I had lap band to sleeve surgery. As a result, I've been having horrible gastric spasms on the left side. Like many I have read the tests show normal results. I've been on neurontin and some muscle relaxers but none seem to work. The pain is like an abdominal spasm and cramp. Its very painful sometimes. Any ideas on what this could be and how to treat it? Has anyone heard of this before?

I have the same thing. I had my lap band removed after 10 yrs and my gallbladder out and conversion to bypass on Monday. The doc told me he had to scrape my band away from the muscle and that is why it’s more tender there. The first few days weren’t bad. I quit taking pain meds on wed am but starting yesterday I have those horrible pains and spasms. I can’t take a deep breathe or sneeze without dying. It hurts so much. I called the doc today and they told me that is where the majority of the work was done. It’s weird because I don’t even have an incision where it hurts the most. She told me to splint my chest when it hurts with a pillow but that doesn’t really help. She said time is all that will make it go away.