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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | I would call the doctor and get yourself checked out. I had a port for about 2 years and at times it would be uncomfortable. That sensation would last for a couple minutes here and there. I never experienced anything like what you have described. Since you have said it gets clogged, that is NOT normal. Every month I would go in to get my post flushed and the nurses never had a problem with it being clogged. But this new pain and your history of it being clogged arent right. Ports are a great tool but they also come with risks and potential problems. Get checked out and hopefully its nothing major.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
