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I am 3 weeks post op, and everything has been going fine, until this evening. I was bent over moving stuff around, and I got this sharp, popping/ripping sensation in my abdomen. It hurt for a minute, then went away and I just thought I had moved wrong or something. About 15 minutes later I tried to eat some eggs, chewed really well. I got one bite in, and it got stuck. This is the first time something like this has ever happened. It wouldn't go down, it wouldn't come up (it eventually went down, but it felt like an eternity). It was horrible! and ever since that, i've been getting random, sharp pains in my abdomen, that go away as quickly as they come. I'm thinking about calling the oncall doctor tomorrow if it continues, but don't want to bother him on Christmas if it's nothing... has anyone experienced this? Should I call my doctor tomorrow??

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I would call the doctor, especially since you heard a sound, then new stuff started to happen to you (ie food getting stuck.)

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Always check with your doctor, but I experienced something similiar and just KNEW I had ruined my band....But, our bands are tougher than you think and chances are you just twisted something and it will go back. Stick with the post op food and check with doc tomorrow. Don't stress out over it because stress affects my band more than anything!!!!!

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Thanks, The pain is not there at all today and I'm able to get food down, no problem. I'm a bit more restricted than usual, but it just occured to me that i'm PMSing, and i've heard that people sometimes feel a bit more restricted during TOM. Thanks for all you're input, I think I'm ok!

Meghan

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