Can you rib catch your band???

alyssa124 · 12-31-2007, 01:57 PM

I just went to move and felt a twing inside. It was about where I think my band would be. Is this possible or just my inagination???? I have been sick lately so all kind of weird paranoid slippage thoughts are in my head.

Banded 10-6-2006
242/175/145
4cc band with 3.6cc

Sunshine2 · 12-31-2007, 02:57 PM

interesting question. I've had some pain on my left side and it was a pulling type of pain, like it was pulling my port. I finally figured out that I have been taking a diuretic for some swelling and because of this, my potassium is low. My potasium being low is causing some muscle cramps/spasms.

wombat712 · 12-31-2007, 03:26 PM

My port can pop against my rib - it's really high (just under my bra line). I feels kindof funky and if it happens too much then I'll be sore & tender to the touch the next day.

Is your ports really high? I felt lots of twinges in the beginning but I think that was the stitches settling in.

Sherrylea · 01-02-2008, 09:01 AM

I was banded Dec. 4th and my port is high next to my rib. Every time I get a fill it pushes against my rib and causes a little inconvenience. I do feel it catching on my rib when I slump in the chair. The fill nurse told me that when I loose some of the fat, of which I have alot, the port should settle down. Hope this helps.

aubrie · 01-02-2008, 10:06 AM

My port is just to the left of my belly button, but I too get pain up under my ribs in the evening. For whatever reason, no matter what I eat, my tummy hurts under my ribs in the evening about an hour after I eat. could it be that I'm tighter in the eveing? Am I eating to much? I'm eating about 3/4 to 1 1/2 cups of food. Rarely the 1 1/2... It's now to much. why just in the evening?

Sherrylea · 01-02-2008, 10:38 AM

Aubrie, my band is to the left of my belly button also but it is up higher. All of this is new to me too. I had my second fill Monday and I am going back tomorrow to get a third fill and have me x-rayed. So far I have 4cc's in my band and I have no restriction, plus it is difficult for the nurse to find my port. Like I said it has turned a little and is so close to my ribs that it is uncomfortable when I do get a fill. I will know more tommorrow. Eating doesn't have anything to do with my fill. Only when I slouch in my chair or when I am exercising, twisting, bending, can I feel the port rubbing against my rib. Be sure to ask you doctor about your situation and let me know. This may apply to me when I start getting restriction.