Hi, I just had the biggest scare as of yet. I was going for my usual daily brisk walk and started having severe abdominal pains. It was so bad I was thinking it was my appendix and I was crying like a baby. It was on my right side halfway between my port and pelvis. I could barely walk back to work. Luckily, I work in a health care setting, a nurse took my blood pressure, it was 163/103, and I was able to lay down and rest for awhile. The pain is still there but now is very dull. I was banded on October 3rd and only have 4cc's in it right now. I spoke with my Doctor and she said that I probably just tweeked it a little while exercising. She said take some Motrin and relax and go easy with the food.

Has anyone else had this pain before? I wonder if this is something that is normal with the band?

Maybe it's not related to your band at all - I'm not a doctor, and have no medical background, but it sounds a lot like how I felt with my gallbladder. I had gallstones about 7 years ago, well before I ever considered being banded. The only thing is that walking helped that pain subside. When I went to the ER, they told me I fit the 4F profile for gallbladder disease - Female, 40, fertile and fat. When it happened I had started losing a lot of weight, and they said that rapid weight loss contributed to it. If it happens again, I think I'd throw it out there as a possibility.