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hey heartfire I have the same pinch and pain in my port area too. I was just wondering if those pinches ever went away on their own for you or do you still deal with the pain? Did you require revision surgery to correct the issue? Everytime I move in a certain way I can feel a sharp pinch and I was just wondering what this could be. :eek:

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My long incision is my port site...they put your band in through that and then your port goes there......im assuming ... i had the same thing...the funny thing was that 3 months after surgery i felt this huge "knot" in my stomach and I was convinced i had some sort of growth because it was 4 inches higher than my port incision....haha... i went to my doc and he laughed and said it was my port and APPARENTLY when you loose weight your skin moves....hahaha if my skin is going that far south this quickly....God help us all

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hey heartfire I have the same pinch and pain in my port area too. I was just wondering if those pinches ever went away on their own for you or do you still deal with the pain? Did you require revision surgery to correct the issue? Everytime I move in a certain way I can feel a sharp pinch and I was just wondering what this could be. :purplebananna:

How far out from surgery are you?

The pain went away fairly quickly. It was b/c I was trying to catch my DD and I'm sure I pulled some stitches. My port actually moves now. Dr can manipulate it with his fingers. Really strange! If I bend over wrong it feels like it's trying to flip but when I stand up, it pops back in to place. Dr can still access it for fills so we're not worried about it. Once he can't access it, then we'll have to do a revision. I'm hoping that never happens! :Banane01:

Anyway, if you're not healing from surgery and it's been awhile, I'd call my doc. You need to let him know what's going on and find out if it's anything to worry about.

If you ARE healing from surgery and it seems to be pretty often that you're feeling this, I'd still call him. At the very least, everything is fine and it will relieve you mind but if there is a problem, it gets resolved quickly.

Best wishes and let me know what you find out!

Take care!

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Well I go back to the doctor in 2 weeks so I will let you know for sure what happens. In the meantime I find that if I put a wrap tight around my stomach that seems to help a lot with the pinches and pain. Its almost as if I am keeping it in place. I just had revision surgery 1 month ago and 2 weeks after surgery is when I noticed this pain. Its been another 2 weeks since and still not much better. I am hoping in 2 weeks when I see my doctor that he will have some answers for me. :redface:

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