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 4/12/2017 at 3:12 PM, Peggypja said:

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.

@Peggypja how did your surgery go?

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).

Me too same story. April 14, 2017

I had my band removed early March (to be sleeved next week) but had pain where my port was for about 4-6 weeks post op. My surgeon said this is totally normal and just goes away over time.

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Follow-up: found out my sleeve is larger than most sleeves. Due to band removal and sleeve in one procedure. So that explains having NONE of the difficulties others are experiencing coupled with a 3 month stall/plateau. Also old port pain (tearing sensation) when I twist/turn is still there. Having another surgery in 3 weeks to cut out scar tissue. May or may not resolve pain. This is the only part that really stinks...

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.

My surgeon wanted me to have 6 weeks to heal after removing my band in April and I just got the sleeve last week. So far it's been a breeze of a recovery! But I did gain another 10 lbs during those 6 weeks because it was amazing to eat again with no restriction! I had way too much fun. I did Atkins diet the last week before the sleeve surgery.

I had my band removed July 6th...I developed an " egg size" hematoma over the area where the "port" was located...Doctor said he had a hard time removing this "port" and that was most likely the reason why I developed the "hematoma"...it seems to me the more they "mess" with muscle tissue the more chances u have to develop scar tissue....pooh!..:(...oh well...I'm sure your procedure will resolved ur problem...best of luck!

I had another surgery to remove the scar tissue on June 9th. The surgeon said he found more scar tissue than he expected to find. The pain I felt before surgery at the port site is now worse after almost 7 weeks post op. There is nothing he can do other than try and find the nerve causing the pain and kill it. Totally sucks to be me right now.

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 had my band removed in February 2017 and have had phantom port pain ever since. They just did my sleeve surgery on Nov. 1 and I still have this old phantom port pain now paired with the pain of the new surgery. I hope that with time it will go away.

I know this post was started months ago so how is everyone doing now?

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