I was banded in May. I have had one fill in July. I'm doing great (33 lbs gone so far!), but I am experiencing SEVERE port-site pain. The pain is so great that I am unable to take full breaths. It is a very bad "bruise" type pain. I'm not sure what is causing it, but it does get worse around the time of my period (from cramping I think). When I am sitting it doesn't seem to be as bad, but when I try to stand the pain can be so severe that I am unable to stand up straight.

Any suggestions?

Hi Deezer,

I know I'm new to this site, but only yesterday had my first consultation with a lap band surgeon. He did mention that if the port isn't sterilised properly by radiologist it can cause an infection in the port area, he stressed this very rarely occurs, but if there is any pain, you must go and see a Dr straight away, as you are likely to need antibiotics.

Hope this helps and that you get sorted soon

kind regards

Suzanne

If your port area is red and swollen you definately need to call your doctor! I'm sorry I don't want to scare you but you really should call your doctor now. Even if you are not swollen or red it sounds like to me your body is telling you something

It seems to me that a port infection or possible infection are nothing to play with. Please see your Dr. ASAP. This may head off a lot of trouble in the future.

Good Luck

I was banded the same time as you were and even with a flipped port I have no pain, they did tell me however that ur port is stitched to your stomach muscles maybe its possible something popped insided there. I would go get checked out because I am not sure you should still have so much pain so far out.

hi...i was banded in nov 06...in march of 08 my dr said that he could not access my port and somehow it flipped...i occasionally did feel pain in my port but i didn't think that it had flipped so i had surgery to reposition it and the surgery was a piece of cake and that was in april....now i am experiencing pain in the port site when i walk for a long period so i am worried that mine has flipped yet again....i would go to the dr if it is constant pain.....