Yesterday evening, after work, I went to the grocery store to pick a few things up for dinner. When I got there, I was feeling a bit of pressure in my left chest, just under my collar bone. I thought that if I walked a bit more around the store, this would help.

By the time I got done and out to my car, the pressure is even greater. I'm tempted to call my dr. right then but decide to wait until I get home, which would be in less than 5 minutes.

I get home and bring my groceries in. I pull out my cell phone, see I missed a call from my husband, and try calling him. Get his voice mail, and tearfully tell him that I'm experiencing pain.

I then look through my wallet to pull out my dr's business card. I decided that perhaps I do just have gas, and think I'll use the restroom. Doesn't help. Husband calls back, tell him what's going on, and he says to take some gas-x, and lay down and relax. He'd be home in 30 minutes.

Now, I'm not sure if you recall, but yesterday I posted about getting hiccups after taking one of my antibiotics that I didn't cut in half. I bet I hiccupped for close to 5 minutes. And it felt, for the rest of the evening, like I had drank too much water, and that any moment it was going to come up.

I'm wondering if the hiccups created a bunch of gas in me, or perhaps moved some gas around that may have been trapped. Anyway, by the time my husband got hom, 45 minutes later, the pain had subsided, but I still felt like I drank too much water.

I ended up not calling my dr, but man, was that unpleasant! Normally, back in the immediate days post-op, if I had gas in my shoulder, it actually hurt on the outside of my arm, like where you'd get a tetnus shot. But this pain was in my chest on the left side, just under my collar bone. Let me tell you, the thought of a heart attack did cross my mind, but I didn't let it linger.

Thank God it stopped. I didn't drink any more water until 9 pm. I just didn't want any after that.

Melinco,

I did see your post about hiccuping after taking the pill. Perhaps the pill was too large and you need to break them in half.

I get the hiccuping when I eat too fast. It sounds like you may have been stuck or irritated your pouch, or perhaps even gas. Not really sure!

I'm glad you are feeling better. Banded life seems to throw us many curves (new experiences) try to relax a bit. Being too uptight about your band will cause you way too much stress. Take each new experience as it comes and keep a journal of the strange experience and try not to worry.

I hope today is a better day for you,

Donna

Thanks, Donna. I seem to hiccup often these days. I took some tylenol just a bit ago (cramps) and I hiccupped after taking those too, but only for a minute or so.

I have my support group meeting tonight, so I'll tell the doctor about it and see what he thinks.

Just like when you have kids that don't come with a manual, the band really doesn't either, huh?

Yes, be careful when taking any kind of pills. I usually break mine in half, but there was one time that even the halfed pill hurt my chest pretty bad. I hope you feel better..We win some, we lose some..that time the band won. :thumbup:

I'm sorry to hear that you are experiencing pain. It's no fun!

I had a problem tonight with some chicken. For some reason, my dear 89yr old mother will not be quiet when I'm eating. She keeps talking & asking questions and then gets mad if I don't answer. Well, this in turn causes me to be careless about my bites/chewing and the amount I'm eating. The first thing I know, I am having serious PAIN, then on to slimming. Not fun at all.

The only thing I can do is try to be more careful until she moves into her new apartment in a senior citizens hi-rise. She will move around the middle of the month, thank goodness. I love her dearly but sometimes it's so difficult.

I hear you, Lolly! I'm ok, unless I get to talking. Then it's like Whoa! Carefull!

Mel, I had those problems at first and I found that drinking just plain hot water, no tea or coffee, just water helped to calm my chest pains. This was after I called my doctors office and verified that this was normal and I didn't need to go to the hospital

MM357