Pain on lower left side

carolc · September 8, 2006

I am afraid that my port may have shifted. It was always in the center of my waist. I now feel a hard "ball" off to the left side. It is very painful when I press on it. I also am getting pains about 2 inches lower and can hardly walk at times. Has anyone experienced anything like this before. I have an appointment with the doctor on the 28th but am wondering if I should go in sooner.

health1st · September 8, 2006

Carolc, how long ago were you banded? I had this kind of pain early on, a few weeks after surery. It was very painful for about 4 days, shooting pain at times. My doc said the nerve endings were raw and kinda exposed and unhappy (my words). I used a heating pad and it helped.

18 weeks postop, sometimes I get port pain when I ride my bike or bend over. And it hurts a few inches away from my port. Don't know why.

carolc · September 8, 2006

I have been banded since January 2004. In about March of this year I had the same type of pain but it went away after a day or so. This has gone on for over a week. It doesn't hurt when I am just sitting still but if I then try to move it is terrible.

Elisabethsew · September 8, 2006

Call in the AM and tell your MD you need to be seen ASAP. Don't wait.

health1st · September 8, 2006

carolc, you've had your band much longer than I have so you have more experience.

My pain was a few weeks after surgery so I don't know if if can be the same kind of thing a year later. If your band did shift, I think it probably would have made some nerve endings very unhappy. The pain made me double over. And then one day it was gone.

But based on your note "it doesn't hurt when I am just sitting still but if I then try to move it is terrible". That is what my "raw unhappy nerve" did. I was OK sitting but moving was like a lightening bolt thru my stomach.

I always error on being cautious, at least call your Doc. When I call mine, he says come in, no matter what. He's also very cautious and so far (except for the initial slipped band) I've never had a problem.

Kate27 · September 8, 2006

I have this same pain...i have had it for about a week now. I went into the ER last week because it was so bad..I thought something worse had happened. He told me it was normal and that I may have pulled a muscle near my port. But, I have been in intense pain for a week now. I have been taking Loritab and it still hurts like crazy. Like you, I am fine if I am sitting still or laying down, but as soon as I get up it makes me want to double over....the doc seems to think I will be fine and that this is normal.....