Pain in left side below rib cage

[beversman 0]

I need some reassurance… Ive already call my doctor and I am waiting on a return call.

But here is the situation. I got a stomach virus on Tuesday. I feel nauseated all day. And some chicken I tried to eat that morning (before I felt too bad) seemed to be stuck. By noon I felt like someone had kicked me in the stomach with a boot. My muscles ached. I had a 101 degree fever. I couldn’t even drink Water without feeling sick, and it felt like things weren’t going down properly. <O:p

I threw up a little Water on three separate occasions through out the day. That was all.

By 4 pm fever was worse, I left work early went home and slept. The virus finally passed by about 10pm that night. I no longer felt sick to my stomach and was able to keep chicken broth down and even a little potato Soup.

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Next morning I felt a lot better.<O:p</O:p

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Then Wednesday even on my LEFT side just below my rib cage I started to get this horrible pain. If I breath deeply, it hurts. If I lay on that side it hurts. If I stretch, it hurts.<O:p</O:p

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I am worried that I somehow did something to my band.<O:p</O:p

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It was only one day… on time being sick. I was hoping it was just an irritation, but should I still be hurting like this 2 days later? Or should it be easing up.<O:p</O:p

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I was just hoping someone else out there had had this happen and might be able to ease my mind.<O:p></O:p>

[lisah25 3]

Do you still have your gallbladder?

[beversman 0]

yeah, i sure do... gall bladder intact

[beversman 0]

well, i can feel my port and mine is dead center on my abdomin

this pain is all the way around on my left side... 4-6 inches left of center just below my rib cage.

The doctors office just called. They told me that they werent worried to take aleve and call them monday if it still hurts.

I hate being paranoid, but my side HURTS. I didnt even have this pain after surgery.

[lisah25 3]

Your gallbladder is on your right side, did you write that the pain is on your left side? If so, that is where your port is. Your port is the LAST thing to heal. I'm 3.5 months out and just the other day I had to end my treadmill time because suddenly my port kicked in and started hurting. It was painful enough that I couldn't run anymore. This is normal, it is short lived and will go away.

Your port is likely to the left of your large incision. That isn't a guarantee but that is where they usually are. Mine is right below my rib cage to the left of the big incision.

Duh - I knew that, I had mine out some years ago. Sorry for the confusion!

[Lap_dancer 8]

I need some reassurance… Ive already call my doctor and I am waiting on a return call.

But here is the situation. I got a stomach virus on Tuesday. I feel nauseated all day. And some chicken I tried to eat that morning (before I felt too bad) seemed to be stuck. By noon I felt like someone had kicked me in the stomach with a boot. My muscles ached. I had a 101 degree fever. I couldn’t even drink Water without feeling sick, and it felt like things weren’t going down properly. <O:p

I threw up a little Water on three separate occasions through out the day. That was all.

By 4 pm fever was worse, I left work early went home and slept. The virus finally passed by about 10pm that night. I no longer felt sick to my stomach and was able to keep chicken broth down and even a little potato Soup.< /span>

<O:p</O:p

Next morning I felt a lot better.<O:p</O:p

<O:p</O:p

Then Wednesday even on my LEFT side just below my rib cage I started to get this horrible pain. If I breath deeply, it hurts. If I lay on that side it hurts. If I stretch, it hurts.<O:p</O:p

<O:p</O:p

I am worried that I somehow did something to my band.<O:p</O:p

<O:p</O:p

It was only one day… on time being sick. I was hoping it was just an irritation, but should I still be hurting like this 2 days later? Or should it be easing up.<O:p</O:p

<O:p</O:p

I was just hoping someone else out there had had this happen and might be able to ease my mind.<O:p></O:p>

I'm not a doctor but those were my flu symptoms a couple weeks back. It passed about 3 days into it.

[myfoursons 0]

like the pain I had right after surgery. It lasted for a few weeks. The surgeon said that the pain sounded like my diaphragm was inflammed. They said that it can be easily inflammed and they probably irritated it during the surgery.

Your lap band is right up close to your diaphragm. Did you do a lot of coughing or any vomiting that may have caused the band to rub up against your diaphragm?

Just a thought

[Betsyjane 2]

I got the flu awhile back. Closed everything right up! Couldn't eat, could hardly drink. When it went away I had what felt like a bad gas pain...left side and right shoulder. Awful. It went away and I'm fine. But I feeeeeel your pain!

[waterlily1072 5]

The shoulder pain was probably diaphram irritation. Our diaphrams can't register pain in themselves but display irritation through pain in the left shoulder. And after a flu and being swollen from vomitting it would be expected that there may be some diaphram irritation or port pain from straining all the muscles in your abdominal area.

[LeeInDe. 0]

I agree with myfoursons and waterlily.

It is called kerrs sign, and is caused by irritation to the phrenic nerve that runs along the diaphram.

I had that pain for a few weeks, and between the gas, and some possible seepage from Fluid, it was very annoying.

Good luck, it will pass. I went back on pain meds when it kicked up, per my doctor's oreders.