:help:This morning when I woke up, I forgot I had the surgery. I sat up really fast using my stomach muscles and OUCH! Sharp freakin' pain! Like the port cut through my muscle or something!

I called the nurse. She said everybody does it. Man, is it sore! Then, I took it easy today to help it heal and my son (who is 11 months old) grabbed onto a small table and 'somehow' pulled it over on top of him! I freaked out! I jumped up and AGAIN!

OUCH!

(he's fine)

Two injuries in one day. I talked to 3 people who had the same thing, from the office. Anybody else experience this?

It's almost like I pulled one of the stitches out or something.

Sharp pain.

:help:

My port is sore again! What the heck? I still have to be careful. I am 6 weeks post op. Hmmm....

I was banded on 9/13 and haven't much experience with port pain (except for one rather painful sneezing fit) but seem to be incredibly tired ever since. I am very good about eating healthy foods and always push my protein first. I asked my dr. if this is to be expected and he said that sometimes fatigue is a problem but eventually it goes away. Prior to surgery I was taking a sleep-aid prescribed to me from my family doc. Since surgery I haven't had the need to take it since I am so darn tired at the end of every day. I have even adjusted my schedule to allow as short nap each afternoon just to keep myself going all day. I wondered if it was just me or if other people suffer from fatigue too.

What is it that you can't eat at all after lap band surgery? I have been researching it for two years now and plan to go forward. I am just at the 40BMI with borderline blood pressure problems only. Is that enough to get the surgery???

sharon:)

What is it that you can't eat at all after lap band surgery? I have been researching it for two years now and plan to go forward. I am just at the 40BMI with borderline blood pressure problems only. Is that enough to get the surgery???

sharon:)

It varies from person to person. Some doctors have a list of food that they PREFER you not eat.

As far as ABILITY to eat a certain food, I have the ABILITY, but not the DESIRE.

:confused:Hi again,

Just wanted to know if I will be able to go up and down stairs when I get home from surgery. Or should I set a bed downstairs???? Any suggestons??:eek:

ouch ! that must have hurt !

Huh???? What must have hurt??????

If you go to the first page, there has been some port pulling ! OUCH !

When I went for my 1st fill, my Dr said my port had detached itself and now it was sideways. I had my surgery in March '07, but until two days ago, everything was fine. I have little pain episodes during the day. I was looking and feeling the port area, and I noticed some very small spots. What the *%#@ are they?

I have called to make an appt so hopefully I'll get answers.

Probably scar tissue. Do they feel like hard pebbles? Sorry your port REALLY DID GET PULLED! That sucks lolypops. I keep thinking that mine is sideways too. As I've lost weght, I think it's shifted positions. Weird, huh? I guess I'll find out on the 30th (my first fill apt. in Mexico!) Margaritas before the fill, right????

About a week or so after my surgery I had an allergy attack and sneezed probably 100 times or more. During one rather forceful sneeze I felt a hot burning pain right above where my port is. It hurt so bad!:eek: I called my Dr's office and asked the nurse if I could have damaged anything by sneezing and she said probably not.

Yesterday I went in for my first fill and the Dr. spent over 45 minutes trying to locate the "sweet spot". It turns out that I did indeed pull my port by ripping the stitches out when I sneezed. My doctor gave me a really "aggressive" fill this time.(6cc) I think he did that to avoid having to do it again right away since it took so long and he had to stick me 10-12 times and then dig for it.