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Abdominal pain 2 1/2 months post opt

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seeingme    91

seeingme
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So....what's up with this? I'm 2 1/2 months post-op (surgery on 12/7) For the past week, every time I eat, within about 15 minutes I have LEFT upper quadrant pain, just under my rib cage. Very sharp "stabbing" type of pain. Today it is significantly worse than it has been, so I put a call into my surgeon. In the meantime I thought I'd ask here. Google is NOT my friend, I already tried that. ;-) Anyone here experience something similar?

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cdeisroth    420

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Could be anything, but based on where you said the pain is you may want to check your gallbladder. It's very common to have gallbladder issues after bariatric surgery.



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seeingme    91

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50 minutes ago, cdeisroth said:

Could be anything, but based on where you said the pain is you may want to check your gallbladder. It's very common to have gallbladder issues after bariatric surgery.


Gallbladder is on the right side. This is on the left. Way over on the left, almost on my side.

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orionburn    1,024

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Any track record of intestinal issues? Unfortunately this is one of those things where it could be a hundred different things and don't want to come off being one of those guys saying "you must be suffering from this!" Only thing I can relate it to is from a case of diverticulitis I had a few years ago. That can happen almost anywhere in the intestines/colon. I get flare ups every now and then and can tell the sore spot when food moves past it.

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kc13    31

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Gallbladder is on the right side. This is on the left. Way over on the left, almost on my side.



That doesn't matter, pain can radiate to anywhere in your body. I used to have sometimes sharp, but mainly dull crampy left side pain and it turned out I had a lazy gallbladder and had it removed (this was before surgery) so I if you have pain after eating AND the statistics stacked against bariatric patients are high for gallstones. So it more than likely is something within your biliary system.


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kkami12    52

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Could be a stricture?



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