Pain in my left side when I breathe

[wright616 84]

Hi all. I started to have this pain on my left side under my ribs when I breathe. I am 2 years out from surgery and my last fill was early June. I haven't had any problems until yesterday. I took some mylanta in case it was gas, but now I have the pain in my side with some acid reflux. Any ideas? I can eat and drink fine.

[Ivy Verde 68]

Please see a medical professional as soon as possible. Any time you have sudden, unexplained pain, you want to make sure it's not a slip or erosion. You could possibly just have developed gastritis or ulcers. But it's best to be checked to be on the safe side.

I hope you feel better and it's nothing serious.

[☠carolinagirl☠ 18,722]

if your scared, confused or in pain, the best thing to do is call your doctor's office for advice/advisement/guidance

[DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! 12,703]

See your doctor. It could be many things that aren't even band related at all.

[MeganMatters 1]

I'm curious --has your pain persisted? I had surgery in July 2008 and started to feel the same kind of pain in February 2010. It's never gone away. I've done all the imaging tests--diet elimination-- the only think consistent is the location. I used to get some relief by bending to my left side to muster up a burp. But within the last 8 months, that doesn't work at all. I'm just looking to see if others are as uncomfortable as I am. . . I'm scheduling a bad adjustment for next week. Hoping that the removal of some liquid will help.

[babykins529 189]

I am not sure what the prognosis of this was, but I started having pain in my left rib cage after I ate, or took a deep breath or laid on my right side. I also had pain in my left shoulder blade area (which is from the band/banding rubbing against the vagus nerve, and I have gotten off and on since being banded 2 years ago, but more so now with the rib pain). After dealing with it for a few days I call my bariatric surgeon's office and told them what was going on. They immediately got me in for a barium swallow eval and some x-rays. My surgeon called me later that day and told me my band has slipped. Back in May 2014, I had bad gastroenteritis which sent me to the hospital because I couldn't throw up, yet I was wrenching and super nauseated. Two weeks later I got stuck...and I couldn't get it out. After hours of trying and not being able to swallow my own saliva, I went to the ER for an emergency un-fill by my surgeon. Since then, I have take my fills very slowly. The last one was in August 2014, and I am not in the green zone for fear of getting stuck again, so I honestly don't know what, how or when my band slipped. Since yesterday I have developed severe reflux and nausea. I go in today to get un-filled yet again and let my band settle hopefully. I also asked about getting a revision to either the sleeve or bypass since having this band has caused me a lot of pain and multiple ER visits and once it slips, it has a high chance of it happening again, so if I'm going to need surgery to fix it, I may as well try something that will work better...I hope you all figured out what the problems were and got them fixed. Best of luck!

[Thelma Duffy 0]

I had my surgery 8/2010 at first no issues had great weight loss started at 234 went down to 164. Then I started having issues, I would throw up on normal food that I had eaten previous. We then moved to Lakeland, Florida my issues continue to get worse tests were done I have esophagitis, they said it looked like my band slipped some all doctors down here said to have it removed. My problem is no surgeon down here will do it unless it becomes an extreme emergency( what ever that means to them.) My issue is I want to have it removed before it becomes an extreme emergency. I have since gained 30 pounds back but really my eating habits are about the same. My options are getting fewer since I seem to be throwing up on most foods, I throw up so much I throw up pure bile. I can drink fluids usually no problems but I can not live on fluids alone. Anyone else have surgery in one state then move?