Hey guys I accidently found this forum but I thought I would join up as I had surgery 8 years ago …. But have had some really strange pains and symptoms since but I never get answers from the doctors ! So I am just curious if anyone else deals with the same issues!!!
so firstly I get a sharp pain in the centre of my stomach everytime I eat along with occasionally a sharp pain in my left rib cage into my shoulder so severe that it paralyses me … it’s been 8 years and it still happens I had my gallbladder removed after surgery as it caused stones due to surgery so I can’t think why it’s happening the doctors just send me home and say there’s nothing I’m so fustrated. So please feel free to share your symptoms as I am so curious

thanks!!!!

I have clearly watched too much TV in my lifetime:

In "Grey's Anatomy," a storyline that features pain when eating often relates to a condition called Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS), where a ligament compresses the celiac artery, causing pain particularly after eating due to the stomach expanding; this was highlighted in a few episodes, raising awareness about this often-misdiagnosed condition. (AI Generated response)

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/30/dancer-realized-anorexia-was-stomach-condition-thanks-greys-anatomy-12632431/#:~:text=Published April 30%2C 2020 1,I was starving to death.

Edited January 12, 20251 yr by GreenTealael

Instead of MALS, It sounds to me like something is putting pressure on your phrenic nerve when you eat. The main job of the phrenic nerve is to innervate the diaphragm,

A few possible causes that might lead to this:

• A Hiatal hernia
• Something is pressing upward on, or alternatively pulling down on your diaphragm as your new stomach fills with food
• You've suffered some sort of damage to your diaphragm itself such as a diaphragmatic hernia

The reason your shoulder also hurts is because the phrenic nerve is tied in with something called the brachial plexus which innervates your shoulders and arms.

Not to scare you, but there are some pretty serious issues that could happen for some of these conditions. You definitely need to push back against any doctor that's not taking this seriously. At a minimum, they should order some imaging of the affected area to look for anomalies.

Best of luck.

Edited January 12, 20251 yr by SpartanMaker

Thanks I will be booking an appointment and mentioning exactly what you guys have said… it’s so good to get some feedback, doctors now just make you think your going crazy and send you away!