Hi everyone I was banded in Sep. and when they did my surgery they said they would be fixing a hurniea. Since I was banded I notice a hard spot above my belly button under my scar. This gets inflamed and red and painful I went to my doctor and he said it was a hematoma and that I just need to wait do it to go away. I have continued issues with it swelling pain and redness. In Dec I went to the ER because I was having pain in my upper stomach area rite under my breast bone and the pain started moving into my back and chest. ER doctors told me they couldn't find anything and that I needed to follow up with the surgeon and my primary care doc. When I saw the surgeon he said he had no explanation and that he didn't feel it was related to my band then he went on to say that it might be because I'm heavyer in the stomach are that with me exercising it might be making me have some discomfort. (Load of crap because when I was much heavyer I worked out mor vigorously and never had any issue) my primary car doctor insisted that it was acid reflex and gave me some acid blockers (didn't help) after a while the pain started to go away but now since Sat I have been in so much pain and again not able to eat but also this time it even hurts to swallow liquids. The pain is again in my upper stomach under my breast bone and now spreads almost to my sides it's a constant pain that hurts more any time I swallow or move and sometimes when I breath. This makes everything more difficult. I also feel very nauseated and I keep feeling like I have to burp but can't. Went to a new primary care doc. Today and was given different acid blockers and had blood work done and was referred to a gastrointestinal doctor. Sorry this post is so long I'm just so sick of the doctors telling either they don't know why I'm having these pains or that it's due to my Wieght. Has anyone had any issues like this and if so did u find out what was causing it?? Thank you for any info you have in advance...

Melina

I understand completely. The pain has gotten better because I'm eating soft/slider foods. But my stomach still feels sore & bloated. I'm going to LB surgeon since both the endoscopy & abdominal CT showed the band in place. Good luck to you and please post what you find out from your second opinion.

Hi Robbiegirl

I will definitely let you know what I'm told and I hope they figure out what is going on with you too.. I hope you feel better... And please post what you find out too..

Update on the abdominal pain & bloating: Had the upper GI this morning and the radiologist told me he did not see anything abnormal while looking at the screen. Will review pix and then send to surgeon. So now I have had an endoscopy, Abdominal/Pelvic CT scan & the upper GI. All normal. My fear was a slip, erosion, dilation or something, but for now I will chalk this up to the change in medication 3 weeks ago as that seems to be when the pain began. It's good news for sure! Going to give the tummy a good rest (have been doing that & lost 7 lbs in a week) for at least another week before eating anything much. Just doing mushies & liquids now.

Aiyani's Mom: I hope everything is going well for you!

My latest update: So found out that the lump in my stomach is infected had to have it cut open and drained... (Ohhh so fun) not really painful. They also found that my port is dislodged!! From my CT scan. The cause of this?? He said its because I'm heavier around my stomach so there was a or of push an pull on my port!!! Complete and utter bullshit I am soo angry.. I mean it's not like he didn't notice that I carry most of my weight in my stomach why would they not put it in a better place from the very beginning... He even mentioned this to me after my second adjustment that they might have to move the port because it was hard to get to.... And as far as this infection this is something that I have been complaining about from the very beginning... And they just told me and continue to tell me it's a hematoma!! Yet at my last visit at the beginning of January he stuck a needle into it and pulled out what look to me like puss which would mean this has been infected for a long time... I think we are going to talk to a lawyer because we shouldn't have to pay all these extra bills to go to the ER and specialty doctors because they won't take care of the mistakes they made.. Anyway sorry for the rant... Hope you are feeling better

Melina

Hi Melina,

I am a newbie and I have learned a lot by reading your topic involving pain. I do hope you feel better. I am giving my stomach a rest also and I plan to have an 1cc unfill due to discomforts experienced that might be related to the band. I do plan to have some tests done also to rule out the possibility of other conditions. I do want to take a test also to make sure that my band is in place as well. Reading your entries have been quite educational. Thank you for your sharing and I hope you feel better soon!

After reading the articles on Green Zone and Maladaptive Behaviors, I understand more how you can easily move from the green to the yellow to the red zone. It is so important to understands complications that can result post surgery or shortly after this surgery.

bettje

It sounds to me like esophogeal spasms I just encounter 4 hours of it today horrible pain it takes your breath away and the area that your talking about an the feeling sounds just like it. I was banded in July 2012 and I started having them in October so basically unexpected severe pain once or twice a week for the last 9 months. I'm at the point where I'm so sick of it I want my band out but I paid out of pocket so I feel like I would be wasting so much money to do that. I plan on getting my second refill this Thursday and hopefully there will be some improvement.