Hi Everyone! I am a 2 year bandster and have had a pretty good experience so far. I've been noticing a real achy pain in my port area when I'm exercising -- running/elliptical, etc. I've been doing more sit ups lately so maybe that's aggravating it? I've been blessed enough to have very few problems with my band, but now I'm getting a little nervous about the pain and the WORST part is that it makes me not want to exercise!!

There is no pain at all when I'm resting or doing daily activities. THis is really just while exercising. That said, this is a NEW thing. I used to do a ton of situps with no problems and I've been jogging for a while.

So... long story short:

1. Has anyone else here gone through this? I really appreciate hearing about it because just knowing that this

isn't completely abnormal is pretty helpful. I am sure that I should probably go see my doc right? I haven't seen him in a year! Unbelievable how time flies.

2. Could this have something to do with either building abdominal muscles or maybe with getting a little skinnier (thank god!). I have probably lost about 40 pounds in 2 years. Need to lose another 20 or so.

Thanks so much in advance my fellow bandsters for helping out a freaked out bandster vet :drool::biggrin:

I have experienced port pain with exercise. My doc said to let it rest for a few days and resume exercise. He said, "You will get used to it as that muscle develops." I'm new at exercising, so I don't know if this applies to you. I work out with dumb bells in the pool for water aerobics. If I overdue it, I'm really sore going home that evening. Now, I've heard that a port can flip over...... That is something you may want your doc to check.

I experienced a lot of pain doing the leg press surprisingly enough (Didn't realize I use my abs for that too)! When I asked the surgeon, he said he had sewn my port into the abdominal muscles and the pulling is what would cause me the pain.

Others here say their surgeon didn't sew down their port (?) but I would definitely say all the sit ups could be aggravating it. One idea would be to lay off those for a week for two and see if you still have pain running and on the eliptical.

If so, I may be tempted to call my Bariatric Center and see what they have to say...