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Thanks Duke. I am seeing a Physio for a different matter next week. Will get her to check out my shoulder as well

Hello, I had a banded sleeve gastrectomy 9 months ago which included the Minimiser Ring. I am now at my goal weight. The day after the surgery when I took a Panadol tablet I had an immediate shooting pain in my left shoulder. 9 months later I still get shoulder pain approximately 1/3 of the time I eat. It isn't a shooting pain anymore but still worrying and makes eating at that time not enjoyable. It doesn't seem to be any specific type or texture of food. As an aside I also have reflux. My surgeon ordered an endoscopy recently which found I do indeed have GERD (acid and bile) which isn't being full controlled with medication but that is another story. The endoscopy didn't find anything wrong with the sleeve itself. My question is could the shoulder pain have something to do with the Minimiser Ring? If the sleeve is good and I have no reason to think it isn't then the only other option I can think of is that it is somehow the Ring causing the problem. Has anyone else had anything similar and what was it found to be? Regards, Paul

Thank you perhaps it is related to gas and reflux. I will ask him about that. I actually eat very slowly and annoy other family members doing so - they will get over it 🙂 Also pedantically stick to not a mouthful over the one cup limit my dietician imposed on me.

Hi Kris, There has been no specific check of my gall bladder unless that is included in the barrage of blood tests that were done 6 months post surgery. This explains what it is https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6132784/ Here in Perth approximately half the surgeons are doing it. It isn't the "Lapband" There is no erosion or the like. I'm just sick of the shoulder pain. Will ask the surgeon if there are any tests other than the endoscopy to determine what is causing it. I eat slowly and always keep to the cup limit. The pain is getting duller over time but always when I eat. Thanks Riva I will try the hot water thing. Pretty much all the hospitals are closed here just in case of a Convid 19 outbreak though 'elective' procedures and tests etc are starting to come back as we get close to zero new cases each day. Regards, Paul