PAIN ON MY LFT SIDE WHERE PORT IS - HELP??

PLEASE HELP ME!!  TELL ME WHAT THE HECK THIS IS!! I have a pretty high tolerance level to pain...almost insane.  But the pain that I am getting is almost dropping me to my knees!!  I don't know how to explain the pain but it is in my left side where the band/port is and it is a horrible churning feel.  Makes almost feel like somebody reached in and is turning my guts inside out on that side.  WHAT IS THIS PAIN?  It happens more so after I eat but not usually until after an hour or so.  I had pureed beans for dinner w/some sour cream & salsa.  I also had some broth and have not had any water as of yet.  I was about to get up because it has been about an hour or so since I had dinner and out of no where I had this pain.  I'm sorry but call my a wuss or a wimp but if I could reach into my gut and yank out this band to stop this pain I would.  This pain for the last couple days is making me wonder what the heck I did to my body!!  I mean I have endured being 9months pregnant and passing kidney stones to having an ulcer erupt in my stomach along w/gastric polyps but THIS.....THIS IS NOTHING LIKE THE PAIN I am having.  DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THIS IS??  PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!

Sorry you are in such pain. I don't know what this pain is from as I have not had any pain like your describing. Do you have a bariatric doctor that will be doing your fills here? Maybe you should give them a call or if the pain is that bad go to the er. Hope all gets better soon.

thx!!  I hope so to.  I do have a doctor lined up but my appt. to see him is not until July 3rd.  I don't know if this is the "discomfort" from eating to fast maybe or what it could be.  Well, the pain is bad enough to keep me to pure jello/pudding and popsicles.  Ugggh...love'em but eating my beans were great.  A couple of days ago I had beans and ate them just the same and had no complications...so who knows.  Maybe I need more water?! I dunno.  I'll keep an eye on this.

I don't think you would get pain in your port area from eating too fast.  I think if you ate too fast and it wasn't chewed well you would slime or pb.  I haven't had food stuck so I don't know where that pain would be. Maybe someone who has gotten stuck can help with that answer. Are you drinking with your meal? Are you getting 64oz of liquids in?

Carol thank you for mentioning it...what the heck is sliming or PB??  I am learning not to eat w/my meals....but "if" I do I take a little sip to swallow.  I "had" really, really severe acid reflux before and my esophaugus and lining in my stomach was eroding away from the acid.  So, when I eat it will feel like food is stuck...even when I eat cottage cheese...weird. So, I have been sometimes taking sips.  Maybe the pieces of beans that didn't get pureed enough is what caused it.  I dunno....but yes...drinking water like it's going out of style.  I love the special K protein pink lemonade stuff so I am taking my 64 oz mug to work filling it w/some ice and making my drink and sipping all day long at work for 10hours....good stuff.

I don't know about the pain, but my doc had me take actigal to prevent gallbladder disease and prilosec to prevent acid reflux for the first six months. At least you could get prilosec over the counter to help with that possibility. Also I was told to have only whey protein. I don't think the Special K drink is whey protein. It is critical to get protein your body can handle as well as a minimum of 64 oz of water daily. Do  you have a primary care doc who is supportive who you could see? Or maybe you should call the doc in Mexico because this level of pain is unusual.

Connie 

Don't mess around!  Get to the ER if the pain is that sever.  I had some pain and it turned out to be the biggest kidney stone I ever had (and I've had many!).  By this point, you are probably very familiar with the pain causedby eating too fast or too much.  If this is different, you should get it checked out immediately.  If the pain is similiar to the eating pain, then it could be the speed at which you ate.  I've eaten things one day without problems and then the next with.  It's usually the speed at which I've eaten, that causes the pain.  When I've gotten in trouble, the pain is worse than anything I've ever had, and it is on the left side.  But I know what it is.  Paul 

Well, I am beginning to think it is the speed at which I may be eating things and not "chewing" them into oblivion....seriously this chewing like a cow like it's cud is some hard business to get used to!!  As long as I stay on liquids or like pudding/applesauce texture I am good as gravy....but even going to Cottage Cheese or what not....Holy Mother on High...OUCH!!  Well, I will monitor it again and hope it goes away.

I've had problems with cottage cheese.  Yesterday, I had 2 tablespoons of scrambled eggs, 1 sausage link and a small bowl of oatmeal.  Today I had 1 tablespoon of egg, 1/2 a sausage link and no oatmeal.  Yesterday I was fine, today I am in pain and trying not to throw up!  The only thing I can think of, is that I chewed and ate slower yesterday.  I know that when I take it very slow and chew at least 20 times per bite, I do a whole lot better.

okay I am going to throw this out there and maybe I am crazy but ever since I got banded my tolerance level to milk/soy has gotten worse!!  Before it wa**** and miss but NOW...OMG!! Even when I take the slimfast protein shake or pudding OR cottage cheese my stomach is lurching and that is when I get that horrible pain as well. (Trying to put two and two together to figure out what is causing the pain) Ooh eggs...them sound tasty!! Are you able to eat hot sauce yet w/them or anything??