I am new to this site. Trying to find some place to turn to get some help. I was banded on 04/10/09. For the last 4 months, I have had severe pain in my left side under my ribcage that radiates around to my left mid back. Has anyone had anything similar to this? Any information would be most appreciated.

Did it start right after getting the band? My second day with the band I started to get a bad pain in my left side down low around overy height. When I asked my surgeon about it he said it had nothing to do with the surgery because he wasn't around that area and if it continued to hurt, contact my regular dr. Well it's been a year and a half and still have the pain. My fault, I havn't been to regular dr till recently. I had a pelvic ultrasound and it came back clean.

Some days the pain is worse than others and seems to get worse if I over eat. I am wondering if the port got sewn into a nerve or somthing because if I push on the port I can feel the pain down low. I am going to call my surgeon next week and find out. I'll let you know if I learn anything.

Kris

I have battled the pain off and on for 2 1/2 years. My Dr. told me when I over the diaphragm swells pushing on nerves. It is quite painful and lasts several hours. I try not to over eat to avoid this torture, but being a food addict sometimes fail. Hope this helps. :smile2:

I am having this EXACT same problem since the moment I woke from surgery. I have had little to no pain elsewhere. I am 2 weeks out from surgery and it is a TERRIBLE problem. It stops when I am in an upright position, but since the surgery, after only a few minutes of laying down I am in agony. This horrible stabbing pain under my left ribcage as if I've run a marathon that radiates around to my back and burns like hell. I've tried every possible position to make it stop. Not working. The hotpad worked the first week, but now it's not doing anything. I still have pain meds and they do nothing at all for it. I mentioned it to my doctor on my 10 day checkup and he passed it off and told me to use a hotpad. Of course he passed off the horrible pop I had at the port site as well, and the hernia I believe I have. But also my port site is a huge lump as big as a goose egg, he said was some water pocket. I told him the hernia was next to it and he dismissed me.

Anyway, I am absolutely miserable and can't sleep and scared shitless. What the hell is going on???? Anyone know what is causing this?

Bren

I am new to this site. Trying to find some place to turn to get some help. I was banded on 04/10/09. For the last 4 months, I have had severe pain in my left side under my ribcage that radiates around to my left mid back. Has anyone had anything similar to this? Any information would be most appreciated.

I have the same pain too. I was banded this February and I cannot lay flat at night. I have to prop myself up or I get this intense stabbing and burning pain on the left side near the port. I also asked the doctor and he just shrugged and said "it will go away after a while". I wish I knew what it was too.