Left side stitch

[sassymurton 0]

Hi all my name is Sass I live in Australia (Adelaide) and I am 3 weeks post op from my bypass surgery. Tuesday this week I all of a sudden started having this terrible left side stitch pain in my lower left side under my ribs. My doctor seems to think it is normal. Just wondering if anyone has experienced this as the pain is quite bad! Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated!

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[emiroo 16]

YES! I had some mild discomfort the first week and a half and then all of a sudden under my biggest incision I started getting awful searing pain! It felt like my muscles were tearing apart I swear. It's been about a week now and it's finally calming down but still having discomfort. My friend who had her sleeve done last year told me it goes away around week 4

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Oh and I used an ice pack on the site the days it was really painful, and that helped

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[sassymurton 0]

Thanks so much for this info! Nice to know I am

not alone. I will try the ice pack too thanks heaps

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[Roalmc77 61]

Yes I currently have this pain, it sucks I'm also 3 weeks post op

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[sassymurton 0]

I know it sucks big time and came out of nowhere! Let's hope it goes very soon! Hope u are recovering well! ️

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[Roalmc77 61]

Thanks I have no problems at all except that stitch. Hope your doing well as well.

hw 440 sw 399 cw 378 rny on 3/23/16

[rusticlemon 9]

I have the left side stitch that I have felt from moment one. My rny was 4/6, and it's annoying stitch. I'm 100% sure it's where he tacked the stomach to the abdominal wall. I was hoping it would go away after some wt loss. I watched a rny surgery video and that is the only way to explain the stitch is because it is an actual forever stitch, (tacking) the organ so it doesn't move to the abdominal wall.

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[PaulaB72 49]

It will pass soon.

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[Roalmc77 61]

Yup, thanks. It was painful last Tuesday night and then Wednesday morning it was gone just sore now which I'll take over how it was anyday.

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[kimvox66 91]

This is a really bad but normal experience. I had no pain about 10 days post-op then BOOM! So bad I could barely breathe! It went slightly away then came back about 1 week later and stayed for almost 2 weeks. Then it just disappeared like it never was there. If you can get a stomach binder or even firm support hi-waisted spanks, that helps, plus a heating pad and using a pillow to put pressure on it also helps. I am so sorry you have to deal with this (I almost took myself to the Emergency Room, I thought something was torn). NO ONE warned me about this and I had a hard time finding anything on this sight about it as well but trust me, it's common. You will get through it and be alright in the long run, just hang in there!

[Roalmc77 61]

Yeah pain is gone but binder actually made it worse, and are there guy Spanx? I don't think I could do those, lol. Heating pad and ice pack both were my saviors

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[pqmr 7]

Same thing happened to me at 3 weeks post op. It will pass.

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[NewAngela 60]

Yes. I had pain there. I didn't know what it was, but it went away. All kind of little pain in that area the first month or so.

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[sassymurton 0]

Thanks and it is starting to ease up which is such a relief!

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