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Over eat = Shoulder pain...what the?

@ 2 weeks post op and I'm still complaining of shoulder pain - however, I just relized it is horrible sharp pain when I eat too much!!! I'm eating mush and pureed foods, but I just put the correlation together - is that crazy, is it even possible??

I just VERY stupidly over did it and I'm not throwing up, not burbing, but I want to cut my arm off at the shoulder, the pain is literally that bad..

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I still get it 2 years out when I overeat. It is definitely my "tell" when I overdid it. You eat too much your stomach (or something) irritates the phrenic(or vagus) nerve in your diaphragm and refers to your shoulder. Weird, I know but totally normal part of being banded. Moving and time is the only thing that works for me! Good Luck!!

I get a pain that runs from the lower left side to about middle of the back after I have had a fill or fly in a plane or eat a little too much. Also could be eating too fast. I had the backache after surgery for about 2 weeks and then get it after a fill and was told my band might tighten up in flight and it did.I got off the plane in Tucson after 3 hours in the "friendly" skies and the next day the pain was back so I only did liquids that day and was ok later in the PM. Did not get the same reaction on my flight home though 8 days later. Maybe only on South bound flights.

@ 2 weeks post op and I'm still complaining of shoulder pain - however' date=' I just relized it is horrible sharp pain when I eat too much!!! I'm eating mush and pureed foods, but I just put the correlation together - is that crazy, is it even possible??

I just VERY stupidly over did it and I'm not throwing up, not burbing, but I want to cut my arm off at the shoulder, the pain is literally that bad..[/quote']

I'm 3.5 years out and still get left shoulder. Mine is at the top where my neck and shoulder meet im what feels like the muscle. If I eat even one bit too much. I grab my heating pad and rid it out

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