I struggle with protein intake as well... you aren't along. My band, stomach always makes noise and I was told that noises were not unusual. I have much more gas than I ever had & assume this is part of life with the band as well. As far as your port discomfort, when I exercise or walk a lot I do experience discomfort. Is yours close to the surface? Mine is. I tend to rub it and just live with it. Maybe others have some more to share on this.

This is my first time using this site. My goal is to find support and I am having a horrible time with my port area. My port did flip and I had it fixed June 29th this year. Almost 3 months later I still can't bend over, hurts just to do house work. I can feel the soft tissue just pulling. He placed the port lower but the pain seems to be where the port use to be. I had a lot of ciurus fluid this time. Finally after 3 months I had enough and called again and told the nurses this needs to be checked into and I want some answer soon. My doctor has been blowing me off. I am soon going to blow him off and find a surgeon who takes this seriously. I have 3 young kids to take care of and I can't be laid up. I ice every day. I also gainned back a lot of my weight when he emptied my band for the last surgery and I feel like I can't recover like I did the first time. Yes, I am accountable for what I put in my mouth, but finally I had 3cc put back in yesterday and he was out he door before I could talk to him about the pain. I am very in tune with my body and I know something is not just right. No one should have to live with this pain as well as live with obesity. I have a high tolerance for pain and this pain is rough to deal with. I finally go for a CT scan on Monday and hopefully something will show up as far as the band. In the end I may end up taking it out. I can't live with this pain all my life. Any one out there understand???

@Hoover, welcome to the site. This is a great place to find support. Oh my gosh, you poor thing. What you describe is definitely not something normal, and quite frankly, your Dr sounds like an ass. He should be listening to you. That's what you pay him for. Please don't give up, but rather insist that he run the right tests, and help you. I'm so sorry you have to go through this, and I wish you the best.

@downhomechik > I don't feel the pull every day, but a few times a week. it is close to the surface & not deep inside. It feels like a pull. I don't think it's related to being too tight because i can usually eat without any problems. I do struggle with eating slowly & learning how to chew, chew, chew though. And, lately I'm a gas bomb that can go off at any time. THankfully, I stay away from others, but still annoying...

The first two years of my lap band went great. Until the day I found out the port twisted and I had to have it fixed. The first red flag was I had a lot of cirus fluid draining from the port incision. I mean a lot!!! I called the office and of course they said it could be just fluid build up and its normal. The pain is just post operative. I did not have this pain or fluid the first surgery. The strange part is it is so painful and tender where the port use to be. When I look in the mirror I can see my tummy isn't how shall I put this, "hanging even". Yes, i am having a CT Scan on Monday. If they can't find anything wrong I may have to have the port moved again or have the band removed all together. Not something I want to do. I had the fill on Monday of 2cc so now 3cc all together and as of today no restiction. I had restriction at 4cc before. So there are many red flags going on. I know my body and somethings wrong. I just feel so sad because I worked so hard to get there. I once weighed 271, got down to 202 and now back up to 244. I am accountable for what I put in my mouth, but if the band was working I don't think I would be gaining so much weight back so quickly. Does one find it inappropriate to request a different doctor in the office. There are two other Doctors that work with my doc. I had one of them once and I really liked him. Will wait for results on Monday. I just wish they could start all over. I am just hurting so much....thank you for your support.