Back pain 6 weeks out ?

[Mike Cook 7]

I've got this pain in my middle back just below my shoulder blades that kinda concerns me. It only bothers me if Im sitting with my back un-supported (like on a bench) or walking slowly (grocery shopping). If I sit down on the couch or lay down it will go away. It feels like a muscle strain. Its not agonizing pain but it is very uncomfortable. I called my surgeons office about it and they dismissed it as "air in my abdomin from surgery". I went for my one month check up on 12-4-12 and the P.A. immediately said "It's pain radiating from the mesh they put in on your left side".

Everything else has been great, lost 70lbs since I started the pre-op diet on 10-18-12 and all my other pains have been GREATLY reduced.

Anybody else having this issue? Pain from the mesh?

[Traci J. 207]

70 lbs. in 2 months! Wow...i really really hope I can do that, although men do lose much faster than woman due to all their muscles. Congrats!!

[tamjo37 37]

I have been having pain too, like s burning type pain if I stand in 1 spot too long and sit without my back on the chair. What is this mesh they are talking about?

[Mike Cook 7]

They said that they put a mesh under the left most incision because it was the largest and it would give tissue something better to adhere too.

[Mike Cook 7]

Thanks Traci J !!!

70 lbs is only a drop in the bucket though, I weighed almost 400lbs.

Every day is new adventure!!!

[tamjo37 37]

So did they tell you if the pain would eventually go away?

[Mike Cook 7]

Well to be honest I don't recall them saying how long it would last but assumed that it would go away by now, if thats what the pain is caused by.

[tommyd 125]

I also am six weeks out, and experiencing the same pain. It seems to get worse as the day goes on, or I've been doing a lot of physical work.

[tamjo37 37]

I'm 3 months out and have good and bad days with the back pain.

[Mike Cook 7]

Thant seems to be the way mine is. No problems in the morning but the more I stand or sit at the computer (straight up,no back support) the worse it gets.

[Catherine Shinn Habhab 97]

If the pain continues, insist on more of an investigation. It's your body, you know when something is right and when it's not!

[missT 13]

I have the same issue and was told the same thing that is a mess disolving ... I'm a manicurist and I need my back feeling better ...

[Mike Cook 7]

How long ago did you have surgery?

[missT 13]

Nov 20 so a little over 4 weeks

[Mike Cook 7]

Well the pain did go away on its own after a full year. Guess my muscles just weren't used to the body.