I am having pain on my left side of chest and under my left breast. It has been happening for over a week now. At first I thought it might be stress but now I am wondering why it doesn't go away. I know it is probably not a leak but curious what it feels like. Thanks!

I don't know about a leak, but my doctor told me that reflux will radiate on the left side, try a ppi. Good luck!

When was your surgery?

When did you have surgery? I have heard that when your abdomen is filled with air during the surgery, it tends to cause pain in the left shoulder area until the air dissipates. It does depend on how recently you had surgery.

I had my surgery on 8/27 and I am having pain in those areas as well. I am sure it is gas from where they put air inside during the surgery. The best thing I've done to help it is to lay on the floor, put my head and shoulders on the floor and get on my knees with my butt sticking up in the air. This helps the gas to rise and leave my chest and shoulder area. It's a temporary fix until you can really get rid of it, but it beats having those bad pains.

Years ago I had a large portion of my left kidney removed. After the surgery the kidney had a leak. I developed a very high fever because of all of the fluid leaking into my abdomen and causing an abscess. I can only assume that a leak from the sleeve would also cause an abscess and high fever.

My surgery was Jan 20 this year. I am sure it must be reflux although I do take Prevacid for that. Thanks for all your input. I made a DR appointment.