Funny shaped tummy after banding?

[OrderIsChaos 0]

So I'm 1.5 weeks post op and my tummy still has a funny shape- almost like the area near the port is swollen. I'm not in any pain anymore, but wondering if it is just taking its sweet time to flatten back out, or if the port will always make a weird lump.

And how often do you notice the pain around the port area and is there anything specific that you find uncomfortable with it?

[cruzlady 0]

I had port area pain ( just minor) for about a month after surgery. Now2 months out , it is fine .

[ElfiePoo 109]

So I'm 1.5 weeks post op and my tummy still has a funny shape- almost like the area near the port is swollen. I'm not in any pain anymore, but wondering if it is just taking its sweet time to flatten back out, or if the port will always make a weird lump.

And how often do you notice the pain around the port area and is there anything specific that you find uncomfortable with it?

They told me it takes about 8 weeks for the port area to completely heal. In two days it will be 8 weeks for me and as of about a week ago, I haven't had any more issues with my port area although up to that point it was constantly sore and sometimes even hurt if I moved or stretched abruptly.

I had to LOL at the 'funny shaped tummy' thread title. For several weeks after surgery, my tummy had a warped look to it and I was horrified that this was the new permanent shape of my belly. I did get some peace of mind at my 2 week visit though when the doc mentioned my port area was inflamed...a not uncommon occurrence. They just suggested warm compresses if it bothered me and reminded me of the lifting restrictions.

It will get better.

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[critterlady 3]

What's funny to me is that y'all can notice a change in belly shape! I carry my excess weight in my abdomen and the only difference, to me, is some puckering around the port incision. I have so much belly fat that the port is nowhere near visible. Lucky folks to have a flat belly, I say!

sara

[ElfiePoo 109]

What's funny to me is that y'all can notice a change in belly shape! I carry my excess weight in my abdomen and the only difference, to me, is some puckering around the port incision. I have so much belly fat that the port is nowhere near visible. Lucky folks to have a flat belly, I say!

sara

ROFL...no flat belly here. I had a buddha belly, but the inflammation around the port caused this sort of distorted look...like I had a tumor growing. Add that to the buddha belly and blech.

I am glad to say that both the port inflammation and the buddha belly are gone. Oh, I still have a belly but it's now in proportion to the rest of me.

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[nkara 0]

Oh yes.. lumps and bumps on the stomach. My swelling went down about 5 - 6 weeks after surgery and my port was sore till about a few days ago. You'll go back to normal eventually. :smile:

[OrderIsChaos 0]

Ha! Yes...it was nowhere near flat to begin with- but now I have a kitten sized lump that has the misfortune of looking like a third boob.

Thanks for the help, nice to know I'm not the only one and that it should go back into hiding eventually.

[chickadee81 0]

PHEW! Glad to know I am not the only one! I keep looking at it thinking "man I really hope this goes away and my port won't always look like this!" :smile:

[spadilla4 0]

I guess Im too fat to see the port..unless its under this bandage

[mznita 0]

Oh yes.. lumps and bumps on the stomach. My swelling went down about 5 - 6 weeks after surgery and my port was sore till about a few days ago. You'll go back to normal eventually. :thumbup:

I also have the lumps and bumps, and never had a flat tummy. It is still a little sore on the port side, don't know if it is because that is my side that I lay on or it is not completely healed yet. I go to the dr on Tues., I will ask him about it.

[rbailey60 0]

My only pain is the large lump where I am assuming from reading the above threads, is the port site.

My lump is almost directly below my right breast. It is the one incision that is the largest of the four.

I don't have a large belly but carry my weight all over so my lump really protrudes and makes my stomach look like a hilly mountainous area! LOL

[lamber2299 0]

I actually had the opposite problem. My incision area for my port was sunken in while the area around it looked swollen. I had this round belly and then a noticeable dent. It even showed through clothes. However, six inches off my waist and several months of healing and the dent is gone.

[chickadee81 0]

Had to bring this back up because it has been almost 8 weeks...and it STILL looks like I am hiding a small kitten under my skin :thumbup:. If I suck my gut in parts of my stomach still stick WAY out! Do you think it still needs more time?? It's been almost 2 months. Anyone else experience this?????

[JeweI 2]

Ha! Yes...it was nowhere near flat to begin with- but now I have a kitten sized lump that has the misfortune of looking like a third boob.

Thanks for the help, nice to know I'm not the only one and that it should go back into hiding eventually.

I told my husband the exact same thing. It looks like I have a third boob. I am 4 weeks out. It really looks like I am just swollen around the port area. Glad to know it will go down eventually.

[Paligirl 0]

After I lost 65 pounds my port stuck out like a tumor. Finally had to go back in and have a "low profile" port inserted.