Question:
what do i do about my lap-band port pain!

About 5 months after lap-band surgery i started to get mild pain where my port was and the doctor said that i should ignore this pain and take someting for it but 1 month later and my pain is worse it is now very painfull to exersice,streach,bend over, getting up from sitting down and i almost thro uo from the pain when i try to lie on my stomach, the pain also goes under my left rib it feels like a sharp knife stuck in there, the doctor said i have no infection around the port area but said i could have a small hernia in my stomach but i have had an ultrascan and nothing showed up. I am very depressed from the pain what am i to do?    — Aussie-K (posted on May 26, 2006)

May 26, 2006
I am sorry I don't have an answer for you .. I had some mild port pain, but nothing like you describe. I do know a Bandster who had intractable pain, and it took a lot of time and diligence to diagnose (hers was a damaged diaphragm, but the pain manifested in her shoulder). Please don't hesitate to return to your doctor and keep insisting they find out what's wrong. Do you post on the Band board? There might be more answers there.
   — Jeanie