Don't know what's going on but I have this cramp on my right side. It comes and goes, has anyone felt this before???? I don't want to call my doctor if it's not serious, but who knows. I was banded on March 19th 2012.

I was banded on the 20th. For a few days I had a sore area on my lower left abdominal area (not anywhere near my port or other incisions) that had me worried because it appeared 2-3 weeks after surgery. It went away and hasn't bothered me since.

I get the same thing from time to time but mine is on my left side. It feels like a runners cramp. I think mine comes when I eat a little too much.

I get it from time to time .

Could be gall bladder. I would get pains about and hour or so after eating. It was my gall bladder

I have it now. I think it's gas.

Did you have a hiatal hernia repaired at the time of surgery? Many obese people have these hernias, where the stomach invades the chest cavity through the diaphragm. You may not have known you had one. It gets fixed during surgery, because they have to pull your stomach down to place the band. If you had a hernia, they tightened up your diaphragm, to prevent re-herniation. The tightened diaphragm will cause the lower rib cramping.

I was banded on April 11th, 2012. I have cheated, I was so hungry and ate some broccoli. I had so much pain but my doctor told me to walk. I felt better after walking for 20 minutes. This morning, I had some eggs, a slice of wheat bread and two slices of watermelon. About 30 minutes later, I started feeling a sharp pain on my left side. I went to the bathroom thinking that I would feel better, boy... the pain got so bad that I could not walk, breathe and talk. When I called the dr. he asked me to meet him immediately at the clinic to remove the fill. He told me that the bread did that. When he removed the fill, I felt better in 5 minutes and was able to walk and speak normal again. He will put the fill back again in one week. He told me to go back on the liquid diet for the next three weeks. I learned my lesson. I've never had so much pain in my life. I really thought that I was dying. So please stay away from bread, broccoli and anything too hard or too heavy to eat.