Pain in lower left abdomen? About three inches to the left of belly button!

flamingonicole · September 15, 2010

I'm 2 years post-op from lap band and I've lost 125 lbs! But every now and then I get a pain in my lower abdomen on the side of my stomach where my port is. Its about 2 or three inches to left of my belly button. Its feels like a stabbing pulling pain. Almost like what you get when you run and your not quite in shape to run and you get that pain in your side. Well its the same pain, but on the front of my abdomen. I get it when I've eaten to much so I just always assumed it was just my port pulling or something and never really made a fuss about it, but today its bothering me a lot especially when I walk or lay down completly flat. Does anybody else get this and have they asked their doctor about it or know what might be going on?

cwm812 · September 15, 2010

I get the exact same pain and I have no idea what causes it. I do know that if I get up and move around, the pain goes away. It feels like something is poking me internally. I figure that if I can make it go away easily, it can't be anything too severe. I did mention it to my PCP (who is very knowledge about the band) and she said to let her know if it becomes a problem. She didn't think it sounded like anything to worry about.

Cindy

heidib · November 3, 2010

I had some port area pain after running,,,,I was over a yr out by then, It felt like how I felt soon after surg, went to dr she said i could of wripped a stitch,take easy for a few days and wera a binder around my waiste when i run. did all and have had no prob since. go to doc! :-)