Hi, I was banded on 03/09/2009. So I am now 2 weeks and 2 days post op. Starting from this week, I began to eat soft food - including fish, eggs, fat free cottage cheese, well-cooked non-stringy vege and tofu. I haven't had a fill yet so I don't know where my port is. I could not feel it on my left as well. I have a realize band. Sometimes I feel the muscle being pulled and tightened to the left of my bellybutton. Tonight after dinner that area (under the left breast to the left of the bellybutton) felt sore again. Could this area be where my port was placed? Is it normal to have this kind of soreness? Has anyone else experienced it? Thanks.

Yeah that's it. I was banded June 17, 08 & I still have that pain 1 or 2 times a week.

Thanks for the response. This morning I left something a little heavy, probably 9 lbs, the site to my left bellybuttom sores again. Once I put the thing down, the soreness disappears. However, after I got to office and sat down to eat my breakfast, one hard boilded egg and 1/4 cup of fat free cottage cheese, my stomac (area under my left breast) sores again. Does this mean I am eating too much or maybe I was eating too fast?