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hello, i was banded thursday, june 12th. Everything is going good, i have just noticed that every now and then i get this really sharp pain in my chest and upper back>? Is this normal? It is exspecially bad when i just wake up. What could it be? Im following my liquid diet and gettin plenty of fluids, sipping slowly of course. but usually the pain is when im not drinking or anything. Any advice? Thanks Elizabeth!

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I was banded on June 10th and have/had the same sharp pains in chest and back. Dr said it is gas. It will gradually get better as the gas works it way out of your system. I use maximum strength gas-x gel pills and also the strips and they really help. Give it some time.

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Thanks for the question.....exactly what I was going through most of yesterday and didn't understand. Man, I love this website!

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Ebeth0013,

I have been banded for a year now but I remember how much pain I had in my back and neck. It's from the surgery. Get up and moving. Drink plenty of Water. You're going to do great. The pain that lasted the longest was the port incision. That will pass too!!

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Sounds like gas to me too. I really believe those Gas-X strips help but get this . . . the last time I was at the surgery center, one of the girls that work there said that walking is the only thing that really works. She said that Gas-X strips don't work because it is a different kind of gas that is causing the problem. She thinks that it is in our minds that the strips work and that's okay as long as something works. I'm not sure I really believe that because the strips helped me!

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