Just recently I started having this sort of "side stitch" pain. It is not super painful, I don't have a fever etc. But when I sit up, bend over, or use my tummy muscles, it hurts, almost like an internal bruise.

It kind of reminds me of a side stitch you would get when you run?

Has anyone experienced this, is it something to be alarmed about? Or is this normal internal healing?

It is on my right hand side literally between my front and back, and just doesn't seem to go away. It is a new pain, or at least since I have been healing I have noticed it more in the last few days.

Let me know if anyone else has experienced anything like this, this far out from surgery.

Thanks!

R

Good Morning,

I'm still pre-op so I don't know if it's Sleeve related, but I had that sort of pain when my gallbladder was acting up. I kept telling my doc I had a cramp in my side. She was certain it was back pain, muscle related, until the ultrasound. Do you still have your gallbladder?

Yes! I don't even know what that is. Maybe I have a gallstone? Hmmmm

I will call my doctor on Monday. Hopefully that is not it!

It is not searing pain, but noticable. Isn't gallstone pain much much worse, or could this just be the beginning?

Keep us updated, Rachel. It must be hard to know when something is "sleeve" or just another body issue? Yesterday, I was wondering when I would just feel "normal" again. I was not in any great discomfort, but just did not feel "right." Of course it has not even been a week for me. I hope you get a good report from the doctor. Sending you hugs across Mopac.

Rachel,

I never had the truly severe gallbladder pains, but I had a gallbladder filled with stones. I went to the doctor complaining about cramps in my side and back. A few weeks later I had my gallbladder removed.

For me the miracle is that at that very visit, my doc recommended WLS to me. That was back in October.

Just recently I started having this sort of "side stitch" pain. It is not super painful, I don't have a fever etc. But when I sit up, bend over, or use my tummy muscles, it hurts, almost like an internal bruise.

It kind of reminds me of a side stitch you would get when you run?

Has anyone experienced this, is it something to be alarmed about? Or is this normal internal healing?

It is on my right hand side literally between my front and back, and just doesn't seem to go away. It is a new pain, or at least since I have been healing I have noticed it more in the last few days.

Let me know if anyone else has experienced anything like this, this far out from surgery.

Thanks!

R

I have a lower side pain too, few a few weeks now, but have had it yrs before so I know what it is, diverticuli - outpouching in my bowel somewhere, and it acts up now and then, hurts to take a deep breath and when i press on it it seems to help. At first I thought a hernia, but after a lot of thought realized that it was this old pain from years ago.

Seems the older I get the more aches and pains manifest themselves. Shoulders every morning are bad, had that before the surgery though, arthritis no doubt. ~sigh~ getting old is NOT for sissies, I always say!