My band is coming out. My port incision has never healed. I had my surgery on March 8, 2008 and my incision is still draining. Body is rejecting port so says dr... My surgeon wants to either replace the port or do a VSG. I don't want anymore surgery. I am a self-pay who had surgery done in Mexico. I don't want to go back to Mexico but, it seems thats the only place I can afford at about 4000.00 including aifare.

I am so sorry to hear that, but it's all for the best you body and your health is most important first!

I have a date. It is coming out on 6-10-08. I am sad but, won't be rebanded. May be down the road I might try the sleeve.

Me too! June 12, next Thursday, and I can't wait! The port kills me - it's tight up against my belly button, and there are a thousand nerves in there that hurt so much sometimes I go to bed and lie on my back and cry. And I bang it on the sink, the stove, the laundry, the tub, the lawnmower handle, the snow shovel handle... Dr. says eventually the nerves in that area will all die and I won't feel it anymore! What kind of a solution is that? It's been 10 months already - 10 months I regret more than any other stupid thing I've ever done in my life.

Winterwish, is your only issue with the port?

Good luck to you, and a speedy return to health.

I'm sorry I didn't read this thread sooner, you just might have waited a bit longer with the band. I have a friend who was banded 4 years ago, and just like you, had problems with the port. She had her port wound open for about 2 months. It seems like quite a few people are allergic to the material the port is made of, so they removed her port for about a year, then they replaced it with another port that was made from a different material, and now she's doing great.

Hope you see this. I think you should get the sleeve, so you don't regret later in life that you waited so long. Good luck!