Hi everyone. I'm glad I found this site. I was banded on 6/3/09 by DR. Craig Floch of Fairfield County Bariatrics in Norwalk, CT. It's been very hard to find people to talk to about banding. I'm open for any advise or comments. Things have been going very well the last three weeks except for today. My port area is starting to hurt. It feels like the port moves around and is not stationary. I went back to work today and all I do for 8 hours is sit at a computer. Sitting sometimes bothers the incision areas. Hope to get to meet some of you. Thanks for reading :blushing:

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Congrats and it seems like you are doing well!

Are there any local support groups in your area?

This forum is great, but my surgeon is really encouraging us to meet face-to-face with other local bandsters for moral support.

They meet once a month. Unfortunately, I'll be on vacation the next week they meet, so I won't get to know any of them until the August meeting.

On the other hand, I have two friends and two family members who have been banded already, so they sort of make up my informal support circle! Or they will after I'm banded on Weds!

There's one in the area I live but only the patients of a specific surgeon can attend. The surgeon I had do by banding is an hour away. They meet weekly and encourage face to face groups. It's a long ride everyweek and I was hopeing to get some help here if possilbe.

Welcome to the group and glad that you are doing well. Iam in East Haven and would be glad to e-mail and chat with you about the band. SOunds like your clothes could be causing problems with your port. I had that problem for about a week. I had a slight infection and got it taken care of right away. Just ask away, we are all here to help. If you go to the CT under the states there is a very large group of people willing to help as well.

Chris

Hi Karen,

Greetings from a fellow CT bandster! Congratulations on being banded. I was baded by Dr. Floch on 4/1/09. He's great. Good luck with your journey. PM me with any questions.

Pete

Hi Pete, thanks for the reply. Would love to chat with you but am having problems with navigating within the site. I need to learn how to do things withing this site. One, is to read and reply messages. Even private ones. Can you help? Karen

hi karen hope everything going great. my name is sil i stay in waterbury ct, as a matter of fact if you stay in oakville i am right across the line.near oakville ave.in the bunker hill area.hope you feel better.