I have had the same port pain for over 9 years since my surgery. I stopped using my Lap band (LB) after two years (completely unfilled, no slips). I have suffered in silence with this constant pain for a long time because of the shame I felt that I did this to myself and thought why would I not hurt? I have a foreign object in my body! But enough is enough. Last night I layed on my left side and just wept. I am so tired of hurting. The LB removal bariatric doctor did not even look at my port?
I had the lap band put in 5 years ago. I failed myself big time, I gained all the weight back and some. Lately I've been experiencing pain near the port. Could the pain just be from the added weight? I've starred trying to eat better this week & want to start exercising too.
All of a sudden I'm having 7/10 pain all around the port and it's also radiating towards my umbilicus. It's constant and burning/sharp pain, no matter what position I'm in .i didn't injur myself today. It feels warm to touch and swollen but not red, the incision is almost healed and looks good. What kind of port problems could it be?
I have had this ache on my side for three weeks. I originally found my port to the right of my belly button after surgery. I had no issues for the first week. Now I can feel my port right below my rib cage. I went to the ER and they said put ice on it and hopefully once the swelling goes down it will migrate back down. I'm still in pain. It feels like a constant side cramp that you get from running, except it feels like the port is rubbing again something. What should I do? Is this common?
Last week I had a fill appointment and my doctor said I was way too tight. So I was eating but the food was not going through fast enough and my pouch was stretched out. So she removed all of the liquid in my band to allow my stomach to return to normal. As soon as she removed the liquid I felt a strong pain under my breastbone that made it painful to breath. The pain went away after a couple of hours but now I feel this pain come and go even though I'm eating as I should. Is this normal?