Left Upper Quadrant Pain

jlobyxmas · May 27, 2009

Hi All,

I'm about 16 months out of sx, and other then slow weight loss I have had no issues with my band. Sx, healing, fills everything has thankfully gone without a hitch. Now for the past two days I have had severe left upper quadrant pain, that seems to be worse when I move. No fever, able to eat without difficulty, but it feels like something is twisted up inside, pulling. I can sit still without an pain, but when I move a certain way it hurts. :blush:

We did alot of heavy lifting and work over the weekend, but this really doesn't feel like muscle pain. Has anyone else experienced this?? I'm going to call my doc tomorrow if it hasn't subsided, but I thought I'd come and ask those in the know :blush:

Advice??

Mildge · June 7, 2009

HI,

I don't know if you have figured out your pain or not, but I had that pain also, and then a few days later my whole stomach did a flip flop and I got very nausiated but never threw up. This happened about 8 times in the last 3 weeks. But I still had the pain, I went to my heart Dr he said my heart was fine, so I went to my LB Dr and he did a barium swallow and a cat scan and said I have erosion and now I have to have my lap band removed in a week. I am so sad. I don't want to gain my weight back again. BUt one thing I think you should do is go to your Lap Band Dr and have them check you and maybe unfill it for a while and see if that helps your pain and maybe just maybe it will not end up in an erosion.

jlobyxmas · June 8, 2009

Thx Mildge,

Sorry to hear about your difficulties:sad: Hope your surgery goes well, maybe they can do a revision or something??

Thankfully, the pain resolved itself in about two days, we were doing alot of yardwork, building a patio, a lot of heavy lifting, so I think I just strained the muscles that my port is attached to.

No pain since.

Sending good thoughts your way, hope it all works out for you:blush: