Feeling a bit of "pinching" -- what is it?

[esskay77 785]

OK, I will be calling my doctor about this but was wondering what this pain/pinching feeling is.

As I go through my day, I feel perfectly fine. But if I press on my stomach near the top right scar, I feel tremendous pain/pinching feeling. It feels like there is a piece of glass that I am pressing on if that makes sense. I also feel it if I am sitting but have to bend over to the side to pick something up (because I swear I'm constantly dropping things!). What could this possibly be? Is it just a normal thing I"m going through? A hernia?

To be clear, I had my gastric bypass in January of this year and have been on regular food for quite a while so this is not fresh scars still healing.

Did I pull something apart? Also, I started Zumba last week but this doesn't feel like sore muscle kind of issue.

Other than that, I feel great.

Thanks,

[oweemytoe 43]

What did your doctor say??

[latido 178]

I'm dealing with this for ten days and the doctor's staff is ignoring me. I'm in agony.

[winning_by_losing 107]

OK, I will be calling my doctor about this but was wondering what this pain/pinching feeling is.

As I go through my day, I feel perfectly fine. But if I press on my stomach near the top right scar, I feel tremendous pain/pinching feeling. It feels like there is a piece of glass that I am pressing on if that makes sense. I also feel it if I am sitting but have to bend over to the side to pick something up (because I swear I'm constantly dropping things!). What could this possibly be? Is it just a normal thing I"m going through? A hernia?

To be clear, I had my gastric bypass in January of this year and have been on regular food for quite a while so this is not fresh scars still healing.

Did I pull something apart? Also, I started Zumba last week but this doesn't feel like sore muscle kind of issue.

Other than that, I feel great.

Thanks,

I have the same pain in the same place. It isn't constant and seems to be caused by different activities (though not consistently) and doesn't seem to be helped by ice/heat/massage.

When I asked my nurse, I was told that it was essentially a combination of the scar tissue and abdominal muscles not playing nicely. She said it should subside at around 6 months but if it didn't that I should set up an appointment to let them check things.

[esskay77 785]

Are you about 6 months out? I felt this in the same spot and am 6 months out. I finally saw my doctor and she said that it is the stitches dissolving. It felt like there was broken glass inside. And it was worse when I touched that spot--REALLY painful! But then it corrected itself, which now I know means the stitch dissolved. They are meant to dissolve at 6 months.

However, it is still best to find out for sure, especially if you are not at that 6 month mark.

[esskay77 785]

I should have started at the top since I now see you were responding to my message which I never closed the loop on. I didn't see the doctor right away because I was going on vacation (I know, not smart). The pain finally did subside but I still brought it up when I went in for my 6 month visit just the other day and that is when the doctor told me it was the stitch dissolving and it can be quite painful. It was an inch or 2 away from the top right scar. She said that is the typical one that hurts. She said that some people feel the same pain around the navel, too, though I didn't feel that one as much. She said the stitches are meant to last 6 months and then they dissolve which is what this was. but it was scary!! And painful!

[HEARTonmySLEEVE2014 24]

Im experiencing the same problem, but Im only a week out . It started a couple of days ago, but I thought I may have poked myself with something and didnt realize it, or it was from my bra. I will be calling my surgeon's office this morning. Crossing my fingers its nothing serious. I feel a little pain (almost like a ball going down) when I sip liquids (and I thought I was taking very small sips), and Im also more drained today than I previously have been. I hope all this is not connected, and means something is wrong.

Edited August 6, 2014 by HEARTonmySLEEVE2014