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I hope someone can help me while I wait to see my doctor tomorrow. I woke up on Saturday with right side flank pain. Pain level at 10/10. I waited a bit but then decided to go to the ER. I explained to them that I was 2 months post op and down about 30lbs. They did blood work and gave me a CT scan. Everything looked normal so they said it could either be early stages of kidney stone, appendicitis or a muscle strain. Because the CT scan didn’t show anything they sent me home with muscle relaxers and lidocaine pain patch. The medication made me sleep for these past two days but I’m still in extreme pain. I had my surgery in Mexico so my surgical team is not available to me. I’ll go see my doctor but does anyone know what this could be? Anyone experience the same after vsg?

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I had intense pain about 4 weeks ago in right side flank area (6 weeks after sleeve surgery). I’m now down 21kg or 46.3 pounds so probably 17kg loss at that stage. Tests confirmed what the doctor at the ER suspected- a 6mm kidney stone had completely blocked the ureter. Right kidney was enlarged as a result and I had a kidney infection. Extremely painful! Surgery within about 10 hours to explode the stone and had a stent placed in ureter for 7 days after. I’ve had issues with kidney function/scarring/infections previously but this pain was on an entirely different level... they said the cause was uncertain but could be related to reduced Fluid intake since the surgery (very nauseous after and struggled to eat or drink anything really). Hope they can work out what’s going on with you asap- good luck and hope you feel better soon.

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