I’m 3 weeks post op gastric bypass and since Friday I’ve had lower right back pain and stomach pain. Does anyone know what causes this? I’m going into dr today as it’s beginning to be unbearable.

Edited May 29, 20197 yr by Barbra

Center of balance has changed, you laid too long on a hard operating table, nerves pinched and/or frayed, arthritis, rheumatism, or nothing else hurts so you could center on this more. The guessing could go on and on. If he does say " Well you WANTED this surgery! "you have my permission to smite HIM. I know if mine said it I would zap right back with "And you had no reservations about doing it, did you?" really my Doctor Needleman is a very nice guy, I woke up in a semi-foul mood this AM. One of those days, you wake up in pain and say "What Next?" In the old days a cup of coffee would settle me right down, now I have gastritis, intestinal ulcerations and a bariatric pouch that only functions in Months with an "R", guess what? No R in May, June, July, August, going to be a Long Summer for lil' Frustr8 !

Make sure you dont have kidney stone! Water water water. I got kidney stones formed in 2 weeks! This is my 4th stone and never had one before surgery now 7 weeks ago!

Edited May 29, 20197 yr by Mint2bskinny

Does your stomach pain go down into your groin or feel like it is diagonal? If so, Mint2bskinny is extremely correct, should have suggested that, I have hemauria, that's microscopic blood in the urine, have to keep forcing fluid to keep the Sandy sludge from firming into a Frank stone. One more flare-up,and Dr Henry, my step-urologist, my original Dr Clemens deleted Mount Vernon from his rounds, oh I could still see him if I went to St Ann's in Westerville,30 miles away. Dr C did a bladder cystoscopy, that was rather clear but Dr H says we will be marching clear up to the Kidneys. Do I look forward to THIS? Not especially, so I am trying to keep things dilute and flushing freely. And I have 3 kidneys in the first place, makes me thrilling to an urologist, sort of like a 2-headed calf in the barn. Don't see THAT every day!

The pain in stomach is on right side of incision. Back pain radiates mostly to lower right side. The first week lost 13 pounds, second week lost 11 pounds and this week was only one pound but my DR isn’t worried about that one pound. 25 pounds total in three weeks and the stomach and back pain just came on suddenly Friday. My first two weeks post op went great! It’s unbearable. Thank you, everyone for sharing. I’m new to all this and any feed back helps.

Hey remember We all. ?you, we have your back and will help all we can, even if it's a virtual shoulder to cry on. Let us know what your Doctor says, I just hate it that you have to hurt at all -this way! Just the Grandma in my soul, I worry a little for everyone!