Pain on left side under ribs

[ctsleeve 20]

Hi -

I'm having pain on my left side, under my ribs. It's not excruciating, but it's not going away either. I've had twinges here and there over the past several weeks and thought nothing of it, but today it's really bothering me.

I took Gas-Ex and ibuprofen a few hours ago; neither have helped.

Any idea what this could be?

[reno1128 34]

Had the same thing. Have you had Constipation at all? I did and went to doc and he attributed it to constipation and having to "push" - sorry if tmi. Take a suppository or milk of magnesia and "clean" yourself out. Should help.

[IdahoGirl32 89]

I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to take ibuprofen after sleeve surgery, so you may want to check into that. It can cause ulcers.

[ctsleeve 20]

Thanks very much to both of you. Will check with doc too.

Couldn't be a spleen problem, right? My surgery was 7.5 weeks ago; surely something would have turned up before now?