I had my Band put in 12-30-09. After the first couple days the initial pain of the surgery faded away. Then the other night I was watching TV and started laughing and the area where the port is was hurting quite a bit. And every time I laugh, it still hurts. Then this morning I sneezed and I got a real sharp pain in the same area. Is this normal? When does this pain go away? I'm a bit nervoud and put in a call to my doctor but today is a surgery day so the nurse told me he probably wont call until late tonight.

I had to keep a small pillow handy so that if I coughed, sneezed or laughed, I could grab it and hold it against my tummy. Otherwise it hurt! This lasted for little over a week. I think it's pretty normal.

Lordie don't get the hiccups! UGH

It must be normal, because sounds like quite a few of us are dealing with the same thing. I was banded on 12/23 and I still have that issue. I talked to my surgeon and he said it could occur for up to 4 weeks. The port is actually stitched to your muscle, so it doesn't move, but everything else wants to.

My port area was sore for a while, every once in a while it would start aching again out of no where, even weeks after the surgery.