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Last night, I tossed and turned -my back is killing me and wakes me up. So, I tried sleeping on my left side.

It hurt like heck, but I tried to not give up.

The upper part of my stomach, where all of the incisions and port are felt like.. my guts were pushing the port. it hurt terribly.

My back is hurting so badly from sleeping on my back for 5 weeks.

Do you know if is possible to make the band or port come out of place from side sleeping?

fyi...

I am still hurting with a burning pain at all of my incision sites. I've taken a half dose of hydrocone, but still hurt. I would really like to hear from someone who has experience with this kind of problem -side sleeping -burning pain all day...

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If you are concerned you should talk with your doctor asap.

I didn't have the burning pain, but I will say that at first I could feel my port being pushed up if I slept on my side.

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I still get a little incision pain from time to time....not too much of the burning pain anymore. I had a fill yesterday and got to see my port and the band in action....my port is not only stitched in place on the muscle, but has metal clips holding it in place. I suspect it takes quite a while for those to totally heal. The doctor also said the tubing is stitched to the muscle so there are a lot of things going on there. My ribs hurt to the left of my port too once in a while. I really didn't ask about that, but after he told me where all the stuff was, I chalking it up to all the stuff in there now.

Can you sleep on your other side? I couldn't sleep on my left side for quite a while either and it's still tender once in a while.

Talk to your doctor...they probably have heard it all and would have an idea about what's going on.

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had my band in May 2008 and experienced the burning sensation at port site.(due, I'm guessing, to the stitches) sleeping on the opposite side of port site was most comfortable for me. burning continued for several months.

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I am actually on the site right now trying to find out the reason that all of a sudden I am having this burning sensation about an inch or two below my port incision. I'm fine laying down and sitting but when I try to walk LOOK OUT!!!! It just started this weekend and I was banded two weeks ago last Thursday. I too felt it the first time I was turning on my left side in my sleep. You could have pulled me off the ceiling when it happened! I have not had ANY pain and did not even have my pain meds filled. This is new and is scaring me. I am putting in a call to my doctor in just a few minutes. Let's see what he has to say. I could have pulled something this weekend as I was helping move boxes to my daughters apartment at LSU. But I did not feel anything THEN! Just this morning! Aaaarrrggghhhh! Hang in there!

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I am actually on the site right now trying to find out the reason that all of a sudden I am having this burning sensation about an inch or two below my port incision. I'm fine laying down and sitting but when I try to walk LOOK OUT!!!! It just started this weekend and I was banded two weeks ago last Thursday. I too felt it the first time I was turning on my left side in my sleep. You could have pulled me off the ceiling when it happened! I have not had ANY pain and did not even have my pain meds filled. This is new and is scaring me. I am putting in a call to my doctor in just a few minutes. Let's see what he has to say. I could have pulled something this weekend as I was helping move boxes to my daughters apartment at LSU. But I did not feel anything THEN! Just this morning! Aaaarrrggghhhh! Hang in there!

Oh gosh! let me know what the doc says....

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