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I am 10 days post op and I am a stomach/side sleeper. All night I was tossing and turning because of a pain I was experiencing on my left side under my rib cage. It hurts more when I take a deep breath and I'm just wondering how common this might be and does it eventually go away? I've read elsewhere that it might be scar tissue forming. The pain is directly above one of my incisions.

I was already at the hospital yesterday for a CT scan and nothing was found. This was because I had shoulder pain. This pain right under my rib cage is something new.

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It's probably the tethering stitch and gas. Perfectly normal. Will disappear at the three week mark -ish - if not sooner.

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That tethering stitch is rough! I can't wait for that to go away!

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I had that for just under 4 weeks. It's from where they separate the muscles to get the stomach out and have to stitch them together very deeply. It's like a bad runners cramp. It will go away hang in there!

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I'm confused now. I was told that my stomach was taken out on the right side, since that is where I was experiencing a lot of pain early on. Now that pain is starting to resolve and the pain on my left side is really bad. So if they took my stomach out on the left side then why was my right side in so much pain early on?

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I'm confused too and having trouble finding information on the tethering stitch. I feel pretty bloated on the left side of my stomach, too. But my stomach was taken out through my belly button.

Anyone have more information?

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I have a pain that is sometimes on the left under the ribs, and then somtimes under the right, my regular doc said she thought it was just an adhesion. I only feel it when I am sitting on the couch... slouching. If I stretch it out, the pain goes away. I am at 3 years....

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I know this is an old post, but I’m having the same issue. Did you ever figure out where the pain was coming from and how long did it take to go away?

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If you are immediately post-surgery perhaps gas under your diaphragm and you feel it,there. If you are father out nerves that got bumped during surgery. Oh yes there are some REALLY BAD THINGS that could be felt there but the law of averages is in YOUR favor.

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