Hello everyone. I just have a couple of questions. My sister-in-law had the lapband procedure done about 2 1/2 months now. She has lost a fair amount of weight, enough where she convinced me to go to a seminar. I liked what i heard, i did a little research and now im currently working on the things that my insurance needs to cover the procedure. Ok now on to the question. The only problem that i see is that the area where the port is located is very sensitive. Does this go away with time? Are u able to do physical sports afterwards? If so how long before you are able to do so? I would appreciate any and all feedback.

Thank you

The major port pain was gone after a week, there was moderate pain in the second week. The pain improved from there (became more of a skin/nerve sensitivity along the front waistband). After a month the pain was completely gone.

I was told to wait six weeks before I did any kind of strenuous ab exercises or heavy lifting, this allows for the internal sutures to heal completely so your port and tubing heals firmly in place. But now I can do any kind of physcial activity without any discomfort.