What the heck is....

txjanaa1 · July 21, 2008

Hi all!

Saturday night I went to lie down on my bed and felt a strange hurtful pulling feeling on the left side of my stomach. I lay down and got comfortable and didn’t feel it anymore. The next morning I went to stretch and that same area hurt again (it felt like my muscles were being pulled apart). It hurts on and off depending on which way I move. I have discovered to the left side of my port about 1 inch below there is a knot about the size of a lemon. I can feel my port just fine. I automatically thought it was a hernia. The reason I thought that was because when my son was 5, he got into the tub and all the sudden right above his groin looked like a HUGE alien wanted to come out. I took him to the Dr. right away and he had a hernia, and it was removed.

I was banded in May and in late June had to have my appendix removed (the Dr. said that the appendix and lapband were not related, I called BS on that one). So when I felt this feeling over the weekend, I thought sheesh, what else can go wrong??? Since Sunday, more food seems to be getting stuck easier, I don’t know if it is all in my head and I am just not chewing my food enough, or could it be this big huge bulge pushing against my band? I feel like I am getting paranoid, but was just curious if anyone else has had this issue???

I LOVE my band and have lost 26 pounds since my surgery, but my stomach at this point since I have had lapband and then my appendix removed looks like a railroad track! :crying:

Has anyone had this problem? Does it sound like a hernia to you or something else?

I go back to the Dr. on Friday (for my fill follow-up) since I had my first fill two weeks ago, I am up to 4.6cc right now, but wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem before??

Thanks for your reply...

U_go_gurl68 · July 21, 2008

I have a similiar firmness near my port area and my surgeon said it was a normal part of healing. The band and port are stitched into the muscle tissue and take longer to heal, which can at times cause that sensation of a sharp, pulling, or tugging. He gave me what he referred to as a "low profile" port, which is stitched down deeper into the muscle so it doesn't show through the skin when I lose weight. He said that is what was more than likely causing the pull. He said it would go away in time, but to be careful with my diet and not to do activity that was too strenuous during the healing process.

I hope your Doc gives you some good news and tells you, you have nothing to worry about.

best wishes,

Stephanie