Hey im new to your fourm here and I had the lap band done last month am 3 wks out yesterday!

Last nite I was trying to reach for one ofmy kitty's rather quickly to brush his hair and when I bent over to stretched ,i hurt myself uderneath my breast where my port is! :tongue2:

I dont know if i just kinda of spained it or what but it still hurst really badly today!

Should i call my Surgeons office and ask them?

What do ya'llthink?

I Hope since i am 3 wks out that i didnt injury their or cause any major complication?:drool:

Thanks very much!

Yes, Call right away. YOu might have pulled some stitches....

Chances are it is just a strain but in either case I would check with your surgeon. I've done that before too.

thank you so much !

thank you all for your answers! I will call my surgeon now!

I am 2.5 weeks out and I've done the exact same thing picking up a toy for my bulldog. There is a certain bend and twist that sends a pain through my port, I figured it's just still healing.

Hi...that's kind of scary. I am considering the lap band...i am currently living in Kuwait and i just went to see a dr here (don't have many options) and I wasn't very comfortable...but that was one of my questions: is it everyone going to hurt? or am i gonna feel like there is something foreign in my body? I have a 2 year old...and make a lot of fast moves...?

I had a lot of different times when my port got strained from doing something too quickly (or when I forgot and lifted my 30 lb. grandson) I doubt you damaged anything - they make sure to suture the port in pretty well because people do have to live life! If you are concerned it never hurts to call the doctor, but I had that happen several times and I'm fine.

Thanks for your reply kbinaz...okay now i am more afraid. What do you mean by your port getting strained??? doesn't it hurt? do you have to go see a dr to "unstrain" it? does it hurt? You've only had it for 2 months and managed to strain it a few times? please explain

I am very active and always carry my 2 year old.

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Early on post-op I felt my port a lot as I was healing. Now 5 months post-op tomorrow and I can carry around my kids easily, even my 7 yr old son who happens to be 50 pounds. The other day I gave a friend of mine a piggy back ride and she happens to weigh 140 pounds. No problems with my port to report.

There is no unstraining process. I've "pulled my port" before, just means that you move too quickly in the beginning and feel a tug in your port area. As long as you don't tear open your stitches you should be fine. The pain goes away fairly quickly.

Hi,

what I meant by 'strained' my port was just that I overdid it and felt it the next day. I was instructed to not lift anything over 10 pounds for the first two months but one time I forgot and lifted my grandson who weighs over 30 lbs. They attach your port to your stomach muscle. They attach it really,really, well so it would be pretty tough to unattach it. It needs to survive real life. But you can overdo it and feel it without damage. For instance, I could always feel it when I drove at first. Turning sideways to back out and even turning to put on my seatbelt would kind of pull on it. But I didn't hurt anything. There is also the possibility of hurting something, I'm not saying there isn't. If you think that happened, by all means call the doctor. But I'm also trying to get the point across that something was sewn to your stomach muscle and you will be able to feel it for a while! I hope I cleared that up, didn't mean to scare you! I just think if you really unattached the port or did real damage you would be in waaaay more pain and you'd know something was really wrong.

Last week one afternoon was so warm and pretty that I took a brisk mile and a half walk with my daughter. This was 3 weeks after surgery and my first strenous exercise. I felt fine while I was walking( really kind of proud of myself for doing it so well) but later that night I felt like I had hurt my incision places on the inside. For the next 2 days my port area felt firm and swollen and I got random pains at the incision places. After a couple of days I was fine but will take things a little easier next time!

Hi. I had my surgery Friday. I felt pretty good yeasterday so I went riding in the van with my husband and kids.Last night and today I have had pain where I think the band must be when I do anything qhere I have to use my stomach muscles. I also hope I haven't done permanent damage. Has anyone else had this to happen?

taz,

you have stitches where the surgeons tacked in your port, plus stitches around the stomach for the band. It isn't unusual to feel them when you move or do anything to stretch your abdominal muscles during the month after surgery. If it isn't a sharp, fairly constant pain with other symptoms like swelling or redness, I wouldn't be too concerned.