I had my procedure July 3rd, 07 and sent home on the 4th of july, missed all the fireworks - no biggie!!
The first 4 hours were miserable but finally got through it. My procedure was performed at Arizona Surgical Hospital in Tempe, AZ by Dr. Debarros who had the band installed on him about 5 weeks ago and is looking great!
My port seems to bother me at times. It starts with a few throbs then expands into a hot sharp pain. Weird.