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Lower left back pain 6 days post op?

breezy25

By breezy25, in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

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breezy25    69

breezy25
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You guys....I'm MISERABLE. For two days now the worst lower back pain on the left side, radiating up towards my upper back. I have no fever and can drink fine (although the clear Protein shakes have begun to make me gag but that's another story entirely).

Is this normal? I can't find our heating pad and I think that's part of what is attributing to my very very bad mood! I don't feel well and I have no idea how hard this recovery would be and right this second I'm so freaking OVER IT!!!! :-((((((

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KLSUMM    32

KLSUMM
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How much are you drinking? Possible kidney stones?

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breezy25    69

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@@KLSUMM I'm coming pretty close to my Fluid intake each day. Nice light colored urine.

Someone told me that the stitches/staples are on that side and their nurse said that left lower back pain is normal....but I just wanted other opinions.

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KLSUMM    32

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Gotcha. Stay on those fluids. It gets easier I promise!

Nothing worth achieving comes easy. It took years to get to need surgery. You know this is a good secession. Just stay strong and know these hard days too will pass. Chin up

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KristenLe    5,980

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Try taking something for pain and for gas. If you can, walk around and see if it improves. Call your Surgeon to tell them and get their input - they should be available 24/7. Hope you feel better soon!

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autymn    27

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My lower back on my right side hurts. It almost feels bruised, but it is not. My two week appointment is tomorrow, so I will definitely be asking. I was wondering about kidneys, too. Why are you drinking clear shakes? Yuck.

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kickinit    13

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Find your heating pad stat or buy another one. I had that random pain for over a week and remember how painful it was. I also used the pain meds my dr sent me home with.

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frannydee    5

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I'm 15 days post op and have been dealing with pain at waist & lower back on right side. My surgeon says its normal, so I take Tylenol and use my heating pad.. It's getting better everyday and I'm sure it will disappear eventually. Hang in there, your not alone.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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