Hi All. Wondering if anyone can shed a little light on this for me. It has me up in the middle of the night worrying.

I am 10 days post opp.

I can't tell which lump under my skin is the port. I have two very obvious lumps. I have one that is very tender and obviously lumpy and protrudes more after I have eaten. It's under the largest incision and more in the middle and slightly to my right side, the other one is bruised around the incision, definitely feels like there is something under the skin but it's not as tender. It's slightly more to the left side.

I had a hiatus hernia fixed and I'm wondering if going back to work and lifting a few things has caused this? Or perhaps it was the less than really mushy food I've eaten? (Although my dietitian did say to go ahead and try stuff if it wasn't making me vomit)

I'm going to call the clinic tomorrow but was hoping to gain some insight here as well, as I"m sure the surgeon's don't want to be paged in the middle of the night by an anxious new bandster.

I'm not sure exactly where you are describing these, but the port goes in (as does the band) ar your largest incision. You should have a lump right under (maybe a tiny bit to one side)of this incision from where they cut through the abdominal wall to get the LB in. You should also have a second lumb nearby (but not right under the incision) where your port is. The abdominal wall lump should go down although this can take months. The port one should shrink some as well as the area beneath the port where it's attached heals. Hope that helps. -BG

Thanks BG. I think I may have had a bit of a panic attack yesterday and just started to freak out, feeling better today.