I was sleeved on 4/29 and feeling good except when I stand I have an intense stabbing pain on my front left side. I hope this is normal, nowhere else hurts but this specific area. Anybody else feel something similar??

It might be gas.

I only had some soreness, no pain. I would not think "intense" pain is abnormal. I would call the doctor.

Are you referring to pain in the area of the incision site? The larger left incision was the worst for me. It was very difficult to get up from sitting or laying down, it felt like I had done 1000 crunches. Is that the pain you mean?

Edited May 3, 201511 yr by liannatx

Yes it feels like the muscle is being stabbed.

You aren't alone with that. That one are was the worst one for me too. I have read many others find that the only, or the most painful, incision site... Even after the general overall soreness goes away, that one place stayed tender for weeks. It does go away though.

Ha! You WERE stabbed there! That is where the stomach was pulled out, and so it will be the sorest of your incisions. They really had to pull and tug to get that puppy out, so yes, it will be sore for awhile. Just use either a heating pad on the lowest setting OR an ice pack (whichever feels better to you) with a towel between you and the unit. Don't leave it on there for more than 10 minutes at a time. This should help. Hope you feel better soon....

Thanks so much for the input, I feel much less worried now

I hurt in the same spot, and I am 2 days ahead of you! Heating pad helps.

Some people say they were only "sore" or "uncomfortable" but I had excrutiating , near fainting, unfathomable pain And I have a very high pain thresh hold that has been tested in some pretty gruesome ways prior. So everyones experience is different.

Yup! It's that big left incision. I still have it too, but it's getting better everyday. Doctor said it was normal because that's where most of the "action" happens during surgery.

Four weeks out from surgery and I still have periodic tenderness around that site but it is much much less profound than week one post surgery. I still have a small bruise that is yellow now in that location. The rest of the incision sites have healed well. This too will pass.