Hi Everyone!

I was sleeved 8 weeks ago this coming Thursday. I've had no problems with the sleeve or eating anything as I transitioned. What I have had almost since about a week after surgery is pain on the left side between the middle incision and the left incision. It runs long ways (up and down) and sometimes the most sensitive part moves slightly. It's a stabbing knife tearing burning kind of pain depending on how I move. and sometimes it goes straight through to my back. There are days where any kind of movement is really painful and other days where it isn't so bad. Again, my stomach has been fine. Most of the time the pain is as I said between the two incisions and almost at the waist line..at times above the waist line. When it's really bad, the skin is actually so sore and tender to the touch in that area that even pants or undies hurt. Bending down, forget it, twisting slightly, forget it.. getting in a car will take 5 minutes because it hurts so bad and is so sore.. I thought perhaps it was just a torn muscle from the surgery, but as I said it's been almost 8 weeks now! It got better right around Christmas and I had put some icy/hot gel on it and it seemed to ease it.. Not anymore.. it was fine from Christmas through to the end of last week. Over the weekend it got really bad agian. No clue why.... The doctor looks at me like I'm nuts.. presses on it (which only aggravates it) and says I don't feel anything.. they scheduled me for a CT Scan with the dye but that's not for another 2 weeks.

Anyone else have this or have any kind of clue what this could be? I'm getting frustrated and tired of it. I just thank god I have no problems with the sleeve or eating!!

Thanks!

I had that sounds exactly same but it was gone by like week4 and hasnt come back so far im about 7wks out. i called doc when it was happening they said i had strain a muscle.

I just saw my pcp today with a similar complaint. My big incision is on the right hand side and the pain had gotten better and then all of a sudden is worse. I can feel a big lump under there as well. I was sleeved 12/18. When I laid down and he touched it was fine but when I stood up then he could feel the lump but didn't think it was liver or stomach and thought it was my skin or that I had pulled a muscle. He said he pushed 2 inches in and wasn't getting anything. I just think that all of that stuff in there takes time to heal. Hope you feel better soon.

I forgot to tell you when I had pain initially I was told I could ice it for 20 min at a time. See if that helps at all.

I have the exact same pain

I am 4 weeks post op

Thank you for your replies! Is it bad for me to say I'm glad I'm not alone in this odd pain?? I'm just wondering why 8 weeks out this is still so panful? Ugh!!! No clue what I could have done this weekend to reaggravate it if it is a muscle.