I have to see if anyone can tell me what it is I'm feeling or if I should just call the doctor and ask. I was banded last week on 8/22. I am about 95% healed, meaning I almost feel back to my old self with one exception, every night between 1 to 4 what feels like my stomach starts to hurt so bad. I don't know if it is heartburn?? I never had heartburn before. I keep a heating pad on it and it soothes it a bit but not enough to fall back asleep. Has anyone every experienced this before or know what the pain could be caused from?

It really shouldn't be heartburn. You're on a liquid diet so I'm assuming you haven't been eating anything that would cause it. Try sleeping with more pillows and see if that helps. You might also want to call the doctor.

you need to call your doctor to make sure. kind of sounds like maybe gas pains, but i am not sure.

Yes I agree, it doesn't feel like what I would think heartburn would feel like, maybe it is gas pains. I have a call into the doctor and waiting for a call back.

If you are talking about 1-4 AM, like after you have gone to bed, then yes it could very well be heartburn or acid reflux. Try not eating several hours before you go to sleep. I can't just sit down and eat and watch TV sitting there the rest of the night either-I have to get up and move around so the food has a chance to digest and pass down into the lower stomach.

If you can, try putting some books, bricks (in a pillow case), or something under your top mattress up by the head. Just putting extra pillows under your neck doesn't help-you can hurt your neck this way! Lifting the top part of the mattress, even just a few inches, will keep your body at a better angle so the reflux can't flow back up.

I've had heartburn/reflux for years and to me it fills like someone has poured a bit of acid in the upper part of my belly. I was banded 7/26/2011 and had a severe hiatial hernia repaired. My doctor said to make sure I don't lie down for at least 4 hours after I eat. I stick to that but I do get random stomach aches. I've got them in the middle of the night and in the mornings when I wake up and they aren't heartburn or reflux.

Thanks for the explanation Rosie. No, it doesn't at all feel like acid. And I do not eat after 6:00pm typically unless it's a sugar free popsicle around 8:00pm. It is a painful discomfort. I'm hoping it's just gas. Still waiting for the doctor to call me back.

Thanks for the explanation Rosie. No, it doesn't at all feel like acid. And I do not eat after 6:00pm typically unless it's a sugar free popsicle around 8:00pm. It is a painful discomfort. I'm hoping it's just gas. Still waiting for the doctor to call me back.

Keep us updated! Hope your doc calls soon!!