Port replacement: the sensitive skin bandage was still too much for my mast cells. Yesterday, within 24 hours of having the bandage over the 2 incisions, the itching turned to pain and itching had me very disgruntled.

I couldn’t drop cromolyn on it like I had last time because this time they’d placed gauze under the clear window part of the bandage. I’m pretty sure they believed they were helping. I wish they’d been correct.

It took a long painful time to get the bandage off. The hubster ran to the drugstore for paper tape before they closed. Paper tape hurts, too, but it’s not in a place for coban and the bandage was supposed to stay on for 3 days. I had nonstick gauze pads here.

It hurt less than the night before. I removed the paper tape in the morning and added more in a different spot. Again midday. The incisions look fine.

Photo of the MCAS reaction in comment. It is not as bad as when they didn’t use a bandage for sensitive skin.