Hi. I'm a new user/poster to this site. I posted this message in another thread on this site but wanted to start a new thread to reach more people. I've had my band since 2002; it was placed by Dr. Roberto Rumbaut in Mexico. I reached my goal weight in about a year (end of 2003), and overall haven't had many problems (beyond PBing on occasion and one bout of reflux that a slight unfill remedied). I came here to see if anyone else has experienced this pain in the left shoulder (some type of referred pain probably), esp. this far out from surgery? It feels exactly like the gas pain in the same spot that I had for a couple of days after the surgery itself. I'm wondering if it's occurring because I'm eating or drinking too much or too fast and if anyone else has any ideas on how to prevent it. I've taken Gas X and sometimes it's worked, sometimes not. Every doctor I've asked (several) here in CT has no idea what the deal is and I think some of them think I'm hallucinating. (I wish!) It's gotten so bad a couple of times that it kept me up all night. If anyone has any experience with this, I'm all ears. Thank you.

I was banded over a month ago and I do too have the left shoulder pain. Its not really bad but make me stop and think about it. I noticed when I have the pain its when I eat too fast or eat something sweet. Its werid.Hope that helps you out. ~Carmille