I had lapband surgery a year ago. I have been very successful with it losing 43.5 pounds in a year. 5 days ago I started having port pain. It's very minimal, nothing unbearable. It hurts more when I cough, sneeze, or laugh. I have no other symptoms - no fever, no vomiting, no swelling, no redness. Yesterday I went in to see the nurse at my lapband doctor's office. She poked around on my port site and asked me a bunch of questions. She says that because I have lost so much weight, the port is probably shifting within the muscle wall and causing pain - kind of like a pulled muscle. I also have less cushion in there, which means I could have easily hit on something, pinched it or my 3 year old son could have hit it while picking him up or holding him. She said if it were an infection, I would have shown some sing of it (i.e. fever, redness, swelling, vomiting). She told me to take anti-inflammatory meds and call her back in 4 weeks. So I felt better when I left the doctor's office yesterday. But today, I think the pain is a little worse. But still no other symptoms. Is this normal? Has anyone else had symptoms like this? Should I be freaking out - because I am. I'm worried that I really do have an infection and my band will have to removed!!! HELP!
