Pain around chemo port?

[nitewind]

Hi Marie, I had some pain off and on with my port for about the first three monthes then it just went away.
I get my herceptin infusion every Friday, I find that's easier for me. I'm lucky that I live practically across the street from the infusion center.
Hugs

[Brenda_D]

I'm not sure but I read that some ports are stitched in place. If your's is, maybe reaching, etc, is pulling at the muscle, where it's stitched in place?
I had a lot of soreness around my port all during chemo. Seems it just started to heal and it was time for chemo again. It also hurt when I laid on that side at night, and pushed against it.
It's much better now, and most times I forget it's there.
I get Herceptin every 3 weeks, and I'm glad because I don't think I'd have time to heal enough from the stick, between infusions, if it was every week.
I'd recommend the 3 week regime as long as you don't have any problems with the strength of the 3 week dosage.