After surgery, June 6th, I had excruciating pain on my left side in the rib area. Since surgery the pain has gotten better, but is still very much there. To the point it hurts to sleep on my left side. To clarify, it's not my left side that hurts, but my ribs on the left side. Is this normal?

What is the location of your port? Is it near your port?

if you were just banded a few days ago, could it still be gas? My first thought was hernia, till I noticed you had said you had just had surgery...

I have pain there, too... but it is the port area. I had the banding February 17th and yet the pain still persists. It is so bad that I have to wear an abdominal split to support that area. And it is still uncomfortable. I suspect this pain will stay no matter what because it should be healed by now. I don't know why it hurts. Did the surgeon not place it in the right place? Is it too shallow or too deep in the muscle? I don't know but I hate it!! Karen in Richmond, VA

It is somewhere near the port area. I don't know exactly where my port is because I haven't had my first post-op Dr visit yet, and I was too loopy to ask after the surgery. I hope I won't have this pain the rest of my life though. Even if it takes a while, I'd like to know the pain isn't permanent.

What kind of pain is it? Like a tearing/cutting pain or bruised ribs type pain?

I have had by band for 5 years and I still have the left rib pain. It comes and goes. My doctor think it might be the tubing. You get used to it after a while.

I just had my first post op and the doc said the pain is from inflammation around the port site. He told me not to sleep on my left side at all. We just need more healing time!

Edited June 13, 201412 yr by LowRainRats

I had the same problem at the begeninf

I had the same problem two month after i had my lap band surgery. My doctor told me i was eating too fast and sometimes if u dont chew your food very good you get that same pain. I hope everything work fine for you good luck

A week and a day out, and I haven't had any rib pain in a couple of days. I'm hoping it's gone for good. Thanks for all the good info