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My Port side is still really sore.....

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shifflett00

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I'm 4 weeks out from surgery and my port area is still really sore. I cant sleep on my side or stomach it is just to painful. I even notice that if my pants get to close and rub it is very irritating. Has anyone notices this? My husband and I were banded on the same day 1-11-11 and he doesn't have pain at his port site. I loss 12 lbs the first week and nothing since then. I started this week drinking alot more fluids to see if that may help since I know I wasn't getting in the 64 oz which is very hard since you cant drink 30 min before and after a meal......

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EdmontonGal

I am 3 weeks post-op and still have allot of tenderness at my port site. I still cant sleep on that side and tend to wake myself up in pain if I do. My surgeon suggested the other day that trama at the site could cause the port to actually sort of pop right out of the skin. SCAREY! To be clear though, I have a Realize band and have been told that my band is not sutured to my stomach like a LapBand would be.

In getting back to exercising, my nurse and surgeon suggest rolling the band of my sweats down to aviod any rubbing on the port site. Good luck!

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knoebelcamper

My port isn't painful, but it is tender. My little puppy used to walk on my stomach and sleep on it or on my side and I can't let her anymore because it is too tender. I was banded 3 months ago. I have a feeling that this is something I will have to put up with all my life. I can't stand any pushing on my stomach at all. My pants don't bother it though.

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