Horrible pain chest and back

[kiki-blue-eyes 0]

Hi,

I was operated on on sept 7th 2007. I was doing fine, losing weight in a slow process. Lately I have been getting very sharp pains in my chest, feels like a stabbing pain in my chest and it continues to my back, I can barely breath at times... Does anyone know what this is? Is it because of over-eating, not enough liquids, or maybe something wrong with the band itself?

[Wheetsin 714]

Does it happen while eating? Pains on the chest, especially the area of the band, that radiate to the back, is fairly common to experience when something is stuck.

[kiki-blue-eyes 0]

no, I could eat normally, all is fine.. and its the next day...I ate normal and went to sleep, I woke up at 5 am because of the pain

[JeanneC 0]

I would call your doctor. I hate to be the voice of gloom and doom, but that recently happened to me and my band had slipped. Does the pain last for a long time?

If nothing else, you might need a slight unfill. When my doc took a little out, the pain quit happening. It wasn't until a month later that he did a barium swallow and saw the slippage.

Hope I'm wrong, but I would get it checked out if I were you. Of course, I may be overreacting based on my own experience, but if the pain you're describing is like the pain I had - much, much, much worse than the pain of getting something stuck - then you need to do something about it. No one should have to live with that.

Oh, do you still have your gallbladder? That can cause intense pain a few hours after eating.

Take care -

[Kat817 19]

Might have them check your gall bladder as well, pain radiating to the back is a complaint I always heard associated to gall baldder. And losing it is very common following any WLS.

Hope you feel better soon!

Keep u

[Kat817 19]

oops wrong key!!! Keep us posted that was supposed to say!!

Good Luck!

Kat

[kiki-blue-eyes 0]

thx , Im seeing my doc on wednesday !