I am having some back pain in my upper right side. Is anyone else experiencing this? It really hurts and I am unable to sleep or get comfortable at night.

I don't have upper back pain at nigt but when I sit for a long time. I see my doc for my post op appointment on Wednesday and I'm going to be bringing this up. I start half days back at work this week and don't know how I'm going to deal with the pain...

I see my doctor on Thursday and I am just hoping that the pain goes away before then. I don't know if it is just gas or maybe I pulled a muscle when I was sleeping on my back. Oh well, so far this morning it is not bothering me.

Interesting this has question has come up...

I was banded on 6/30 and 3 weeks after the surgery the left side of my back started hurting pretty bad. I don't recall having pulled it funny. I asked my doctor and he said it was not related to the surgery...I wonder???

I was banded on 7-10-08. In the first two weeks, I also experienced some back pain. I didn't even say anything to my doctor cause I thought it was normal. Now I'm in my third week post-op and I haven't had any pain for a couple days. If you are that uncomfortable and can't sleep, that definitley sounds like a red flag to me. :confused2: I would get checked out. Good luck to ya and hope your feeling better soon!

I am having some back pain in my upper right side. Is anyone else experiencing this? It really hurts and I am unable to sleep or get comfortable at night.

I had back pain in about the same area that you described (just below my sholder blade and just to the right of my spine). I had this pain for about 3 months. I figured it had to do with the way I was sleeping. Since my surgery I had to change the way I slept. Before surgery, i tended to sleep on my stomach, and since that was a little difficult I must have been trying to sleep in a different position Causing different muscles to be used.

I also think that the pain may have been because of the weight loss and learning to use different muscles while my incisions healed. My work often has me sitting at my desk and I had to learn to hold my self up rather than slump. It has almost been 4 months since my surgery and I don't have that pain anymore.

Hopefully your pain isn't anything serious.

My pain has finally gone away. I do think it had something to do with the way I was sleeping right after surgery. I usually sleep on my stomach so it was a very different way to have to adjust to get comfortable.

Went to my doctor today and I am pain free. No more back pain.

I'm glad you pain finally went away. Hope all is well with you.

I also have the same problem. I am day 3 post-op and I am sleeping on my couch because it gives my back more support. I just couldn't get comfortable on the bed. The first night I reallllly hurt my neck and back from sleeping the way I did, plus I have this theory it might be due to the fact I've been on all liquids...as my other muscles hurt and I was thinking maybe I wasn't getting enough protein. I had my first protein shake, post-op, today and it went down great and I think it's actually helped with some of my muscle pains.

Hi:

I was banded the same day, and this afternoon, I started having real bad back pain. Having my kid try to massage it didn't work. Around midnight, I had a green apple two step to the bathroom, and now most of the pain is gone. I think most of this is gas fr the procedure.

Nora

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