I was banded on July 18, and have no gas at all, and am not hungry. These are two great things. I have port soreness which I know is to be expected, but I feel like I was hit by a "freight train" in my upper body. I am 64-years-old and wonder if this is normal and perhaps age related. I just had arthroscopic knee surgery one week ago and force myself to get around, but the knee is still painful. I had a wonderful surgeon at Vanderbilt and wonderful staff and have the low profile port. The beat-up feeling worried me. It came about when I received a blood thinner shot before leaving the hospital and by the time I got home I was sore all over my upper body, but then we did have a 3 hr. drive home. We did stop and I did walk around the car a couple times though. Dr. C. is what I'm feeling normal? Thanks for your answer. I can take my pills without crushing them. Is this OK?

God Bless and Thank you for being here,

Dody

Dody,

It's really hard to say if what you're feeling is normal or not from where I sit. A lot of patients have upper abdominal soreness, especially in the area around the port as it is stitched to the muscle there. It may have more to do with the fact that you had two surgeries back-to-back more than anything.

Good luck,

Dr. C

Cincinnati, Ohio

www.TheBandDoctor.com 877.442.BAND

DISCLAIMER: I am not your surgeon, any comments made by me are not meant to be taken as medical advice, just general guidelines. Contact your surgeon about your specific problem!

The soreness is complete upper body, but may be age related also. Thanks for your reply. I'll give the surgeon's office a call and see if I can get any answers. Thanks again.

Dody