Hello...hoping someone can calm my fear a bit. I'm four months post-surgery and for the last week or so I've developed left shoulder pain. Please tell me I'm too far out to have to worry about a leak. I had the same pain immediately after surgery but that was related to the trapped gas from surgery.

Any insight will be appreciated..thanks!

Left shoulder pain can mean a TON of things besides just trapped gas, although that's the most common problem for us sleevers right after surgery. I'd say a call to your doc is in order, but only because it could be so many other things than a leak.

I'm making assumption here, based on your name, but left shoulder pain could be: back pain that has manifested in the shoulder, trapped gas (yes, still), a sign that your sleeve is too full, gall bladder or other organs saying they need some attention, even asthma, but, most worrying to me, is it could be a sign of a heart attack. Women typically don't have the arm and chest pain that men do when they first have heart pain, ours likes to hang out in other places like our jaws, shoulders and backs.

I don't say that to scare you, but just to urge you to call the doc. It's "probably" just gas, but I'm not a doctor and I don't play one on tv.

Good luck and please let us know what they say.

I'm 4 months also and I get the left shoulder pain from time to time... My surgeon has zero concern about it.. I brought it up at my 3 month visit...I'm sure it's nothing to worry about

I had left should pain when my gallbladder was out of whack. I had to have it removed because it wasn't functioning properly. Whenever people lose a lot of weight very rapidly our gallbladders may need to be removed. Other than that I totally agree with Lissa. Always cal your doc, that's what they are there for.

You should definately consult your Dr, but from what I understand, your staple line is healed after 6 weeks, so at 4 months, I seriously doubt your issue is leak related.

So, yes, you are too far out for this to be leak related.

Thank you and I'm calling the doctor this afternoon.

Did you figure out what it was?