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So I was sleeved April 23rd and was not painful, but sore. If I tried to move certain ways I felt pain in my abdomen which was to be expected. About a week out that went away and I could move, roll over in bed, or bend over all without that uncomfortable feeling in my belly. Last night I carried in the groceries and afterwards I noticed the same type of pain I experienced right after surgery. I also had my first post op visit yesterday and was poked and prodded quite a bit which didn't seem to cause any discomfort at the time. I wonder if anyone has experienced something like this before and if so was it just a back step in healing or was this something more serious? The bariatric surgeons in my town refuse to see patients who had their surgery out of the country so I am limited to my GP who said yesterday that everything seemed great. I don't feel like this is worth an emergency room visit since everything else is fine. I am hoping this wont be another week of slow careful movements since I am back to work already and can't take more time off. Any thoughts?

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I've had this happen to me about 3 or 4 times since I was sleeved (January 30th, 2013). It always happens doing the same thing. Everytime I lift one of those cases of Water (probably weighs about 50 pounds) and have to put it in the back of my car I experience this kind of pain. I have asked my dr. about it numerous times. He is convinced that is nothing to worry about. He basically told me that there really isn't anything that I can do to "ruin" my incisions or that side of my belly. I have been basically stretching my internal sutures. For me, it takes me about a week for me to be back to normal again. I don't think it is lifting 50 pounds that gets me because I lift more than that in the gym. I think it is the lifting and twisting motion that is doing it.

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That makes me feel better, I guess. If there was anything else wrong then I would go to the er but it doesn't feel concerning, just painful. Is it the left side or the right side for you? It's like a tight feeling under my left ribcage that I can feel in my back sometimes depending on how I move and the pain is worse if I take deep breaths.

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I get the same pain. I think it's our nerve endings growing back.

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I really hope this makes you feel better but I had the same thing. I did great the first week and went back to work at the beginning of my second week. My suregery was 4/23/13. During my second week I started hurting so bad. It was really bad when I would first stand up. Not isolated to one part. On my left side and back. The option my doctor gave was for a CT scan to see if anything was wrong or to allow the swelling to go down. I think I really overdid it my first week or two. Just this week I started to feel a lot better and have been super cautious with every movement. Hope you feel better. My fear that something was wrong was making it even worse.

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It does make me feel better. It must all be a part of healing, I mean it is a pretty big change internally! Every week is a new part of the healing process and overdoing it really does make a difference. No more carrying groceries for a while!

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