This is NOT my port. My port is much lower. This pain is up under my ribs on my left side. It started about 5 months ago and was initially intermittent. I told my doc about it and he didn't seem concerned. Said that the band will cause a lot of sporadic twinges. Everything was going well.

It's never gone away. Now I have it 24/7. It's not bad painful, just an annoying ache. It hurts when I lay on my left side, take a deep breath, and now the pain is going around to my back, up under my ribs. Just above the kidney area. If I had to describe it, I would swear that since my loss of weight my rib cage is smaller and my band is banging against my ribs. Is that possible? what the heck is going on????????

No, your band would not be touching your ribs, your liver is in between your band and the ribcage.

Could you have kidney stones?

I would push the issue further with the doctor, pain should not go on ignored.