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Off to my CT Scan tomorrow for my lap band port pain. I am hoping I will get some answers. I bent over last night to pick something up and I just about fell over from pain. How can something that was going so well go so wrong over a port revision. I hope they can find out whats wrong because I just can't stand the pain. I should be concentrating on the postive things in my life and how fortunate I have been to get the lap band. But when you are in pain it seems to take away a lot from you. I am so ready to throw in the towel and get it removed if they can't figure this out. Has anyone else beent through this? The biggest problem it took 3 months for my doctor to finally listen to me and do some testing. Or at least the nurses finally intervined and got the help I needed. I want to come on this site and be positive and supportive for others. But right now I need all the support I can get. I feel so sad that this has failed me. Yes, there are worse things in life, I guess its just the pain talking. I guess they don't want you taking Aleve or Advil. Tylenol doesn't cut it. I fell asleep with an ice pack on my tummy last night. Thanks for listening, I just needed to vent. Again, hopefully I will get some answers tomorrow. Good day everyone.....

Where do I find this My Fitness Pal?? All so new to me.....

Oh my gosh, you poor thing. Here you are so ready for this new journey in your life and this happens. WOW! 10 wks. post op and no fills. When you get your first fill that gives you restiction you will know it and learn from it. I loved when my fill was at it best. I felt so in control of my eating and it made me more positive. Amazing how feelings play such a role in our doings. I can't imagine starting off like you did. I look at this way, I try to embrace the moment and I have reaized I just need to regroup and tell myself I can do this and will get answers in the end. (I don't give up easy when it comes to my health). We all need to be our own advicates. We all know pain from an unknown source is not normal. And if you are gaining weight with a lap band and eating the right foods it means your band is not tight enough. Its that simple. I aplogize for talking about my issues so much but again just finding this site has just made me so excited. Now I feel like I can conquer this and not remove the band. i was that close to removing it. With anything, things that that we go through that are difficult take time to either deal with or heal. That we can do with all the support we have at our finger tips now. I want you to stay in touch with me and let me know how you are doing. My first fill was weird. They filled the band a lot and made me drink water and I couldn't swallow it, and then he let it out some and it went down. So don't let that freak you out....just a strange feeling. How did your revision go? Did you have much pain or did they just flip it back over or put in a new place? I feel like I have a cavity where my old port was and its filling up with fluid and has no where to go so it builds up and casues pain. I read on whats called a Semona. (spelling)? Fluid starts to collect and hardens or something. May mean another surgery. Not sure if I ready for that. I might have had more pain due to scar tissue of 2 years since surgery.. But if it relieve my pain it will be worth it. I just want to be that person I was a year ago. 71 pounds lighter, happier, went back to school after a stay home mom for 12 years and now looking for employment. I just felt so darn good. I had confidence that was exploding out of me. I use to be 135 pounds in HS and my jr. year in HS I went undiagnosed with depression and anxiety. I ate evey emotion. Part of depression for me was eating it. Plus my meds don't help. Again, sorry so much about me, I just wanted to tell you a little about my story and hope I can help you in anyway. What did your doc say when your port flipped so early on....unbelievable.. Can you imagian having that bypass surgery and can't turn back if something goes wrong. This is why I chose Lap Band. Just for these reasons. Keep in touch as much as you need to. I am a stay home mom and check my mail occasionally. I can do it, you can do it and WE ALL CAN DO IT with eachothers support...I want to hear about your first fill!! Please advise about your revision, I am curious. Plus I am still learing all the differnet sites on here.

Being a newbie to this site I can't express how thankful I am I found it. After two years of no one to talk to about my victories or struggles its been hard. Now I know "I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS JOURNEY!! I enjoy reading each and everyones stories. I was banded Jan.2010 and sadly I am right back where I started but unfortunetally having major difficulites with my port revision and fills. Me and my band worked well together. I lost 71 pounds (can't forget that one pound you know!) and then the port twisted. Since then everything went down hill. June 29th I had the port relocated and this has left me with an awful sometimes unbearable pain where the old port lied. I had major serous fluid and alway contacted the office. Oh its normal, just put pressure on it they would say. Mean time because the band was emtied due to the surgery I just couldn't wait for my fills! After 3 months of pain, gaining a lot of weight back you would think the doctor would notice some red flags. I finally demanded some testing be done and now I go for a CT Scan on Monday. As women we are usually in tune with our bodies and know when something isn't right. I basically told them if they don't get this right I will take my money somewhere else because as we all know thats what it seems to boil down too. I am disappointed in myself because I am accountable for what I put in my mouth. Yet the doctor needs to work with me too. Why would a doctor let you suffer with pain like this. Questions my faith in him. I thought going to one of the best hospitals in the country was the right choice. The nurses are wonderful, but they almost seem like they are afaid of him. Anyways, after reading all your stories you have given me hope again. I woke up this moring feeling so much better. A site where no one judges you or bashes you or puts you down for feeling sad at times about ones self. Thank you everyone for your honesty and much support I have been needing. Where I live there are no support groups. I am thinking of making one up for myself in the area. No medical advice, just venting and sharing our journeys. I have been given a great gift and appreciate the fact this is a tool to help me. Many people that suffer from obesity would love to have this but for other issues can't. So we all have to remember how lucky we are in some ways. I live in the Kenosha, WI area so anyone would like to start a group let me know....I'll be there. I am not alone anymore...Good day everyone. I

No, no diarrhea. Just awful pain. Its like people don't understand the pain you are dealing with. I feel I will be having it removed if it doesn't subside. See what the CT Scan can pick up. They are doing an oral and IV contrast. Someone said something about a Sonaoma. Spelling??? I had so much fluid build up and it just poured out of my incision after revision. NOT NORMAL!! I am sorry you also had to go through all this. I really thought this was the answer to my prayers. I worked so hard to get there and now I am here and now I may have to let it go....Thanks for chatting with me...

I was reading on port pain after a revision. My port twisted and where the port use to be and still after 3 months it hurts like a #!@%#!! 3 months of weight gain and still no relief. Finally a CT Scan on Monday. I have had enough of hearing this is normal. This pain in not normal. I can't even bend over or cough without it hurting. Talk about my doc blowing me off. I had a lot of serous fluid after my revision. I mean a lot!! I was told no concern. See what happens on Monday. I am ready to remove my band. Its been costly and aggravating. My first 1 1/2 years went great then the port flip. I knew something was wrong from the start. NO ONE LISTENS!!! Thank god for this site....

When I first went through the process it wasn't the issue of how much weight to lose, it was about trying to change your life style. Do more exercise and eating better. I would keep a journal and show it to them so they see you are trying to change your ways. Mine was emotional eating and I kept a journal on what I did instead of eat when I was upset. They do like to see some weight loss so they know you are committed. All doctors are different but that was my experience. I lost like 10 pounds before my surgery. Good question though. I was banded Jan. 2010.

My heart aches for you. You are a wonderful daughter and I am sure they know that. Whether you are spiritual or not, god has a plan for all of us. 84 years on earth so far to be with your parents. WOW! In the end you can say I had the privlidge of having the most loving and giving parents. When I read this it makes me want to call my folks and tell them I love them. Think I will just do that. Use your faith to get through and time will heal. Ask for help and go to support groups. Yes, that "C" word sucks. I have lost many loved ones to it and it just sucks. I will pray for you and your family. God Bless.

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.

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???