port removal?

I was wondering how many of you had your port removed after treatment? I have finished with my year of Herceptin now and was wondering if I should go ahead and take it out? It sits really high and is very noticable when I wear short sleeved shirts.
I know that I am at a high risk of recurrance so I'm kind of stuck on what to do. Did any of you have your port removed and then had to have one put in again? Was it a lot of trouble & pain? Thank you!