I've noticed for the past week I have had pain on my left upper side of my abdominal about an inch below my ribs. It's a sharp pain and it comes and goes...has anyone experienced this with Lapband or could it be caused by something else?

i am pretty positive gallbladder pain is on the right side of the body.

that is what i thought too..ive googled it!

Thank you everyone for your response i usually dont get much luck on here with people answering my post!!! I guess the only thing i can do is go get it checked out!! I appreciate everyones opinions!!!! I will come back and update if i get to figure out what it is!!!!!

I get that pain all the time and I don't have a gallbladder. It's just gas. I get it a lot when I eat cabbage, squash or kale. Sometimes the pain last for 3 days.

Get a mini ice cube trayFreeze some crystal light and then you can crunch on the ice cubes

I get that pain too. I asked my dr he said gas ...

I hate when people say its just gas lol how can it be gas in the same exact place every single time? I dont know, but i plan on making an appointment with my doctor just to rule out anything serious!!! thank you!!!

Kim, I know! How can it be gas when it's in the same place everytime?

I have the same pain every blue moon. I think it's my band choking my stomach!

I about busted a gut laughing at this comment...

I am going to give you another version of what it could be IF this is your pain. I periodically get a pain on the left side, under the ribs, in the realm of the port area but it can move slightly. If I get it mild I can control it by laying back, if I get it bad I can't sit up, move for a bit and help me if I start to laugh when in pain.

It feels like a charlie horse under my ribcage, the muscles can vary from twitching, gut wrentching, spasm that will come on suddenly and then can be gone. Worst time was for about an hour, then it left and hasn't been back. This pain is not gas!!

It can hit, during sex (such great timing), after I have been out and not properly hydrated myself. To fix the issue I usually eat a banana, and start to make sure I get the fluids in and drink drink drink. I figured out that it happens like a calf charlie horse..

if i keep hydrated, I do not get them!

Hopefully this is what your pain is... at least it is NOT gas!!!... Good luck!

Am I the only one that gets these pains? I never hear of anyone else...sigh

i get gas there too without having been banded. i think it is just a susceptible area. did gasx help at all?

I am going to give you another version of what it could be IF this is your pain. I periodically get a pain on the left side' date=' under the ribs, in the realm of the port area but it can move slightly. If I get it mild I can control it by laying back, if I get it bad I can't sit up, move for a bit and help me if I start to laugh when in pain.

It feels like a charlie horse under my ribcage, the muscles can vary from twitching, gut wrentching, spasm that will come on suddenly and then can be gone. Worst time was for about an hour, then it left and hasn't been back. This pain is not gas!!

It can hit, during sex (such great timing), after I have been out and not properly hydrated myself. To fix the issue I usually eat a banana, and start to make sure I get the fluids in and drink drink drink. I figured out that it happens like a calf charlie horse..

if i keep hydrated, I do not get them!

Hopefully this is what your pain is... at least it is NOT gas!!!... Good luck!

Am I the only one that gets these pains? I never hear of anyone else...sigh[/quote']

Oh yes often... And i usually lay back and take shallow breathes until it passes... Sometimes it hits so quickly and unexpectedly i stop in my tracks n dont even breath its insane! But yes mine is under my rib cage right above my port on the left side of my body