Hi all, looking to see if anyone has had a similar issue. I've been doing so well, and suddenly feeling stabbing pains on my right side that make me double over. Any idea what it might be or what I might do to treat it? I did call my surgeon who said it's likely musculoskeletal. Thanks in advance friends.

I hope it goes away for you soon and you find out what it is.

Thank you!

I developed almost the exact same thing at the 2 week mark. It was when I transitioned from full liquid to soft foods. It (hopefully) went away as quickly as it came about 2 weeks later. It was brutal and my doctor thought muscular pain too. I think it was the food. Mine was so severe I had to start using pain pills again for a few days. I went back to mostly liquids and it seemed to help

On 06/03/2019 at 19:09, ohjuly7878 said:

Hi all, looking to see if anyone has had a similar issue. I've been doing so well, and suddenly feeling stabbing pains on my right side that make me double over. Any idea what it might be or what I might do to treat it? I did call my surgeon who said it's likely musculoskeletal. Thanks in advance friends.

Same here , I was feeling great until Day 10. My pain is the same near my belly button but no where near the incisions. I was told the same thing by the dr muscle pain. The heating pad and Tylenol is helping a lot.

Me too. Day 11. Really bad, cramping type pains on my left side where the port from my lapband was removed. Came at the same time I returned to work. So I figured sitting and reaching might me the culprit.

I developed that about 9 days out on my left side right under my rib cage. It was so intense it took my breath away. Felt like a combo of being stabbed and the worst muscle cramp. My surgeon explained that my spleen is right there which is right next to the stomach. When they cut the stomach, they cut some of the nerves that supply blood to the spleen as well so it’s your spleen not getting the normal blood flow. He said it goes away on its own after they start pumping blood again... and it did go away about 2 days later.