Sudden stabbing pain in Chest, help!

[nowornever14 36]

Hi All

I need advise!

My surgery was on the 8th of September - 1.5 week ago.

I even had my checkup with the hospital nurse yesterday and all seems to be perfect, great healing, good weight loss, no pain.

Last night when I went to bed out of nowhere it seems I felt a sudden sharp stabbing pain in my right chest every time I try to pull in a breath.

I tried to kind of sit more upright in my bed because the pain breathing was not as bed and I managed to fall a sleep.

But it is only 1:50 am and I just woke up 20 min ago because of this pain .

Anybody any idea what this could be.

Otherwise I do not feel sick nor do I am dizzy or have a temperature or any other pain .

PLEASE help if any of you has an idea or experienced the same.

Thanks

[lachicakmart 0]

Check with your doctor, but I hope it's nothing more than gas. Pretty common with most surgeries. I have had two surgeries in my abdomen and both times the stabbing pains in my chest, collar bone, and back were due to gas.

[nowornever14 36]

Yes but I am 1.5 weeks out and had not had any gas pain before the entire time. So why would it show up after 10 days?

[bebeandkoko 34]

I had surgery the 8th as well, and am experiencing the exact same thing!It's an awful sharp stabbing pain that feels like it's right under my right breast whenever I take anything more than a shallow breath, or I inhale suddenly. I know it's not gas because my gas pains were gone with in a few days after surgery. This popped up around Sunday.

I had my 1 week post op with my surgeon on Monday and mentioned it to him, and he brushed it off, attributing it to the trauma of a major surgery. It has gotten much worse today to the point I woke up sobbing trying to roll over to get out of bed this morning.

If it doesn't ease up, I'll probably just go into the ER tomorrow. I've been googling (the worst thing to do when you don't feel well, I know Lol) and I'm afraid it could be pleurisy or something of the like.

I hope you feel better and keep me updated if you find out what it could be and I'll do the same!

Edited September 18, 2014 by bebeandkoko

[lachicakmart 0]

Hope you figure it out and feel relief soon. Keep us posted!

[nowornever14 36]

@@bebeandkoko

I hate to say this but I am glad there is somebody with the same symptoms. Believe me I do wish you would not feel this but not being alone in this helps.

I just decided to grab a handful of chewable baby anvils an hour ago and for the last about 20 minutes the pain has numbed away.

So I will try to get some more sleep and will keep you uptodate on this tomorrow. I wish you get some sleep too.

[bebeandkoko 34]

I totally agree, I thought I was the only one feeling this way and it's nice to not be alone. I just took a little dose of my pain meds and it should knock me out soon. Have a good rest!

[JamieLogical 8,727]

Could it be heartburn? Are you on an antacid?

[nowornever14 36]

No it had nothing to do with hard burn because I have had horrific acid reflux with the band.

Last night after I took quite a few pain killers it took me until 5am this morning to fall asleep but when I woke up at 8 am it was like nothing had happened.

So I am now wondering maybe it was some kind of gas that was trapped somewhere and with the move I made when I laid down it moved to my right chest and caused that stabbing pain. So I really have no other explanation for it.

@ bebeandkoko I hope you got some rest last night after the meds too. !!

[BitterSweet* 835]

Go get your gallbladder checked ASAP. You need a liver function test (LFT - which is a blood test) at a bare minimum. If your liver enzymes come back elevated, insist upon an ultrasound. If you no longer have a gallbladder, do the obvious. Call your surgeon.

[bebeandkoko 34]

Glad to hear you feel better! My pain is still there but way less than it was yesterday, thank goodness!

[nlboyce 5]

I felt like I was being stabbed in the left ribs, my doc told me that was where muscle had been sewn together under the skin.

[nowornever14 36]

Same this night woke up at 3 with stabbing pain in the same spot. My right chest into my breast and this time it was clearly accompanied by acid reflux pain. So now I am completely thrown off. This time I did not rake pain killers but ate a banana ( or 3 bites if it) and drank Water and the pain slowly went away.

Is that the new indication of acid reflux???????

And I will not take anti acid reflux meds because I do not believe in them. I will have to learn which foods trigger acid refux and will have to eat accordingly.

[BitterSweet* 835]

@@nowornever14, it sounds like you've already figured things out. Your declaration of not taking anti-reflux meds is your choice and it sounds like you're pretty set in stone about it.

Just so you are aware (in case you didn't know), there is such a thing as silent reflux( many people have this condition). You can go day and night never having a single symptom and serious damage is being done. Untreated reflux can cause Barretts Esophageal Cancer. Happens to plenty of folks.

I applaud you for wanting to figure out your sleeve, eat healthy, and avoid triggers that will intensify reflux. But just because it doesn't wake you up in the middle of the night doesn't mean it's not happening. Please ask your doctor about this at your next visit and good luck to you.

[NowHisMrs0711 4]

I had esophageal spasms post op. Stabbing pain in my chest that I felt in my mid back. Go to the ER and let the check just to be safe, which is what I did. In my case it was a Charlie horse in the muscles of my esophagus.