Cindyjoe

I got my 3rd fill 10 days ago, got banded 5 months ago. I just got to that level of restriction where I am full for longer hours and with smaller quantities! Before then it was nothing.
Now I get shoulder and chest pains when I eat things like bread, Pasta, rice, peas, meat. I think that's how it should be, right? It made me finally ready to quit all of the above (except for sushi, it's totally worth the pain)
When I stick to liquids, mushies, veggies and soft Proteins I am completely fine.
It can't possibly be from the operation! It has to be directly linked with how tight you are and what you eat. Because after my first fill I got that pain for one bite, after my second fill it was for the first 3-4 bites and now it's throughout the majority of the meal making any of these foods listed above completely unappealing to me. Which is the whole point of this lap band I think...
Do you see any similarity between what I experience and what you do?

i'm almost a year out and i get the shoulder pain when i eat too much, if i ignore the small hiccup that tells me to stop eating. yes i hate that pain! ugh!

I was banded on april 5 and I'm suffering as well. I sure hope that it doesn't stay this way the pain runs from my shoulder across my chest and is extremely painful. I wish I could help you.

Interesting... We are learning every day. I realized today that stress can trigger left shoulder pain for me. I've seen some people post about stress making them feel tighter and/or they can't eat as much when syressed. Just wondering if that cam push on the phrenic nerve. I know if I have waited to long to pee (sorry if this is TMI) the pressure and fullnes pushes on enough internal stuff that I have left shoulder pain. I'm 3 1/2 months out. Please keep updating- I like learning about what each of you experience.

Lololol.....still can't believe I did that.. Damn iPhone!