Hey all,

I was banded in Mexico on Feb 7th, 2009 by Dr. Aceves. Up to this point, I've had no problems at all. However, I've had a really bad cold for the last few days with A LOT of chest congestion, and have been coughing quite a bit. Tonight, I took my first ride on my mountain bike since being banded (thanks to the lovely Seattle weather...) and upon returning home I am in quite a bit of pain. I don't want to rush off to the ER if I just over-did it and the pain will be gone by morning, but I haven't experienced anything like this since being banded and don't know if I should be all that concerned. I have really sharp pains around my port when I bend over or reach for anything. I'm worried that maybe I coughed too hard, or maybe rode the bike too hard. Either way, could it be that I pulled a muscle? Does anyone know what it feels like when the band has slipped? Any thoughts or suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated!

Nice to see you too took advantage of the nice Seattle weather a few days back. But I too had a problem like that after being banded. I had caught pneumonia 3 wks after being banded and coughed really hard for about 6 weeks. Seems I just couldn't fight the pneumonia and recover all at the same time. Anyways, I would wait a few more days before running off to the hospital. I went to the E.R and basically my surgeon said that I had stretched the muscles out that my port is attached to. It will just take some time for everything to settle into place and sometimes the smallest things can hurt your port site. Hope this helps soom and hopefully we will get rid of all this rain we have had the past couple of days!

I had a similar situation after being banded and my doc prescribed an abdominal binder which I wore for a couple of weeks. It worked great! You can buy them at Walmart, etc w/o a prescription but with one, my insurance paid. :wub:

I had the same problem from exercising on the Wii. I ended up in the hospital for two days. I could hardly move the pain was so bad. Too much too soon. I had to wear a binder around the port area to help me throught it.

Thanks so much for your responses! I ended up going to the ER last night because I didn't want to chance it. It took hours and hours to finally get seen, and after all was said and done they just told me to take it easy for a few days. I guess I'll have to try to be a little more careful and get one of those binders! Thanks again...