I am 3.5 weeks post op and have been eating slowly, chewing my food and having no issues. Today I had lunch during a meeting and I guess I got caught up and started taking to big of bites.

I have this horrible pain under my left rib cage. It’s a shooting, stabbing pain. It has been going on for about 4 hours now. What should I go? I actually almost buckled from the pain in the hallway at work. I have taken some papaya enzymes just to see if it would help, but no luck. I have left a message with the nurse just waiting to hear back.

Does it feel like food is stuck? Any sweating or nausea? When I had pain under my ribcage... it was my gallbladder. When I am stuck, it feels higher up in my mid chest. I hope you feel better soon and that the nurse gets back to you soon!!

No food stuck. I just ate dinner and everything went fine. The nurse never called back! Not very happy about that.

Sorry, little confused. Are you saying you can eat but are still having the pain? It does sound like you had a bad stuck episode.

Yes, I can eat just fine. I have never been stuck before but I would imagine it to be somewhere near my chest. I, of course, could be wrong but the pain was right under neath my left ribcage. This morning when I woke up it was gone, so hopefully it will remain that way.

Glad u are feeling better!!

The stuck feeling is more in the middle of your chest, not under the rib age for me