Hi

I am almost 3 wks post band and from day 2 I have been getting a really sharp pain down near my hip - but what is down there? It's about an inch up from my hip bone and about 2 inches inward - does anyone have any experience of this? Tidge.

I got the gas pains in the hip/side. Not in my shoulder like everyone else. Right above my pelvis, in the side like a stitch and slighly higher up under the arm too.

It sounds like sciatic pain. I believe there is a chiropractor here who might be able to shed some light on your problem. If the pain is too bad, call your MD.

Yes, it is exactly like a stitch - I didn't even think of gas but maybe??? I'll call the doc. if it doesn't go.

Tidge, I am a little over three weeks banded and I have pain that I would describe as like a side ache (like after you run too hard) that is located right at my waistline between my side and my belly button, but much closer to the side. This pain bothers me a lot more when I am up moving around and I am sure it is not gas. I had some gas pain in my shoulders and back after surgery. This is a much sharper pain. Is this anything like you are experiencing? I am going to call my doctor and ask about it. I'll let you know what they say.

Hope

Tidge, Just read your message more carefully. You mentioned that your pain was in/on your hip. Just curious, is it in the front or the back?

Hope

Hi Hope

It's in the front and is much worse when I move around - it gets worse throughout the day and is very sharp. It's making me a bit miserable actually cos all the other peeps banded in may seem to be pain free and out dancing!

I'm generally quite sore every day but that pain is the most intense.

Yours does seem very similar - I'd like to hear what your doc says - my surgeon will be away until 5th june and I don't think my GP will be much help!

Do let me know if you find out a way to deal with it! Regards, Tidge.

Yep, sounds exactly like what I"m talking about. Gas, and I also got sore there when each of my babies was born, just seems to follow the recovery. It always went away after a month or so.

I got that too, about 2 weeks out. Same spot. It was pretty bad. It's gas believe it or not, but like you, it freaked me out. Like yours it was sharp, hurt when I moved and got worse as the day went on. It even hurt to sleep on it.

Your not alone!

Did you get it treateed Leena or did it just go. How do you know it was wind? Tidge.

Thanks for taking the time to try & help.

That is EXACTLY where the pain is but I cant find a fist or knot when I feel there. If I have to walk with it, it does feel a little better if I push hard with my fingers into the pain area as I walk. Bowell movements small but daily! Owch. Do you think a laxative would help?

I don't know what a chiroprator is/does but if it will help - I'll go to one!

Yep I had some pain there to it went away, but the only way to be sure is seek info from your Doc

Another possibility. I've had a right, lower quadrant sort of 'stitch' type pain since my second banding. From what I can gather, the doc seems to think it is adhesions.

Tidge, I am a little over three weeks banded and I have pain that I would describe as like a side ache (like after you run too hard) that is located right at my waistline between my side and my belly button, but much closer to the side. This pain bothers me a lot more when I am up moving around and I am sure it is not gas. I had some gas pain in my shoulders and back after surgery. This is a much sharper pain. Is this anything like you are experiencing? I am going to call my doctor and ask about it. I'll let you know what they say.

Hope

Hope,

I have these exact same two pains!!! My left and sometimes right sides hurt once in a while as if I have just exhausted myself from running. It's hard to stand up straight and to breathe deeply when I have these pains because it makes the pains hurt worse.

I also have pains in my left shoulder and upper back areas that is exactly like the pains I felt right after surgery (due to gas trapped under the skin). But two weeks after surgery, I still have these pains in my shoulder/upper back area.

Both are tolerable but unpleasant...and when I get these pains, I just want to lie down and not move.

I mentioned the pain in my sides to my doctor (I described how they felt like I had been running and then got side pains) and he said it sounds like I have muscle cramps, but he didn't really offer a solution (D'oh!).

Please let me know what your doctor says about these issues! We are both in the same exact boat!

My email is Angela.Meyers@gmail.com

Well I spoke to my surgeon who said that he had never had anyone complain of such pains before and suggested that I go my practitioner. I went to the family doctor and she said that it was band-related and I ought to seek advice from the surgeon. I aggree that it is definately band-related but the surgeon knew nothin of it. Both suggested painkillers - I will just have to hope that it is gas and that it goes!!!

Tidge--I think I had pain similar to what you are experiencing. I am 4 wks post op. I experienced pain like that immediately following surgery and did up until last week as well. I said it felt like the pain/cramp you get after swimming. I had my gallbladder removed a month prior to my banding so my surgeon told me it was probably pain from the first surgery and nothing to worry about. Mine was so bad that I could not sleep at night without rolling a pillow up to put under my side. I would take my pain meds to help out with it and it seems to be better now but I noticed it again after I exercised yesterday.