My lap band surgery took place in Mexico in 2003. I lost some weight due to the surgery but most my weight fell off when I grieved the passing of my mother. It's been five years and I've had few complications. In the last 3 months, I'm concerned about painful tugging I've felt underneath the skin where my port is. I don't know what it is. Anyone familiar with this tugging and know what to do about it?

Hmmmm, not sure. My guess would be do you think its possible you may have detached your port - not necessarly completely but maybe popped a few stitches?

I'd say you should probably check in with your doc.

Could it be scar tissue connected to the port? Or maybe the tubing is pulling on it - I've had similar problems to the right of my port - a pulling, dull achey feeling. I have a dr. appt. Tuesday and will have a flourescopy to see what is going on. My lapband nurse said the tubing is "free-floating", maybe it could get hung up on something - I don't know just guessing??? Let us know what you find out.