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I am 3 weeks post op. All going well until I started getting a sharp tearing pain below my port on the left side of my abdomen. Its fine if I sit or lie down but if I walk its agony and makes me double up in pain. Have been to docs and was told it could be kidney stones or diverticulitis. My urine also showed signs of infection.

I have spoken to my surgeon and he doesn't think it is a problem with the port but I'm not so sure. Its just too close and too much of a coincidence. Anyone else had any problems like this. It feels like something is ripping inside me.

Many thanks

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I get sharp shooting pains around my port incision (right side) and I am 4 weeks post-op. It hurts so bad sometimes I feel like my insides have ripped open. I was told it takes a full 6 weeks for you to internally heal since its such a big and deep incision. The surface is healed perfectly but I can tell I am not fully healed inside yet.

The pain comes and goes but notice if I sit too long it starts to ache so I get up and walk around for a bit and it eases.

I hope that its nothing more serious. In the meantime, I'd try to apply ice packs and make sure you are getting enough h20 and Protein to speed the healing.

Good luck to you!

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I had the same pain (off and on) for the first 5 months or so after banding. It will go away. It only happened when I moved a certain way or sometimes while at the gym.

Hang in there, it will get better.

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That is Weird I was told the Opposite, I was told that my port incision was just a shallow cut. I am almost 4 weeks post op and have been playing Golf, Walking and Lifting weights. I have some discomfort around my port everyone once and awhile but I have been doing this since 2 weeks post op.

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That is Weird I was told the Opposite, I was told that my port incision was just a shallow cut. I am almost 4 weeks post op and have been playing Golf, Walking and Lifting weights. I have some discomfort around my port everyone once and awhile but I have been doing this since 2 weeks post op.

Wow! thats impressive. There is no way I would dare to exercise at the minute. Thing is, the pain only started 2.5 weeks after the surgery so I just don't understand it. I have got 2 lots of antibiotics to take so will see how it goes. Thanks for all your replies.

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Wow! thats impressive. There is no way I would dare to exercise at the minute. Thing is, the pain only started 2.5 weeks after the surgery so I just don't understand it. I have got 2 lots of antibiotics to take so will see how it goes. Thanks for all your replies.

I am three weeks out, but at my two week post-op, I felt the same sharp pain, I had been walking around (on vacation), and all of a sudden, I had the sharpest pain on my left side, just under my largest incision, at first I thought it was my incision, and it was just irritated from my jeans rubbing against it during the drive and the walking, only to find the pain was coming from just under the incision. But it only happens every so often, not all the time, only if I have been sitting, laying in a position for too long or move the wrong way. But I am glad I am not the only one who feels like this!

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I am 3 weeks post op. All going well until I started getting a sharp tearing pain below my port on the left side of my abdomen. Its fine if I sit or lie down but if I walk its agony and makes me double up in pain. Have been to docs and was told it could be kidney stones or diverticulitis. My urine also showed signs of infection.

I have spoken to my surgeon and he doesn't think it is a problem with the port but I'm not so sure. Its just too close and too much of a coincidence. Anyone else had any problems like this. It feels like something is ripping inside me.

Many thanks

I had the same sharp pain but it varied from side to side. Are you sure you're not dehydrated?? I was dehydrated and also had a UTI. It took 2 rounds of antibiotics to cure the UTI but the pain lasted a lil longer than the infection.

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