Hello all..I'm new here and thought maybe I could get some insight from some of you! I've been banded for 10 months, have lost 73 lbs and I'm currently at 137 lbs...my dilemma is this....just this morning I've noticed something near my port that feels long and thin and goes from my port area up towards my rib cage. Today is the first time I've ever noticed it and its pretty prominent. Could this be the tubing? Is this normal to be able to feel it, should I be concerned? I'm freaking out a little over this!

Hello all..I'm new here and thought maybe I could get some insight from some of you! I've been banded for 10 months, have lost 73 lbs and I'm currently at 137 lbs...my dilemma is this....just this morning I've noticed something near my port that feels long and thin and goes from my port area up towards my rib cage. Today is the first time I've ever noticed it and its pretty prominent. Could this be the tubing? Is this normal to be able to feel it, should I be concerned? I'm freaking out a little over this!

Im not sure what this could be. Call your doctors office and talk with the experts. Hope this helps.

Hello all..I'm new here and thought maybe I could get some insight from some of you! I've been banded for 10 months, have lost 73 lbs and I'm currently at 137 lbs...my dilemma is this....just this morning I've noticed something near my port that feels long and thin and goes from my port area up towards my rib cage. Today is the first time I've ever noticed it and its pretty prominent. Could this be the tubing? Is this normal to be able to feel it, should I be concerned? I'm freaking out a little over this!

I can feel my tubing. It is kind of strange like a long worm what goes from the center of my body just under my rib cage down to the left of my belly button. I can feel it better closer to my ribs and it kind of disappears into my body as it gets lower.

It hurt once because it was too close to the surface of my skin and my doc wanted to move it but then I had to have the band removed anyways.

The tubing with my new band I can feel and my doc says it is no biggy.