I've got this pain in my middle back just below my shoulder blades that kinda concerns me. It only bothers me if Im sitting with my back un-supported (like on a bench) or walking slowly (grocery shopping). If I sit down on the couch or lay down it will go away. It feels like a muscle strain. Its not agonizing pain but it is very uncomfortable. I called my surgeons office about it and they dismissed it as "air in my abdomin from surgery". I went for my one month check up on 12-4-12 and the P.A. immediately said "It's pain radiating from the mesh they put in on your left side".

Everything else has been great, lost 70lbs since I started the pre-op diet on 10-18-12 and all my other pains have been GREATLY reduced.

Anybody else having this issue? Pain from the mesh?

70 lbs. in 2 months! Wow...i really really hope I can do that, although men do lose much faster than woman due to all their muscles. Congrats!!

I have been having pain too, like s burning type pain if I stand in 1 spot too long and sit without my back on the chair. What is this mesh they are talking about?

They said that they put a mesh under the left most incision because it was the largest and it would give tissue something better to adhere too.

Thanks Traci J !!!

70 lbs is only a drop in the bucket though, I weighed almost 400lbs.

Every day is new adventure!!!

So did they tell you if the pain would eventually go away?

Well to be honest I don't recall them saying how long it would last but assumed that it would go away by now, if thats what the pain is caused by.

I also am six weeks out, and experiencing the same pain. It seems to get worse as the day goes on, or I've been doing a lot of physical work.

I'm 3 months out and have good and bad days with the back pain.

Thant seems to be the way mine is. No problems in the morning but the more I stand or sit at the computer (straight up,no back support) the worse it gets.

If the pain continues, insist on more of an investigation. It's your body, you know when something is right and when it's not!

I have the same issue and was told the same thing that is a mess disolving ... I'm a manicurist and I need my back feeling better ...

How long ago did you have surgery?

Nov 20 so a little over 4 weeks

Well the pain did go away on its own after a full year. Guess my muscles just weren't used to the body.

I have it too. Last night sitting at my sons school meeting I almost couldn't take it. My nurse practitioner asked if I was having back pain, she said it was common from being on the OR table for so long. Never heard the mesh theory, I'm going to ask if I have mesh in there.