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Hi, I was banded Aug 17/07 and my port site is still quite tender if I slightly press on it. I guess I'll just stop pressing on it for now! What I would like to know is if anyone recalls approximately how long their port site was tender/sore. I sure hope it's better before I get my first fill as I can't imagine right now I'd be too happy getting prodded and injected! Please let me know your experience. Thank you. :girl_hug:

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Im 3 months out and somedays my port is tender, especially when I wake up in the morning if in my sleep I have been laying on it. It also gets tender some days when Im at work because for some reason I sit hunched over in my chair in front of the computer. It doesnt really bother me though and I just correct my posture and it gets better.

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I don't think there is any one answer. When you hit your head on a cabinet, how long does it hurt for you? When you sprain your ankle, how long is it sore to you? Might be TOTALLY different for me.

I still feel tender twinges and I'm just over two months out. Nothing painful, but just slightly tender. I think it HURT for about three weeks. But the hurting feeling was dependent upon what I was doing at the time. Trying to get out of bed hurt more than walking around, and less than getting out of a chair.

Hope that helps, sorry it can't be anything concrete.

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Thanks for your response and thanks to the others too. Hopefully, with time all of us never know the port is there (except maybe when we get filled)!

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