
Jennie
I am just one of these, that if I were in your shoes, I would put some numbing cream on just to see if it helps with the pain. I can't tell you about that as I had to go through mine with out any of that wonderful sounding cream. Though I didn't find the chemo through the port to be that bad, and was only numbed once by needle and that was just the first time around.
Debbie0 -
Belly Button Blues
Sorry--couldn't help it--it sounded like a blues song to me. I had belly button issues, as well, but after about a month the worst went away. It took about 6 months for it to completely disappear, but then they opened me back up for the hysterectomy and I started over... Yep. I sang the belly button blues (insert harmonica here....)
Kirsten0 -
life after resection
after my surgery healed, I also experienced pain near my belly button. I talked to my onc about it and my next upcoming scan showed a hernia. My surgeon looked at it and we all decided that it was small and we would watch it. I have since had no pain from it. I was told it was not terribly uncommon following resection.
I heard a nurse tell a new patient today at my chemo treatment that the steri strips could stay attached for weeks! Hope you are feeling better soon!0 -
Belly Button Pain?
I also had this, so I had my onc check it out. It was a little bit of scar tissue plus a slight hernia which is common after surgery.
My port was sore and swollen for quite a while, and over the 6 months occasionally it did both me. I would have your dr check it out just to be sure, but I would think it's nothing major. Good Luck0 -
Portshoppergal said:Belly Button Pain?
I also had this, so I had my onc check it out. It was a little bit of scar tissue plus a slight hernia which is common after surgery.
My port was sore and swollen for quite a while, and over the 6 months occasionally it did both me. I would have your dr check it out just to be sure, but I would think it's nothing major. Good Luck
My port only hurt for about a week after insertion. The only time it hurts now is when I hug someone because I am thin it protrudes out and when someone leans on it, it hurts. I had dissolving stitches on the inside and liquid stitches on the outside so I didn't have to go and get any stitches removed. Let us know what the surgeon says.
Kim0 -
HerniaAnnabelle41415 said:Port
My port only hurt for about a week after insertion. The only time it hurts now is when I hug someone because I am thin it protrudes out and when someone leans on it, it hurts. I had dissolving stitches on the inside and liquid stitches on the outside so I didn't have to go and get any stitches removed. Let us know what the surgeon says.
Kim
Yep... some of you were right. It is indeed a small hernia coming thru broken stitches. Cannot do any surgery to repair it at this time because I that would make me have to stop the chemo and I definately cannot do that at this time. So... I am wearing that wrap around girdle thing I had to wear after my resection to ease pressure and it helps. I will just have to put that on hold or perhaps it will mend on its own.
Doc also looked at port.... removed steri strips.... said it looked to be healing fine... no signs of infection. He is not the doc who installed it and was not impressed at port access location which is right under the incesion(sp?) He said if right shoulder started hurting to call immediately... indication of possible blood clots??? Dang!
Jennie0 -
Port and Bellybuttonidlehunters said:Hernia
Yep... some of you were right. It is indeed a small hernia coming thru broken stitches. Cannot do any surgery to repair it at this time because I that would make me have to stop the chemo and I definately cannot do that at this time. So... I am wearing that wrap around girdle thing I had to wear after my resection to ease pressure and it helps. I will just have to put that on hold or perhaps it will mend on its own.
Doc also looked at port.... removed steri strips.... said it looked to be healing fine... no signs of infection. He is not the doc who installed it and was not impressed at port access location which is right under the incesion(sp?) He said if right shoulder started hurting to call immediately... indication of possible blood clots??? Dang!
Jennie
Jennie:Request an x-ray of the port! My first port was ok, my second bugged the hell out of me, no pain but it just was very uncomfortable. Oncologist and Surgeon poo-pooed me and said nothing was wrong with it. Finally they ordered an x-ray when they couldn't get blood return the day I was to start chemo and found that it had worked its way out of my jugular vein and was actually coiled up in my neck! Had another surgery to remove that port and put in my 3rd port!.
As for the bellybutton, I had my colon resection laproscopically and ended up with a good hernia. I have since had it repaired because seeing my bellybutton sticking out like a huge marble wasn't pleasing. The hernia surgery was much worse than the hernia itself. You might just have an umbilical hernia too.0 -
Not Belly ButtonWenchie said:Port and Bellybutton
Jennie:Request an x-ray of the port! My first port was ok, my second bugged the hell out of me, no pain but it just was very uncomfortable. Oncologist and Surgeon poo-pooed me and said nothing was wrong with it. Finally they ordered an x-ray when they couldn't get blood return the day I was to start chemo and found that it had worked its way out of my jugular vein and was actually coiled up in my neck! Had another surgery to remove that port and put in my 3rd port!.
As for the bellybutton, I had my colon resection laproscopically and ended up with a good hernia. I have since had it repaired because seeing my bellybutton sticking out like a huge marble wasn't pleasing. The hernia surgery was much worse than the hernia itself. You might just have an umbilical hernia too.
Christie.... It's the belly button area.... it's not actually my belly button... It's in an area about 1" to the left of my belly button.... but still a hernia there where stitches broke or whatever inside and thats where the perferation is. I had 2 x-rays on port the day after they put it in and it was fine but now I am going to get another.... thank you!0
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