Oh well, hopefully this will be just a little hiccup on the journey but it's a bit of a PITA anyway :wink_smile:...

A couple of months ago, I started noticing an odd lump deep under my skin, near the port, about 1-2" above and left. It only showed up when I am lying on my right side and relaxing all my stomach muscles. I knew it wasn't the port, because I could still feel that in its usual place. At first I thought it was the band itself, but another post in here that I saw made me think it might be the tubing. Over the last few weeks, the lump has become more prominent and seemed to move closer to the surface. It really felt to me like it was part of the tubing kinking forward.

Last week it started getting a little sore, not much, just like it was a little bruised but it was definitely closer to the surface, so I rang the doctor. Today, I had an ultrasound and it looks like my guess is right but they're not sure, so tomorrow I go back for a CT scan. The surgeons says it is an extremely rare occurrence but should be a simple fix. He'll just need to move it and suture it down so it doesn't come back up. I'm hoping we can put off any corrections until late August, as my private insurance doesn't kick in till then. I only joined the fund last year and there is a 12 month waiting period on pre-existing conditions :tt2: I was self-pay on the lapband but I really don't want to have to shell out for another op from my own pocket.

Wish me luck to say that hopefully the situation isn't serious and can be just left as is and monitored for the next three months till I'm covered.

Resurrecting this old thread because the time has come (the walrus said...). I go in on Wednesday morning, op is in the afternoon, overnight stay then home on Thursday. I'm a little nervous as I sent a bunch of questions to my surgeon last week and he still hasn't answered, so I'm not sure what to expect. I don't think the op will be as involved as the original banding but I know he said he was going to go back through the main incision but move the port, so I think it will be comparable (hopefully a little less).

I don't have any time at all to prepare for coming home from hospital this time. I fly home from my minesite late on Tues evening (don't actually get through my front door till 1am Wed morning) and have to present at the hospital in the morning. I'll just have to take it as it comes and rely on my wonderful family to help me out with shopping etc for the couple of days following.

*chews fingernails*

Heading in tomorrow. Wish me luck, peoples!

Hope everything goes well for you! At least you'll get some much needed sleep after your surgery. I'm sure it won't be near the recovery because they won't be messing around with your actual stomach this time. Good luck for a speedy recovery!

Good luck Fanny and hope you get better soon, Nancy:smile: