Okay so let me begin by saying that I'm still very happy I got this surgery and I don't regret it at all.

However, I've noticed a sharp pain below my breast bone literally every time I take a deep breath or swallow something. It makes eating very difficult and I'm scared of not being able to take in enough liquids and Protein to keep my body working out okay. It hasn't really seemed to get any better since I left the hospital and to be quite honest I'm not even sure if it's from the Gastric Sleeve procedure or the hiatal hernia repair that my surgeon did when he found one during the procedure. I've never had acid reflux or any indication that I had a hiatal hernia. I didn't even know about it until he told me he "fixed" it after I woke up from the gastric sleeve surgery.

Anyway, while I'm happy I got the surgery and am starting on my weight loss journey once again, I'm still scared that something might go wrong with my inability to handle swallowing too much and taking deep breaths. If anyone has any answers to what might be causing it, I'd love to hear about it . I'm going to the surgeons tomorrow for a 2 week post-op appointment so hopefully I'll be able to update this.

I used to have this problem all the time, it was caused by gas trapped up under there. According to my gastro, I actually DID have reflux issues but didn't have the classic burning or gurgling feeling and this pain/gas was part of it.

But if you're only two weeks out you're not even healed yet! It takes 4-5 weeks to heal internally. So it very well could be gas trapped in there, it could also just be soreness from the surgery itself. Your surgeon should be able to tell you by feeling around in there!

It's gas

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