Crud.... Here we go again!

[runt 26]

It feels like a gall bladder attack... In my stomach (not abdomen). But had GB out 5-6 years ago

Feel ok now... Little sore like I would expect to see a bruise there if it was over a muscle.

[Sharpie 3,306]

well maybe kidney stone? hope you feel better soon.

[runt 26]

Not in my stomach..... No back pain and no urinary symptoms. They have no idea what it causing it. Called doc. He wants me to come in Monday... Just started a new job. Can't. Will have to wait for Wed

[cheryl2586 3,053]

You could have gastritis. I would just drink some warm fluids until you can call your doctor tomorrow.

[Bandarella 223]

This could be esophageal spasms. It's an early warning that things aren't quite right with the band. I had a bunch of tests, EGD, gastric emptying, upper GI, etc all were fine. A few months later as my symptoms increased, I had manometry to check the esophagus...I had lots of trouble there, poor motility. Since my band is out, it's gone.

[parisshel 1,892]

This could be esophageal spasms. It's an early warning that things aren't quite right with the band. I had a bunch of tests, EGD, gastric emptying, upper GI, etc all were fine. A few months later as my symptoms increased, I had manometry to check the esophagus...I had lots of trouble there, poor motility. Since my band is out, it's gone.

I didn't know esophageal spasms can effect anything other than the esophagus. I had esophageal spasms from an overfill, and they presented themselves quite differently than what the poster is describing. Mine were truly spasms at the point on the band placement (mid-sternum, between the breasts) and were truly spasms...not pain such as the poster describes, no nausea, but a seizing up, an unbearable tightness, with a de-clenching...all within a couple of seconds.

A quick unfill and all was fine. But I didn't realize that the term "esophageal spasms" covered other symptoms as well.

[Bandarella 223]

This could be esophageal spasms. It's an early warning that things aren't quite right with the band. I had a bunch of tests, EGD, gastric emptying, upper GI, etc all were fine. A few months later as my symptoms increased, I had manometry to check the esophagus...I had lots of trouble there, poor motility. Since my band is out, it's gone.

I didn't know esophageal spasms can effect anything other than the esophagus. I had esophageal spasms from an overfill, and they presented themselves quite differently than what the poster is describing. Mine were truly spasms at the point on the band placement (mid-sternum, between the breasts) and were truly spasms...not pain such as the poster describes, no nausea, but a seizing up, an unbearable tightness, with a de-clenching...all within a couple of seconds.

A quick unfill and all was fine. But I didn't realize that the term "esophageal spasms" covered other symptoms as well.

The pain of esophageal spasms can feel like anything from heart attack to gastritis to gall stones....that's why the testing to determine the cause of this type of thing çovers such a broad spectrum of possibilities. My husband (normal weight) has had them his entire adult life, once or twice a year. I started having them my second year with the band. My symptoms were very different than his.

[runt 26]

But did you have these symptoms at one specific time?? This only has happened at night about an hour after I go to bed. That's what's has dr scratching his head. Not related to eating or drinking. Just a horrible pain (relate it to kidney stone and a GB attack at once) an nausea. Omg I hate nausea. Never chucked. Just that oh boy here it comes feeling

[runt 26]

But did you have these symptoms at one specific time?? This only has happened at night about an hour after I go to bed. That's what's has dr scratching his head. Not related to eating or drinking. Just a horrible pain (relate it to kidney stone and a GB attack at once) an nausea. Omg I hate nausea. Never chucked. Just that oh boy here it comes feeling

And my band is empty... He did that after the second episode before the EGD

[Bandarella 223]

But did you have these symptoms at one specific time?? This only has happened at night about an hour after I go to bed. That's what's has dr scratching his head. Not related to eating or drinking. Just a horrible pain (relate it to kidney stone and a GB attack at once) an nausea. Omg I hate nausea. Never chucked. Just that oh boy here it comes feeling

And my band is empty... He did that after the second episode before the EGD

Yes, at night, every couple of weeks at first. I kept my band pretty loose 3 cc then only 2cc. After my band was emptied, it got better for a while, then things went downhill fast.

[Bandarella 223]

Have you had an abdominal ultrasound for gallstones?

[Bandarella 223]

Never mind, just read your posts again, see you had GB out.