hello everyone :grouphug: i was banded on oct 7th, so i'm 2 weeks out today. i have healed well and i'm feeling great. i can feel my little port which is about two inches up, and to the right of my belly button (right under my largest incision, naturally)... i get that...but about two inches up and to the right of my port...i feel a much larger 'bump' (almost feels like a swollen muscle or something)..just wondering if this is normal for lap band? i was thinking it might be my stomach or something, but i think the stomach is more to the left. it doesn't hurt at all, and i've had no problems whatsoever...my appt for my first fill is november 18th, so ill definitely ask then..but just wondering if any of you could had something similiar and already found the answer.

I have the same thing, kinda feels the the shape of an egg?? well I was banded 6-26-08 and still have the lump,i have no idea what it is,sorry i am no help LOL

yes! that's exactly what it feels like...egg shaped...as to wear the port feels like quarter sized. hmmmm??

yup i have no clue what it is LOL and its been almost 4 months for me, i have my 2nd fill appt. the 28th of this month (next week) yippie! I will ask them then & let you know if i find out anything

awesome! you rock!

sounds like it might be scar tissue forming. i have some underneath the actual incision and i was banded on 9-9

just keep an eye on it, but it sounds like it is fine.

good luck

thank you hon! will do!

Hi,

I had my surgery on the same day and I have the same thing. I asked my surgeon what the hard lump was and he said it was fat tissue. I thought it was the port but he said it was probably two inches below my skin and the hard lump was fat. I still don't get why it would be so hard but that's what he said. I plan to ask him how long it will last at my next appointment.

have same thing i figured it was the band

I have that too, I was banded on 09/19/08 and everything is fine. It just is weird. When I go get my fill under flouro, I am going to ask if they can tell me what it is, I figured it was where they sewed the tube in but what do I know. I have no clue. If you find out, let us know ok?

definately will...i was thinking where they anchored the tubing in was a possible scenario too. well find out the answer soon enough! :grouphug:

It sounds like what you are describing is the band itself. It will be interesting to hear what your doctor says.

I have a lump--egg-shaped is a good description--about an inch or two above and to the right of my belly button. Now that I am at goal weight, it is pronounced enough that I can see it when my clothes are off. Weird, huh? Anyway, I know that is the location of my band. It took me a looonggg time before I could feel it...I had a lot of fat to lose first! :grouphug: Julie

I just had my first fill, and the lady who did it, told me that big lump was scar tissue. She said at first it is hard to tell the scar tissue from the port, but eventually it will go down.

I'm wondering what the verdict was on this? I have the same exact thing, except mine is sore. That's how I found it. It is NOT my port. I only have it on my right side, same side as my port. I have felt my left side and can't find anything similar - not to mention it is sore. Could it be the band or is it just scar tissue/fat tissue that was moved from the operation? Could it be part of the tubing from the band to the port?

I'm two weeks post op and I won't see my dr for another two weeks.

I have the same thing, I thought it was my port. But no, when I got my first fill I think my surgeon said it's a 'healing ridge' - which I forgot to ask him to elaborate on. I just looked it up on an online medical dictionary: a healing ridge is an indurated ridge that normally forms deep to the skin along the length of a healing wound. I researched a few other sites, it seems that this 'ridge' is formed when surgery is done, there's a scar and essentially your body is at work to heal it. Everything I've read says the ridge should 'melt' or diminish with time. Mine isn't so much egg-shaped, though, but more like a thick worm. It aches sometimes. But from what I've read, the ridge is a good thing, as it's evidence that the body is working to heal itself. Hope this helps!

Thanks Bubbles!