I was banded on April 17th so I'm about a little over 3 weeks post-op and everything has been fine up until about 4 days ago when I started feeling this terrible pain around my belly button. My access port is two inches above my belly button and 4 inches to the left. When I'm sitting or when I stand up I get this sharp pain going from my belly button to about the closest stitch next to it. It feels like a needle being pushed through my belly button toward my incision.

Does anyone have any experience or advice about this? I did some research and I believe I might be experiencing internal stitches being pulled along my muscle tissue but I'm not sure. Any thoughts would provide some comfort; this is the first surgery I've ever gotten.

i would call and let dr know just to be safe but i am sure you are fine.

if the incision is red/hot to touch, def call and tell the dr...

but it sounds like scar tissue forming and if you move this way/that way, it could

get uncomfy...it was that way for me for about a month..

Discomfort is normal. However, pain means call your doctor!

So I went to the doctor on Friday (same day I posted initially) and he said that nothing seems wrong after he checked me out. He suggested that I stay in bed and rest for the weekend and take my pain meds which I did Saturday but couldn't on Sunday because of mother's day. But I went to visit my boyfriend's mom on Sunday and she's a massage therapist. She suggested that I try to stretch my back to elongate my abdomen. She said it might be because I'm sitting and slouching because of the pain that the scar tissue is forming and is condensed and stretching might help to alleviate that tightness. So I did that all Sunday and a majority of today and so far the pain is minimal compared to how it was last week.

I hope my story helps someone else who has a similar issue! Thanks for your advice as well!