I was wondering if any of you have had pain at the port site. My incision is healing nice and the bruising is gone, however when I bend over I have sever pain at the port. I am wondering if the port takes longer to heal. My stomach is larger and I am hoping that this won't be an ongoing thing until I have my weight gone. I find it hard to bend over or sit down without pain. Please let me know what your experience has been.. thanks

I was wondering if any of you have had pain at the port site. My incision is healing nice and the bruising is gone, however when I bend over I have sever pain at the port. I am wondering if the port takes longer to heal. My stomach is larger and I am hoping that this won't be an ongoing thing until I have my weight gone. I find it hard to bend over or sit down without pain. Please let me know what your experience has been.. thanks

It took at least 6 months after my surgery to stop feeling the sharp almost needle pricking feeling if I pushed or bumped my port. You have to realize it is a foriegn object in your body that was not there before. All the tissue around your port needs time to heal and adjust to it. I wear jeans that are right at the port level so when I sit down sometimes it pushes it and it would hurt. Now that I am 1yr and 1/2 with it I can pretty much move it around fine with out the sharp percing feeling. It just takes a long time for your body to except it. I have a girl in our support group that had her port replaced twice because her body would not except it and the area would ooz and not heal so the doctor took it out for a couple of months and then replaced it. She is doing fine now with it. Just keep in contact with your surgeon if it seems infected in the area or oozing at all because that could be an infection. Be careful wearing clothing that buttons tightly around your waist if it is at the port area. That is what I had to do when it was healing because it would really make my port sore. Good luck bandster buddie!!!!!

Vikki:

Thanks for the imput. I was thinking that it still needed to heal.

Tammy

I was wondering if any of you have had pain at the port site. My incision is healing nice and the bruising is gone, however when I bend over I have sever pain at the port. I am wondering if the port takes longer to heal. My stomach is larger and I am hoping that this won't be an ongoing thing until I have my weight gone. I find it hard to bend over or sit down without pain. Please let me know what your experience has been.. thanks

How long ago was your band fitted? Jim new to this site.

I had my port fitted in the middle of my chest. I get no problems with it at all. Even just after the op I was lucky for it to heal quickly. I have lost 11 stones now and my band was fitted 5 year ago. Jim.

My band was placed on May 29,08 I understand that it could take up to a month for the site to heal.