I had my surgery on March 15th and still have a lot of pain where I believe the port is. Is this normal or should I be concerned. I also feel a lot of pain when I try to lay in bed on my left side. Was wondering if anyone else experienced this same problem.

Hi MaggieD1216,

I think the pain you are feeling is normal. I was banded the 19th and I'm still experiencing pain around my port as well. Especially when I exercise. I did find that if I wear an old pair of spanks(or somehthing similar) that are a little big that the pressure helps. I also still sleep with a heating pad on my belly and have found that if I lay on the heating pad on my left side, it usually helps. I also notice that first thing in the morning and after exercising that my port is very noticeable like it comes to the surface it looks and feels like the size of an egg.

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I think the pain you are feeling is normal. I was banded the 19th and I'm still experiencing pain around my port as well. Especially when I exercise. I did find that if I wear an old pair of spanks(or somehthing similar) that are a little big that the pressure helps. I also still sleep with a heating pad on my belly and have found that if I lay on the heating pad on my left side, it usually helps. I also notice that first thing in the morning and after exercising that my port is very noticeable like it comes to the surface it looks and feels like the size of an egg.[/quote']

Thank you for posting this....getting banded in a couple of days...good info.

I was banded feb 6, 2012 and it took me about a month in a half to get rid of all the pain around the prot area. I relayy think it depends on each individual person. Some peoples bodys have a harder time accepting foreign objects than others..mine had a very hard time with it! Im ten weeks out and the only time i have trouble now is if i wear jeans that are to tight and push in on my port area. But its nothing extreme, its just uncomfortable. So i just dont wear those pants and dont have any problems lol! But like i said i think you will be fine before long. I was very concerned and even called my doctor multiple times asking if it was normal. He had me take tylenol ever 6 hours and that helped tremendously!