I am 6 months + 4 days from my surgery day and I am very happy with my weight loss. I haven't really had any problems (knock on wood) and I haven't had a regret one since doing it. However, in the last couple of weeks I have experienced some severe pain on my right side about an inch above my right hip bone and about an inch to the left. Does anyone have any idea what this might be? Has anyone had similar experiences? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I had pain like yours and it ended up being gallstones. Gallstones are very common when people lose weight quickly.

I hope you feel better soon.

Sue

Yeah, I agree, you should probably go to your doctor. It sounds like gallstones.

Ask your primary doctor.

I've had a couple people ask me privately if it could be my port and the answer is NO. My port is about four inches below my right breast, so it can't be that.

Gallstones huh? Also the pain isn't constant, it comes and goes. Do you have to have your gallbladder removed? Yuck, another surgery and then more time recovering and not exercising. :biggrin:

My old roomate had dealt with pain on and off before her gallbladder had to be removed. Once it got to that point it was a constant pain.

I know pain can radiate, but when I had gallstones, my pain was just at the bottom of my rib cage right of center. I had to have my gall bladder removed. The pain had started out kind of gradually, and I thought it was bad ingestion for a few months. Then I had an excruciating attack, and that's when I saw my doctor and was diagnosed with gallstones.

Honestly it may or may not be your gallbladder. Losing a lot of weight can cause problems in some, but the pain you're describing seems to me to be too low for your gallbladder. I'm not a doctor though; so it's safest to call tomorrow and ask. AND I'd call my primary physician, not the banding doctor. It could be something as mild as trapped gas, it could be nothing. Best to let your doctor make that call!

The only way to really know is to see you PC Doctor.:biggrin: