Is this normal?

[nessa3678 0]

<p>I was banded yesterday and this morning I woke up feeling sore but other than that pretty good. About 10 minutes ago I've begun to get a really sharp pain on my left lower stomach. it's way below where my port insicsion but when I am up and walking around it hurts really bad. It almost feels like someone is pinching me from the inside. Is this normal? I know the port side tends to be more sore but this pain isn't near the port.</p>

[babs0101 1]

Keep walking, I think it may be gas. You will get gas pain in places you would not expect. Taking Gas-X helps also.

[jennibee 3]

After my surgery Gas-X was practically attached to my right hand...lol! I had pain in places that I never imagined due to gas. The nurse explained that it was because of all of the air in my abdomen being disturbed/displaced during the surgery. It passed after a day or two (and boy was I glad when it did) Congrats on being banded and beginning a new life! I hope you are feeling better real soon!

[nessa3678 0]

Has anyone else had this? It's not going away. They are very sharp pains all on the left side. I guess I am just trying to figure out if it is gas or just from the port. I've been walking all day today, have taken a bunch of the Gas-X strips and have been talking my pain medication. Nothing is taking care of it. When I am sitting on the sofa with my heating pad is the only time it doesn't hurt!

[mummybandit 0]

You poor thing. Know just how you feel. I was banded almost 2 weeks ago and ended up at the hospital with these pains because they were so bad, I was doubled over and crying and I am not a sook (delivered a 9 pound 13 and 1/2 ounce son and a 10 pound 11 and 1/2 ounce son naturally, so I know pain). I couldn't believe how bad they were and no one had warned me about gas or anything else. Anyway after going through numerous tests, x-rays, and a ct scan to make sure there was no leak etc. it turns out to be something like gas etc that you just have to deal with. (My doctor is 2 hours drive away and his office number wasn't answering) I was trying not to take any pain medication because I am still breastfeeding but I found that making sure I took this on time and rested made a real difference. After a few days it had gone - thank god and I am now feeling one hundred percent. I found this forum after I had been through all this, just wish I had found it before because I would have saved myself 6 hours at the hospital. Hope you are better soon.

[coltonwade 27]

Call your doctor if its not going away . That is what they are there for .

These boards are great but lets face it we are not there and we are not MD's.

CALL YOUR DOC just to be safe , its probably nothing.

Mindy

[Kelly Ann 0]

Hi Nessa,

I was banded 9/25, and I still have pains below my port by my belly button. And if I'm standing up straight I can see 2 little gathered "pick-ups" I was told that it is the port tugging on the muscle that it was sewn on. It comes and goes, some days I'll get little twinges, and other days I don't feel a thing. I think that it is getting better.

But you might want to call your doctor and see what he says....Hope you feel better real soon!

[nessa3678 0]

Thanks! They seem to hurt the most when I take a deep breath or walk around. I am going to take some pain medicine before bed, sleep tonight and see how I feel in the morning. If I am still having the sharp pains tomorrow I will call.

[coltonwade 27]

Nessa, how are you feeling today ??

Mindy

[JenLap33 0]

I have this same PAIN! it's like 2 or 3 inches below the port area on my left side! It's like a burning, pinching spasim type thing that happens just when it feels like happening! I was banded on OCT.22nd,2007. But I must say it has happened less & less now.........My Dr. said that it is normal and will go away on it's own. That it's the scar tissue starting to form and that if we move a cetain way you can feel it pull.........Well that's what I know about it so far!

[nessa3678 0]

Mindy - I am feeling great today! I had a few gas pains this morning but I have been moving around a lot today and am feeling really good! I cooked and cleaned the house today. I wasn't even craving the food that I was cooking for my husband and daughter. I honestly feel a lot better than I expected!

[coltonwade 27]

Mindy - I am feeling great today! I had a few gas pains this morning but I have been moving around a lot today and am feeling really good! I cooked and cleaned the house today. I wasn't even craving the food that I was cooking for my husband and daughter. I honestly feel a lot better than I expected!

Good im glad your feeling better. My husband was laughing at me post op .

I was cooking all the time, baking . I normally do not cook or bake that much.

But I was cooking out of cook books and EVERYTHING . He asked if I was trying to fatten him up while i got skinny . LOL

I guess i was over compensating for not eating LMAO in a strange way , for some reason it made me feel better.

Mindy