Hi,

I have a question for the bandsters. Do have a small buldge where your port is placed. I was only banded 10 days ago and see my doctor in the morning. he placed the port on my right side just below my rib cage. you can visually see the lump, and if you run your hand over it you can feel a hard mass, like a small golf ball, or maybe even a normal size golf ball. There is no pain, or redness, or heat so i wasnt really worried that it was infected. Any body have a similer experience.

Thanks in advance,

Brian

I was banded in January.....remember being able to feel it somewhat! After a little bit, maybe a few weeks, I wasn't able to feel it much anymore. Now, (down 42 pounds!!!) if I eat too much or eat a "bigger" portion than what I'm used to I feel a small bump there. It almost feels like all the food is sitting there waiting to go through?!?!?! Just made it through Easter dinner and am having the bump thing going on. As long as it's not hurting and you're not running a fever I wouldn't worry about it too much. Of course I'm not a doctor and if you're concerned you should call the nurse for their opinion to be safe.

I was banded on March 29, 2007, and I too have this lump where my port is. The doctor said it is swelling and will go away in time.

thanks 5jacks, i am seeing my doctor in the morning for the first since i had my band installed. I know i have dropped some weight from being on the

liquid's

, but will

wait until

tomorrow

to weigh at the doctors office.

lol

i was thinking i should of went on a liquid diet, saved the 8k for the band, just kidding, if that were true i would of done that, in fact i may have done that before. The other good side effects the last 4 days have been,

1. sleeping less but more sound, where is i was sleeping 8 to 10 hours a day i have been sleeping 6 to 8.

2. i started some light

cardio

Friday and have done an hour each day for the last 3 days. it feels really good to be exercising again.

3. My out look on life is much better, could be the new ring

syndrome but i am feeling much better mentally . I have to take

xanax

, as needed according to the psych. I have been talking it for along time, over 5 years, and the last 4 days i have taken about half as much as i was talking.

I am really anxious to weigh tomorrow, i know its not the band but this will probably be the first time my weigh went down in the last 2 years.

thanks for all the support, this board is great for info.

So I take it the port is just under the skin. (haven gotten banded yet)

yes, he told me he was going to place it just under the skin, but i would guess they have to embed it in some mussle or stich it in in some way so it is held in place.

i dont know if just under the skin, means just under the skin or 1/2 or 1 inch under the skin. My doc was vague and i didnt ask.

Good luck with you surgery, i hope all goes well for you. I had panic / doubt attacks twice, once right before the weeled me in, and the second time when the sun came up the morning of my operation, and i was in alot of pain.

I have no regrets now and feel i made the right decision.

brian

Since I have lost weight my bulge has become more prominant. It doesnt bother me much, only when I knock it.

Usually when you feel a half golf ball kind of lump it is scar tissue and it will likely go away in a few weeks after surgery. Most don't believe it and they are positive it is their port and then when they get their first fill they are shocked. It wasn't where they thought it was.

The port is sewn into the facia which is right above a muscle and below a fat pad. Several weeks out when all the sudden you feel a bit of discomfort at your port site, it is usually that muscle.

I wouldn't mess with it a great deal within a few weeks after surgery. You won't harm the port or yourself but it is easy to make it quite sore by pushing and tugging on it.

I have one and in my case it's scar tissue.

Mine is scar tissue, and I am 9months out and it is very prominent now. My delima is though that the port used to be about 1 1/2 inches below the knot, and now since I have lost weight the port is directly underneath it. They have told me that I will never be able to have fills without fluro now because the scar tissue is so hard to get the needle through.....

I feel a bulge and have even had my fiance feel it. Sometimes it bothers me, but not often. it is above my scar so i wonder if it moved. I remember when my doc gave me my first fill, it felt like him moving it, he said i wasn't supposed to feel any of that, but he wasn't alarmed. So, when i see him this month, i am going to ask him again. maybe i have a little bulge of scar tissue, i don't know.