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Hernia After Gastric Sleeve Surgery?



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I was sleeved 2 weeks ago today, and I started having a severe pain in my lower left abdomen area, (much lower then my incisions)

it hurts when I bend over and feels like something is pulling, it doesnt seem to be getting better, should I call my surgeon? could this be a hernia? I had a hiatal hernia before surgery but it never hurt so this pain is new to me... any thoughts ? if this is normal that would be great, but everyone else talks about exercising and stuff well I am in too much pain to do anything other then walk.. thanks in advance guys.

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I had something similar that ended up going away, however I DID contact my surgeon and he checked it out. At the very least call them and see what they say. Hopefully it is nothing, but if it's not it is better to bring attention to it early than late! Good luck

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Ladonna, I am LOL here, not At you, but With you. I had a pain between my drain incision and my belly button about 10 weeks out. I asked the doc about it when I went in because I was afraid it was a hernia, too! :) He felt and prodded and pushed, then finally told me that it's a fibroid! I have had a fibroid dx for about 10 years, but they had never hurt before. Now I can feel it all the time. Why? Because there's no freaking padding over the darn thing now!!!

Ask your doc to check it out, but hopefully it will be something mild like mine! :)

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I had pain in the same area. It was the largest incision site and where the excess was taken out of. I did have an ultrasound to make sure there was no hernia, it just ended up being from all they did during hte surgery, the entire area hurt so badly for the first few months.

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i called the surgeon the nurse said it was the internal stitch they use, but my incisions are all above my belly button and my pain is about 5 inches under my belly button, so we will see Hopefully it will go away on its own.

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