It's been 2 1/2 years since I have been banded and over the past year I have noticed severe pain in/around my abdomen. I went to the Dr. And she said it couldn't be the lap band bc the band is actually very high up. Only concern would be if it was around my port but I have had no problems with my port. I told the Dr. I eat a lot of sugar free and diet things and she said that it could possibly be gas due to the ingredients in all of the sugar free stuff. So I completely cut out ALL sugar free things in my diet. I noticed it is not as bad but I still get the pain about once every 2 weeks or so. Has anybody ever experienced this??

I was having the same kind of pain and I've definitely noticed that it is a lot less if I cut back on the sugarfree stuff. I wasn't paying attention to the Crystal light and that in itself was giving me a wicked stomach ache. I hope you feel better.