I had surgery over a month ago and today I had a new, different kind of pain. After eating I started feeling cramping/sharp pains in my left side and a little in my lower stomach area. Has anyone experienced this?

Hi Angel, this is something I am experiencing now. It feels like something pulling. Now, I've heard that it's normal in the beginning. Not too sure about 1 month out. I know it is VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. I only feel it when I'm standing.

Yes i just expierenced that...I called my dr and he said that i could have 1. Eaten too fast and the food went down tooo big or 2. i didn't chew good enough. he said to slow down and chew chew chew and try to stay away from the WRONG food... since then i have been fine...so maybe that was my problem.hope this helps....

I had the kind of pain you're talking about right in the beginning, that hurt a lot more than the pain I'm having now. I had that pain mostly when I was trying to get up or roll over. But this pain is a bit different and is right after I eat but only last for maybe 1/2 hour.

Yes i just expierenced that...I called my dr and he said that i could have 1. Eaten too fast and the food went down tooo big or 2. i didn't chew good enough. he said to slow down and chew chew chew and try to stay away from the WRONG food... since then i have been fine...so maybe that was my problem.hope this helps....

Sometimes I wonder about these doctors! I have terrible side pain off and on and it seems to be about the same time my port is poking out through my skin more than normal. I am on liquids to see if it helps, but it's not..I wonder if it's possible for the band itself to sometimes get tucked or lie next to the lungs and cause irritation. I lift weights at the gym so I'm just wondering if I'm doing something unknowingly. D.

I'm not sure if this is the same thing, but I feel a sharp pain in my left side also after I eat for about 30 mins. The best way I can describe it is it feels like a runner's cramp - or a "stitch" in your side (not a surgical stitch) - from when you're exercising and not taking in enough oxygen. It started for me after I got off liquids - I think its from getting full and it must be presssing on a nerve or something that is radiating pain to that spot.

Does yours hurt more when you take a deep breath?

I wonder what it is?:cool2:

I'm not sure if this is the same thing, but I feel a sharp pain in my left side also after I eat for about 30 mins. The best way I can describe it is it feels like a runner's cramp - or a "stitch" in your side (not a surgical stitch) - from when you're exercising and not taking in enough oxygen. It started for me after I got off liquids - I think its from getting full and it must be presssing on a nerve or something that is radiating pain to that spot.

Does yours hurt more when you take a deep breath?

I wonder what it is?:cool2:

Yes, worse when you breathe. I've been having it off and on after I had the surgery, but sometimes it's definitely worse. The last 3 days have been very bad, haven't been able to run. It may have something to do with the crunches I did at the gym with the weights. I just can't seem to do crunches anymore without it causing a problem. And, Lord knows my stomach NEEDS crunches!! I have a half-marathon in a week and I need this pain to be gone!!!!

Hi

I'm also 1 month post op and for the past week have been getting the same pain in my stomach. Its below my belly button and it feels like someone is twisting and stabbing my intestines. I havent felt it on my side... just lower tummy and it hurts so bad i cant move.

Glad to know im not the only one.

Yes, worse when you breathe. I've been having it off and on after I had the surgery, but sometimes it's definitely worse. The last 3 days have been very bad, haven't been able to run. It may have something to do with the crunches I did at the gym with the weights. I just can't seem to do crunches anymore without it causing a problem. And, Lord knows my stomach NEEDS crunches!! I have a half-marathon in a week and I need this pain to be gone!!!!

You're doing crunches??!! WOW. there is no way I could do crunches right now. I have pain at the port site (not the incision site) and have to be very careful when I get into a squatting position. It burns and hurts very much - doctor stated he thought it may be scar tissue causing the problem. I have a very high tolerance for pain - and this is definitely painful.:cool2:

The pain I feel in my side it just below my last rib on the left side. I'm deciding its my 'signal' that I'm full. I've read where many people get a single hiccup, or some other odd effect. I think this jab in the side might be mine since I notice the more I eat, the worse it hurts.

I am also one month out. I had my first fill on 04/09/09. I had to stay on liquid diet for two days. In these two days, sometimes my lower tummy (also 2 or 3 inches below belly button) felt this combination of pain/bloating. It almost felt like that time of the month. Finally last night, I took some Gas-X. It then got better. I don't know if it were really the gas or something else that just disappeared after a while.

I am having this right now. What did you do to feel better?

I am also having the stitch type pain. I was banded over a week ago and I am now trying puree foods.

I dont know if I have eaten too fast or if my body doesnt like the food I am eating.

I dont notice the pain as much when I am sitting down or lying down but as soon as I stand up it makes it very clear that I have a stitch.

Does it ever go away?

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I was banded on Jan 10th. I sometimes get a twinge on my lower left side and it was always associated with eating a bit too much. A couple of times I had a sharp pain on the left side separate from where my port is and it kind of worried me but it didn't last too long. In fact I had that just yesterday. I think I may have figured out what it was. It really hurt and I thought maybe it would get better when I laid down last night. I laid down and tried to get comfortable and ripppppppp. A massive gas bubble released and the pain was gone. I've had gas before (who hasn't) but it never caused a pain like that before. Must have just been where the gas was located. Anyway it was new to me and while it was painful I'm glad that's all it was. Hopefully that is what you are experiencing. Good luck.

I am having this same type of pain by my belly buttons (slightly below), except its on my right side. my port is on the right, but the pain is lower and further to the right than my port. I have heard that the pain receptors in the belly are really bad so a lot of times when belly pain happens, the source of the pain is not always exactly where we feel it. i believe the term for this is called "referred pain"

OMG!!! I'm having the same pain, and I thank GOD, I have you guys!! I'm exactly a week post op today, I've been in soooo much pain, but I thought that by today the pain would've been gone… BUT.. no no!!!

My pain is exactly like post #6 said, like I ran too much… And it scares me…Cause I don't know if it is normal or not!

I went to THE best surgeon in my area, he's very well known and I trust him very much, but even they weren't able to give me any reasonable explanation for this pain, They say is too soon, if may be gas, it may be dehydration, it may be my period coming, it may be a lot of things , and it makes me very nervous not knowing!!!

If anyone finds out anything about this… PLEASE let me know!

Oh by the way, can you believe I already lost 17 pounds!?? NICE