I was banded in mid October and keep getting side cramps. I can only describe this as when you are running really fast and then stop and take a drink of water and you get that side pain. This pain shifts from my right to my left. I even wake up with it! Has anyone had this experience? I think I have had this for about 3 weeks now.

I was banded in mid October and keep getting side cramps. I can only describe this as when you are running really fast and then stop and take a drink of Water and you get that side pain. This pain shifts from my right to my left. I even wake up with it! Has anyone had this experience? I think I have had this for about 3 weeks now.

Hi crispy2 I have had a pain in my right side mainly but it has hurt on the left a few times. I think it is gas pains because it will go away for a while if I take a GAS-X. But my pain kinda feels like a kidney stone and in the place. But I have had CT to rule that out. I would just tell my Dr.thats what I am going to do!!!

Stacy

What happened? I'm on the edge of my chair today because this sounds so familiar. My pain is all on my left side and the pain in my kidney area reminds me of kidney stone pain or a bad kidney infection. However with a kidney problem, I didn't have the pain that was also on the side but more toward the front (close to my port).

Any help out there?

I did go to my GP and was told most likely it is gas pain. It does go away. BJean you should go to your GP and let him know.

Thanks, Crispy. I have a feeling it is gas pain. But so far it isn't easing. You're right. I should go to the doc. But I won't go to my GP - he tends to quack when he walks. On the other hand, my LB doc is brilliant. He should be able to give me some info.

I was banded in 2003. also had my gall bladder removed. about a year post surgery, i started getting some pain-like feeling left side at waist level. it's steadily but slowly increased over the years. this last winter had been pretty bad, but has slacked off recently. the pain is more like a charley-horse. happens sometimes in the car, but usually after i have bent over to the left. it has happened in a restaurant bad enough that i had to get up and walk it off. this usually takes care of it right away, but i had to stroll around for a good 10 minutes before it started to let up. i have no idea what causes it.

I had a bad kidney infection. I thought that was the extent of it, but actually I also had "Shingles". Now that was something that I definitely couldn't walk off or take Tylenol for. I haven't been able to get a fill because they told me that I could get the Shingles inside my body. Egad!! I can't imagine how bad that could be. The breakout of the rash is fading and I expect it to be gone by next week. I hope.

One of the women who goes to the same doctor as I, had the kind of chronic left side pain that you're describing. They couldn't find anything wrong. But the pain was very real and eventually she began to gain weight a little bit at a time. She went in and had the Band removed and got the Sleeve. The last I heard, she's doing very well. I don't know if they ever discovered what the left side pain was from.

Living in Texas makes me think you might have a "hitch in your gitalong." :thumbup:

Sorry, I know it isn't funny.