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I had my surgery 2 years ago. To this date I have lost 94lbs. My problem is where my port is at, I have very bad pain. It feels like it is tearing away from something. Also the past month or so I have had a lot of heavyness in my stomach (all over). I thought it was trapped gas because after an hour or so I would pass gas and I would feel better. But now the heavyness seems to stay longer and longer. Has anyone ever experienced anything like this.

I saw your post and I just had to post.first let me say I know exactly how you feel. I have always had female problems my whole young life. I too was on BC from 15 to about18 to regulate my periods, but quit doing that because I didn't like the way it made me feel. My periods would come and go 2 to 3 times a year. I got married at 27 years old and we started trying right away. I went to Repodruction Specialist and they ran a lot of tests on my husband and I both. It concluded that I had PECOS (cyst on overies). The Dr put me on clomid to get me to ovulate, we did several months of this with no avail. The Dr suggested using a Gonal F witch is a shot that I would give my self every night and then the Dr would do a IUI (intra uterus insimunation. Before doing that I wanted to be as healthy as I could be, because it was going to cost us a lot of money. So for about 8 months I went on a very strict diet that would boost my chances of concieving. In that 8 months I lost 68lbs. I can't tell you how good and positive I felt. Long story short, we did the shots dily for about 10 days and then the Dr told me give myself the shot to make me ovulate and then the next day the Dr dis the insemination. I had to wait 2 weeks to find out the pregnant results. It came up negative. Of course I was devastated. We did this same thing 3 more times with some breaks taken between each cycle. The third attempt we got the good new that I was pregnant!!! 1 month later I found out I was having twins and 3months after that I found out I was having 2 boys. I only tell you my story, so that it may give you a bit of hope. I loved reading stories that would give me luck going through all of this. I definitely would say losing weight and feeling better about myself really had a huge part in helping me conceive. Good luck, it will happen for you, just keep positive, that is all you can do. Kerri

I have had my band for a year now. I finally have restriction and am really happy about that. I had a Quarter of a CC put in my band about 7 days ago. First it takes about 10 minutes for a small amount of food to pass through my band (is that normal?) and this is a first for me. Second I have very bad gas pains in my Shoulder blades. I haven't had bad gas since I had my surgery. Do you think my band is to tight? Like I said this is the first time I have had these symptoms and they both started after I got my fill 7 days ago. Thank you for your help

I had a fill done today and I was wondering if I can walk on the treadmill today. I usually walk at a 4.0 incline, can I still do that today? Thanks for your help.

I am 5 weeks Post Op. When can I start doing harder work outs, using weights, doing sit ups and stuff like that? I forgot to ask my doctor last week. Thank you.

My insurance did not cover the Lap Band procedure, but when I found out before surgery that I had a hiatal Hernia my insurance covered half of the surgery. So I only paid 5500.00 for the the Hernia repair and Lap Band procedure. If I had not had the hernia, I would have had to pay 11,000.00. So I was very happy. Good Luck to you.

Do you have to pay for the surgery over again when something like this happens?

The pain was not bad at all. It felt like I did a million sit ups. I took pain meds for 2 days and after that I didn't need it. I returned to work 5 days later. I am 12 days post surgery and I feel great. Good luck!!

I had haital hernia and once I got it fixed I didnt have herd