I am 6-months post op. The band was removed and I converted to sleeve. It has been a great journey so far except for one thing. I have this pinching/ stabbing pain near the old port site. Surgeon wants to go back in and remove scar tissue. Has anyone been through this?

I don't see many things posted about Port sites, but I am curious to follow this thread. I am having my band removed and a sleeve done on May 5th, I have had the band for 2.5 years and have always had Port pain from day one....in the beginning it was written off as needing time to heal, to later on when I was told that it shouldn't hurt anymore.....like that made it all fricken better???!!!!! lol I am going to ask my doctor to pay extra special attention when removing the port to find out why this has always ached and hurt the whole time, and see if she comes up with a reason.

I had the same experience and was told the same thing. Thanks for replying. I can't believe no one else has experienced this. Just make sure they remove all the old scar tissue around the port area so you don't have to have another surgery like me. I'll post the results after surgery. I don't have a date yet. Happy Easter by the way.

Happy Easter to you as well. I will be sure to mention to my surgeon to look for scar tissue. Even with my band being empty, I still get horrible Port pain, if I sit or lay in one position to long, it burns and throbs. If I put my arm above my head it throbs, I can not do any kind of tummy exercises due to pain. If I bump it or touch it with my fingers, it's just pain pain pain.... how is your revision going? I am nervous but excited for mine:)

I was 208 at surgery with hypertensión, diabetes, high cholesterol, heart issues, GERD and a partridge in a pear tree! I lost 30 lbs in 4 mo and stalled, which is ok. For some reason banders lose more slowly. I have 40 to go and am glad that even at the tender age of 51 my skin isn't sagging, so slow is ok. So if that happens to you don't worry, be happy [emoji4]. The first 2-3 weeks will be a little hard because your diet is so drastically different. I have some recipes for you when you get bored with liquid. BUT this is the phase where you lose the most so take one day at a time. Make sure you drink your liquids so you don't have other issues like a UTI. My diabetes is gone, blood pressure is normal, gerd is controlled as long as I don't eat and go right to sleep. And, when you get discouraged like we all did at some point make sure to come back to the forum for support [emoji4]. Also, wearing the surgical binder helped a lot. They sent me home with one but no explanation of its importance. It will definitely help you sleep. It holds everything nice and tight. Now I wear the Genie 360 panty (lol) every day at work because the compression is comforting with the port pain... they do make you look slimmer [emoji4]

Am having the lap band removed on April 17th and hopefully the sleeve done at the same time. Has anyone here had the lapband removed and have had to wait for a few months before having the revision to the sleeve? How many have had the sleeve performed at the same time as the lapband removal?

Thank you.

On 4/9/2017 at 1:46 AM, MamaRita said:

I don't see many things posted about Port sites, but I am curious to follow this thread. I am having my band removed and a sleeve done on May 5th, I have had the band for 2.5 years and have always had Port pain from day one....in the beginning it was written off as needing time to heal, to later on when I was told that it shouldn't hurt anymore.....like that made it all fricken better???!!!!! lol I am going to ask my doctor to pay extra special attention when removing the port to find out why this has always ached and hurt the whole time, and see if she comes up with a reason.

On 4/7/2017 at 10:16 AM, Missy1966 said:

I am 6-months post op. The band was removed and I converted to sleeve. It has been a great journey so far except for one thing. I have this pinching/ stabbing pain near the old port site. Surgeon wants to go back in and remove scar tissue. Has anyone been through this?

On 4/7/2017 at 10:16 AM, Missy1966 said:

I am 6-months post op. The band was removed and I converted to sleeve. It has been a great journey so far except for one thing. I have this pinching/ stabbing pain near the old port site. Surgeon wants to go back in and remove scar tissue. Has anyone been through this?

Was the lapband revision to sleeve done at the same time or did you have to wait a few months?

Sorry, just came back to this site after 2 years and have forgotten how to use it. Have 2 posts in this section and am hoping for an answer to my dilemma. Am having surgery done Monday the 17th of April and am so worried that he won't be able to do the sleeve at the same time. Want this over with, but I'm sure he'll know what to do after getting the band out. Dr. Caban at Ocala Regional in Ocala, Florida.

Thanks for any input.

Sorry, just came back to this site after 2 years and have forgotten how to use it. Have 2 posts in this section and am hoping for an answer to my dilemma. Am having surgery done Monday the 17th of April and am so worried that he won't be able to do the sleeve at the same time. Want this over with, but I'm sure he'll know what to do after getting the band out. Dr. Caban at Ocala Regional in Ocala, Florida.
Thanks for any input.

I just converted from the band to the sleeve on Mar 14. They were able to do it in one procedure. He also removed scar tissue and a hiatal hernia (from too much vomiting with the slipped band).

Peggy, I had it done in one procedure. However, the surgeon warned me that depending on what damage or how much scar tissue there was around the band he wouldn't know until he went in as to whether he could do both. I recently had an upper GI done and the doctor said that my sleeve was larger than most probably due to the band and condition of the area at time of surgery. Knowing that I need to be careful not to overeat. What you don't want is your new sleeve to leak so trust your surgeon if he can't do it in one shot. You don't want be deathly ill due to being over anxious. I think you'll be fine tho as the percentage of people who can't have it done in one procedure was low according to my surgeon. ?

My doctor said more then likely I will have it done in one procedure. She said this, after she did my EDG. But I still got the warning that she would not know for sure until she is in there.

Thank you and found out today, doctors visit, that his not being able to perform the sleeve after lapband removal was very LOW too. Am hoping once he gets in my stomach on Monday, all be be a thumbs up and proceed as planned moment for him and I.

Please keep me updated on how it goes

I an three days post op band to sleeve. Took a little longer because of so much scar tissue. But its all good. I too had pain when I had band. Sometimes extremely uncomfortable.

I an three days post op band to sleeve. Took a little longer because of so much scar tissue. But its all good. I too had pain when I had band. Sometimes extremely uncomfortable.

Congrats!!!!!!! How are you feeling??

I am a little over two weeks post-op from hernia repair and band removal to gastric sleeve revision... I am experiencing constant burning pain where the port was. The incision is healing great, it's definitely coming from the muscle underneath. It's worse when I move certain ways for sure but it is there to some degree all the time. It is driving me crazy. Any suggestions or pain relief solutions?

Edited April 16, 20179 yr by Jbad311