hello everyone just me here again

I hope some one can help me, as we all know my band is a naughty little bugger. But today its worse than usual,

Near the port site which is near my belly buton left hand side.

I feel as if its all tight and kinda heavy feelings as if its got a stich sorta feeling...its mildly painful but nothing huge...

What is this wierd feeling?

its only been happenin a couple of hours.

I havent had anything out of the ordinary...Its strange...

ANYONE? lol

Hiya Simmah!

If you were only just banded, this can be totally normal... But if you are further than a few months out, it could indicate a problem, and it is best to see your surgeon.

In either case, if is worrying you, talk to your surgeon, or GP (if your surgeon is hard to get an appointment for)

Looks like you were banded about 9 or 10 months ago?

If the pain is mostly constant (i.e. it's not a sharp stab and then gone) my guess is intestinal gas. It can really hurt! Try some Gas-X or the Aussie equivalent and see if it goes away in a few hours.

Otherwise: have you been doing any exercise that might have pulled the muscle your port is stitched to, like lifting something heavy?

My port feels like that sometime if I overeat (which isn't very much in non-banded terms), but anything that causes pressure on that piece of equipment can cause that feeling.

Hi , I find that when you eat and is not as small as the doc. want it to be , we get pain . is a little hole and the piece is a tad to big. and the pressure give alot of pain , back , sweat, dizzynes, also the weight of the belly ,if i may call it that, also put pressure. is so much to get use to and to know yours body's feeling, it take a while.. but , most of all talk everything over with you doctor's and feel better.

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Margie

band 4/5/04

ny. 295/237/gol 140

SMALL BITES IS THE KEY TO RELIEF THE PAIN....

yah i know wut ur tlking about i have been getting pain near my port too, i think in my case it from doing crunches and that muscle under the port maybe got allittle tight. idk but maybe you should call your doctors to see what they think, any way hope you feel better