I was banded on 4/29 and aside from the HORRIBLE GAS PAIN, everything seem to be going GREAT. Last Wednesday I ate some chicken breast (very soft) and when I was in TERRIBLE pain, I thought maybe I had overdone it. I havent experienced the barfing or even nausea yet so I thought it was "my turn". When it wasn't better Thursday but now WORSE, I ended up in the ER on Friday morning. They did a CT and discovered a 7.2 x 4.1 cm HEMATOMA right above my stomach. UGH!! So I followed up with the surgeon today and she said there's really nothing they can do about it. I can apply HEAT and HOPE it goes away in about a MONTH. Seriously it looks like I swallowed a BASEBALL and it's SO uncomfortable. Of course she said it's not all that common. When they put in the port, they must have knicked a blood vessel, causing internal bleeding and now it's hard as a ROCK. They "could" do more surgery but the insision would be HUGE and they would probably have to also take my BAND out. :thumbup: So now I'm supposed to wait for MORE bruising to appear and that means its being reasorbed back into my body. FANTASTIC. OH...and it hurts like HELL to EAT because when I do it presses up on my alien baby.

I was banded on 4/29 and aside from the HORRIBLE GAS PAIN, everything seem to be going GREAT. Last Wednesday I ate some chicken breast (very soft) and when I was in TERRIBLE pain, I thought maybe I had overdone it. I havent experienced the barfing or even nausea yet so I thought it was "my turn". When it wasn't better Thursday but now WORSE, I ended up in the ER on Friday morning. They did a CT and discovered a 7.2 x 4.1 cm HEMATOMA right above my stomach. UGH!! So I followed up with the surgeon today and she said there's really nothing they can do about it. I can apply HEAT and HOPE it goes away in about a MONTH. Seriously it looks like I swallowed a BASEBALL and it's SO uncomfortable. Of course she said it's not all that common. When they put in the port, they must have knicked a blood vessel, causing internal bleeding and now it's hard as a ROCK. They "could" do more surgery but the insision would be HUGE and they would probably have to also take my BAND out. :thumbup: So now I'm supposed to wait for MORE bruising to appear and that means its being reasorbed back into my body. FANTASTIC. OH...and it hurts like HELL to EAT because when I do it presses up on my alien baby.

Jeez, I haven't heard of that happening from being banded before. I am so sorry you are going through this. I hope that applying the heat works.