I experience this sharp pain on the upper left side of my back often times when eating!? Does anyone else experience this?

I just had my band in yesterday and i had a large hiatal hernia repaired too.Dr. said that due to repairing that , i would have more pain in my left shoulder and neck area. It also could be build up of gas too.

I was banded last July...seems to me that the gas would have worked its way out by now.

oh,yea u're right.wow sorry i could'nt help.maybe someone on here . good luck!

Yes, it happens to me if I eat too much at once. It's uncomfortable until the food passes through the band. Might take a few hours.

I experience some discomfort right under my left shoulder blade from time to time. I only started noticing this once I had some restriction though. Not sure of the cause but I'm assuming that maybe it's because I ate too much or didn't chew quite well enough. It does pass within an hour or so.

Hi:

You should probably slow down on your eating, tiny bites - slowly. I had alot of issues with shoulder pain and I can relate it to eating too fast or too much. My doctor told us that there's a nerve that goes by your esophogus up to your left shoulder up to your brain. He said that if you irritate your esophogus it can cause shoulder pain.

I ended up ordering a one minute timer to use between bites to slow me down. It helps alot. I got this one minute timer on unclesgames.com.

I found that if I took a hot shower and pounded that left shoulder with the hot Water it helped. Heating pad helps too.

Hope you feel better soon and don't get this pain very often, because I know it kills sometimes.

Take care.

Sue

I've been dealing with this a bit also. Not always when I eat alot but depending what I eat. The other day I had a small square of Godiva chocolate (a treat) and the pain hit within 10 minutes. Yet last night I had a nice dinner (steak and baked potato) and no pain. I agree it is very painful when it hits.

ErikMesa