I had the lap band surgery. Then they removed the lp band and did a sleeve. I've been having pain in my left quadrant for about a year now. This whole process has been very irritating for me. They did a bunch of tests and they say that the pain might be not very bad and I would have to just deal with it. It seems screwed up to me because I don't think I should be feeling any pain.. all they did was make my stomach smaller. They said it may be in my colon or in my gallbladder. This is a frustrating subject for me.

Edited May 31, 20179 yr by Green1

I had a ct scan and it looks like possibly a piece of the old band was left behind. Waiting on a second opinion. I'm 10 weeks out. Never had this pain with the band.


Lap band 2009
Sw 200/lw 161
Sleeve revision 17 May/17
Sw 217 CW 198.8

Oh my, some of the lap band was left in. That certainly would explain your pain. How terrible.

At least you're getting to the bottom of this and will be pain free again. The band didn't cause me pain at the time, but

did later with issues. So far so good with the sleeve.

Hope you feel better soon.

im actually trying to get more testing done.. i dunno why they would do this kind of thing to me or why this happened to me. this is a very difficult situation for me. i have pain on my left side, it is like a cramping pain it feels terrible. im not sure if it may be a gallbladder issue but this has been going on for months now.

I hope you get some relief soon. You must be miserable.

where exactly is this shoulder pain y'all speak of? i still have my lap band and get left pain but it's in my back on the blade part. i notice it after i eat. i had my gallbladder out 30 years ago. that pain was on the right and horrific. i thought i was dying. this pain is just unpleasant

Mine was on the top of my left shoulder. I had it when I first had my lapland, and then would get it occasionally if I ate too much. Now I have been sleeved and I had it in the same place after the surgery. It is now gone

I have had the same pain. I asked to get a CT and it was a cyst causing the pain. If you have a fever it could be that.

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I had a CT scan. No cysts or abscesses but a possibility a piece of the old lapband left behind...


Lap band 2009
Sw 200/lw 161
Sleeve revision 17 May/17
Sw 217 CW 193

I thought the post was about the green1 person. :/ But geeze nice of them to leave part of the lapband in there. Hope you got it all worked out.

I'm going for a lower GI test soon. The pain is a cramping good and bad pain. There is no other symptoms besides this cramping pain. I had a band to sleeve revision and this stinks.

Edited July 23, 20179 yr by Green1

Not yet. Sorry to hijack the post. She's also band to sleeve so wondering it a remnant left behind is a possibly?


Lap band 2009
Sw 200/lw 161
Sleeve revision 17 May/17
Sw 217 CW 193

It's ok, I thought maybe she would respond too. It could be she might have some left in there from the band.