Stomach pains. Obstruction or band related?

[JJLaw08 4]

I have been having these cramps in my stomach since last weekend. It kinda feels like a runners cramp that you get, but it is worse. Somtimes it hurts in my upper stomach, but then it goes to around my belly button area. I have a slight prolapse on the band since March, and I just got a small fill about 2 weeks ago so I thought it was something related to my band. Some days the pain isn't as bad, and others like today the pain is bad. It hurts to stand up straight and to lay down. The only thing that is helping the pain today is sitting up. I called my doctor, but he is out of the country until the 20th. I talked with the nurse because I felt my port, and it seems to have moved so I thought maybe that is what is causing the pain. She told me that the port can move after losing a bunch of weight, but I don't know if that is what is causing my pain or not. I did tell her about the pain, and she told me to monitor it and get back with her if it doesn't get better.

Has anyone experienced anything like this or have their port move or had this kind of pain? I just took some milk of mag. to see if I can go to the restroom since I haven't been using the restroom all that well. I don't know what to do, and I am worried. I might need to call my regular doctor since my band doctor is out of the office.

[hah131 7]

I know this is a little late, but I was just wondering how the pain situation panned out. For the last several months, whenever I ate way more than I should, I'd get pain in my stomach, similar to what you described. The last two weeks, the pain occurs whenever I eat solid foods. I stuck mostly to liquids last week hoping that it was just swelling that would go down if I gave it some time. It hasn't really worked though. I'm planning on calling my dr's office Monday morning, but I was wanted to get some insight from someone who sounds like they had the same situation.

[Jachut 487]

I get pain in my belly button when I pb. It sounds band related to me, but of course, hope you checked with your doc.

I've had two small bowel obstructions this year and those are nothing like band related pain. Its deeper, cramping and it moves in waves from the left to right side of the abomen, with a huge build up of pressure behind it - I have a stoma and the pressure would feel like it was going to pass gas, only so strong that I felt like it was going to pop off and shoot across the room. Gradually these waves of pressure got more and more intense until you will be fairly ready to head into the hospital. Bowel obstructions are pretty unmistakeable, you'll know that when you feel it.