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Hi all,

I am 7 days post op and starting yesterday I have had a cramp in my side, it feels exactly like a stitch or cramp you would get from running. Had anyone else experienced this?? I keep searching on here but i haven't read anything similar. I think I must be doing something wrong, eating too fast or something? Or maybe it's gas pain? I'm taking pain killers and using a heating pad... But the pain doesn't seem to want to go away. It feels sharper when I take a deep breath. Please tell me it's normal!

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Hi! I had a lot of gas pain after my surgey. It was really sharp and would get worse when i breathed deeply or moved around. My nurse told me to take gas x. It kind of helped some but what really helped was walking it off. Id walk around my room and take the gas x i think every 3 or 2 hrs don't really remember. But if it gets worse or something u should call ur doctor. Hope u feel better soon! Hang in there! And congrats on ur surgery! :-)

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Hi! I had a lot of gas pain after my surgey. It was really sharp and would get worse when i breathed deeply or moved around. My nurse told me to take gas x. It kind of helped some but what really helped was walking it off. Id walk around my room and take the gas x i think every 3 or 2 hrs don't really remember. But if it gets worse or something u should call ur doctor. Hope u feel better soon! Hang in there! And congrats on ur surgery! :-)

Thanks, I'm actually back at work now and I even walked home, its about 1 km. I'm takin gas x too! Maybe I'm doing too much too soon? I thought I was supposed to get up and moving though!

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The other thing you have to watch out for is Constipation. Walk for the gas, but make sure once you start food that you are adding Fiber. We lose that with our new menu.

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Well everybody is different. My doctor told me to rest as much as possible the first 3 days and than start slowly walking around the house but no exercise type walking before my first follow up which was about 3 wks after surgery. But if u feel strong and up to it i guess do walk but u know take it slow. Ur still healing. good luck with ur new journey and u have found a good place to talk about ur concerns this site is awesome! :-)

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Try to walk around and if possible...try to pass some gas. It sounds funny but it might help

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try walking around. I got my band on the 11th and I am having cramping feelings on my left side near port incision..plus I am bruised so it can be painful

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I am having the same pains. I was banded 8days ago.Yesturday was the first time I went out and about all day, i may have overdone it or I think I my problem may be that I need to have a BM. I will call my Dr if the pain persists.

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Yes! I was banded 12/6/12 and had that same thing for a few weeks after surgery. Mine was on my left side, just below my rib cage (my port is on the right side.). I don't think very many people get that pain. Nobody on Here had a response when I asked about it and my nurse didn't have much to say either. It finally subsided.

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Yes! I was banded 12/6/12 and had that same thing for a few weeks after surgery. Mine was on my left side, just below my rib cage (my port is on the right side.). I don't think very many people get that pain. Nobody on Here had a response when I asked about it and my nurse didn't have much to say either. It finally subsided.

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I'm having that feeling too. My port is on the left side if my belly button but I feel the pain mostly in the right side between my hip and belly button. It hurts worse when I breathe deep. I'm 4 weeks post op. I've had this pain for about 2 weeks. I asked the nurse at my dr office and she said it was unrelated with the surgery. I thought maybe it was from IBS. Do you have IBS? I'm not sure if its not from Constipation. I have skipped a day here or there

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