I had my surgery on Oct. 19, 2011 and for about a month I had severe sporadic pain in my neck that would radiate to my hand. It went away and it was pain free for 2-3 weeks and then I got a fill yesterday and it came back. It's excruciating! It stopped after I went to sleep last night and I hope it stays away. Last time I asked the surgeon about it she said she thought I "slept" on it wrong during surgery. Does anybody else have this problem?

I experienced that pain for many months after surgery (I'm 2 1/2 yrs out). The most severe area was my neck/shoulder. I still feel this pain a bit if I over eat. I asked around at the time and finally asked my doctor. He said it might be some pressure on a nerve (can't remember the name of the nerve) that runs kind of diagonally across your body in the vicinity of the band. Hang in there & keep up the good work!

I had horrible neck pain after my surgery. I went to a chiropractor and one adjustment put it back into place. When I told my surgeon about it, he said it was probably because they push your head to once side sometimes when you're being operated on. I can imagine the pain could come back with a fill or with any other "trauma" to the body if the undlerlying cause is not addressed.

Thank you so much for your replies. I'm just glad to know that I'm not crazy and other people have had it too.