severe pain

weight4change · 05-08-2008, 08:18 PM

Hello Y'all! I am experiencing the WORST middle back pain (around my bra line) I've ever had. Can anyone tell me if they've experienced this with the band? I read somewhere that it's b/c I'm too full, anyone out there heard or experienced this???

singermama · 05-08-2008, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by weight4change

Hello Y'all! I am experiencing the WORST middle back pain (around my bra line) I've ever had. Can anyone tell me if they've experienced this with the band? I read somewhere that it's b/c I'm too full, anyone out there heard or experienced this???

When were you banded? I had that pain like 1-2 days post op and for about a week after- it was gas from having parts of my abdominal cavity messed around with. It was SO sharp and uncomfortable...You go through phases of different pains in different spots for a while Im finding

cj033185 · 05-08-2008, 10:46 PM

My doctor seems to believe it is either nerve related or gallbladder. I'm going for an ultrasound of my gb very soon. Either way, I've been dealing with the pain for quite a few months. My very uneducated guess is it's nerve related. The only reason I say this is because I had a total unfill and the pain went away. Then I was filled again to 3.6 in a 10cc band and whamo, as soon as I ate anything that had a solid consistency, the pain was back. Now I am at 3cc and the pain is very minimal. Please keep me posted with your exact location of pain, when it happens, how much fill you have, what size band is, when you had your surgery, and what your doctor says about the pain. My exact location of pain is in between my shoulder blades just a pinch to the right.

cj033185 · 05-08-2008, 10:59 PM

Also I have to add, my pain started after I got a fill to 5 cc's which was way too tight. Ever since that time I have been dealing with the pain. I believe this is when I had the beginning satges of inflammation. I've had a very difficult time since that fill, but hopefully I'm at a good fill level now. BTW I have lost 52lbs now since sept 06 which I am very happy about. Even with the difficulties I have experienced, this is the best decision I have ever made. Best of luck to you, and I hope you get rid of the pain, it really hurts if it's anything like mine. This has been my experience and I hope if nothihng of my experience happens to turn out to be anything like your experience, I hope just listening to you and understanding the pain is real, has helped.

cj033185 · 05-13-2008, 12:15 AM

that is sept 07. :)

MollyMolly · 05-13-2008, 12:28 AM

Yep, anytime I irritate my band or eat even one tiny bite more than I should, I get pain there. Mine tends to be a little to the left, in the middle right by the end of the shoulder blade. Ouch!

Try to take it easy until the pain subsides.

However, it is also possible that it's gall bladder related. Apparently some people feel their pain in their back. For me, gall bladder attacks felt like someone put an iron band around my torso a couple finger widths under my bra line. I thought I was having a heart attack the first couple times it happened.

smilin_apple · 05-15-2008, 05:35 PM

Let me share my pain and when it started...

I have been having an unusual pain in my back and my chest for the last few days since my band was too tight and I had to have an unfill. On Tuesday last week I had a fill of .5 cc and it was so tight (I told the doc and he didn't believe me) that starting the next day and for the following 48 hours I was not able to take ANY fluid in. And I started throwing up foam on my way back to the surgeon. I tasted like Bile but came out as White foam, I had a severe migrane from Dehydration as well. Has this happened to anyone?
Well anyways the second part is that I went in to the ER and the Surgeon who put too much fluid in on Tuesday happened to be the surgeon on call and he came in and removed ALL the fluid in the band. Then starting about two days after all the fluid was removed I started getting a "burning like" sensation across the middle of my back; somewhere near where I think the band is placed. Sometimes it kinda feels like a dull pressure on the center of my chest in the front as well.
I know it is not from food being stuck or anything because it happens no where near the times I am eating. Usually when I haven't eaten or 2-3 hours afterwards.
If anyone can relate or knows if I should stop worrying please let me know a.s.a.p. because I am sort of freaking out over here thinking it might be something serious like erosion at the band site or something.
ANY thoughts???

smilin_apple · 05-18-2008, 12:22 AM

Well I went to Kaiser yesterday and I told my surgeon about what I was
feeling. He asked me some routine questions, I showed him where the
burning was, and he did some feeling around to see if I was hurting or
tender anywhere unusal in my abdomen.
He didn't seem too concerned at this point , he checked my band to see
if there was any fluid left because when the other surgeon said he took
all the fluid out he was about 1cc short, which made me nervous too.
Well my surgeon found it, it was still there; so I had 1 cc left after
all.
He went ahead and added another 4 cc's for a total of 5 which is
close to where I was before I was too tight. I am now feeling some
restriction on the amount of food I can eat but nothing is getting
stuck, YEAH!!!
And oh yeah as for the burning sensation and pain in my chest and back, it is gone now??? Maybe my esophegus was just so irritated from being too tight last week and now it is better, not sure what else it could have been but I am sure glad no more pain.
My surgeon is so AWESOME!!!! I will never see a different surgeon again!

Froggi · 05-18-2008, 12:23 AM

Glad you're feeling better.

Froggi · 05-18-2008, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by cj033185

My doctor seems to believe it is either nerve related or gallbladder. I'm going for an ultrasound of my gb very soon. Either way, I've been dealing with the pain for quite a few months. My very uneducated guess is it's nerve related. The only reason I say this is because I had a total unfill and the pain went away. Then I was filled again to 3.6 in a 10cc band and whamo, as soon as I ate anything that had a solid consistency, the pain was back. Now I am at 3cc and the pain is very minimal. Please keep me posted with your exact location of pain, when it happens, how much fill you have, what size band is, when you had your surgery, and what your doctor says about the pain. My exact location of pain is in between my shoulder blades just a pinch to the right.

Ew I remember my gallbladder pain, it was horrid. I'm so glad my gallbladder is gone LOL.

smilin_apple · 05-18-2008, 12:44 AM

Yeah I remember my gallbladder pain too, I think it was worse than childbirth!
I am so glad that is over with and that I had mine removed!