I'm two weeks post op and doing fine except for Fluid build up around my port. It keeps me from being able to sit up straight or lean forward because if pain.... And I mean "take my breath away" pain. My doc said the fluid will dissipate and he gave me a refill on my pain med. I don't know why I didn't think to ask how long it should take to go away... I'll call them today . In the meantime, have any of you experienced this ? If so, I sure would like to hear from you about how long it took for it to stop , if there is anything I can do to speed up the process or whatever you care to share. Other than that I'm feeling good and doing well I've lost 25 pounds so far, 19 of them in the past month from the high Protein pre-op and liquid post-op . I had my first mushy food last night, fat free refrained Beans with a little cheddar cheese. Yummy ! I will get my first fill on June 7.

I had this got really bad day 3. Almost gone now day 11

Yes, this is very normal. I really thought my port area was going to be sore for as long as I had my band,lol. Some good friends here, that was ahead of me, promised that it would go away and it did.

It was sore up to 6wks post op, not take your breath away, but uncomfortable.

At 2wks you still have a lot of swelling. Hang in there, I too promise "it will go away".

try a heating pad all the time it helped me a lot and have a lot of bm"s that will get the air out.

I was banded on 3-21 and also had fluid build up around my port.