For about a year I've had heartburn that I've been treating with Zantac. Some of it is my overeating through the band, and sometimes I get it for no reason. The past couple of days I've been having upper stomach pain...it's almost worse when I'm laying down on either side of my stomach. It feel like cramping, tightening and overall PAIN below my rib cage. I'm also having some chest pains, and I feel like I'm extremely constipated. It feels like a big ball of pain in my upper stomach/chest and there's no where for it to go. I don't know what is going on so I'm planning on seeing my doctor. I haven't seen him in over a year because I've been feeling great. I'm not sure what is going on. Anyone else ever experienced this?

Thanks!

For about a year I've had heartburn that I've been treating with Zantac. Some of it is my overeating through the band, and sometimes I get it for no reason. The past couple of days I've been having upper stomach pain...it's almost worse when I'm laying down on either side of my stomach. It feel like cramping, tightening and overall PAIN below my rib cage. I'm also having some chest pains, and I feel like I'm extremely constipated. It feels like a big ball of pain in my upper stomach/chest and there's no where for it to go. I don't know what is going on so I'm planning on seeing my doctor. I haven't seen him in over a year because I've been feeling great. I'm not sure what is going on. Anyone else ever experienced this?

Thanks!

That sounds like what my husband went through, turns out he had stretched his esophagus(sp?) by overeating, and got a lot of those symptoms. They unfilled him for two weeks, then put back some of the fill.

Going to your doctor sounds like a good idea. Ours says that heartburn/reflux is something we need to talk to him about.