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Has anyone ever had sharp shooting pain on the left side? I'm ten days post op and I have never felt this before....

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I had random sharp pains for a while on the left side also. I believe it was from the largest incision on that side trying to heal. It eventually went away but that incision took the longest to heal.

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When do you have the sharp pain? Is it during movement or just sitting around? I too had that pain and I thought it was a hernia but my doctor explained that the excess stomach was pulled out of my left-lower incision and he had to put a suture deeper inside and he said it could have snapped or it was just extra strain on the muscle from pulling the large stomach from a small incision. He told me to treat it like a muscle sprain and ice it. My pain started about a week out and lasted about a week. Make sure you aren't lifting anything!!

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I had that last week and it was a kidney stone. If it is pretty constant and hurts really bad, then I suggest going to the ER.

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Chances are (of course if it isn't constant) that it is a muscle strain. Our muscles DO NOT like being poked around. My passion started about 2 weeks out post OP and lasted til 4 weeks post op. It hurt worse than my surgery did. You can always call and check with your doc (I suggest that, if for no other reason than peace of mind) good luck! Hope you get doing better soon.....

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