Very Concered, please help- pain on right front side - ThinnerTimes

sandyg · 06-13-2006, 05:32 PM

For the past 2 days i have been having pain/tenderness on my right/front side. When my surgery was done, I had 2 tubes. One drainage tube on my right side which came out the next day and then what is called a g tube (feeding tube) on my left side which was with me almost 5 weeks.
This pain is right near where the initial drainage tube was and I am 8 weeks post op.
It feels swollen almost, very tender and a fullness feeling.
I am terified that I ripped a staple, tore my pouch or stretched my pouch.

I do have a large gallstone that my surgeon was not able to remove during WLS.

I also tried coconut shrimp this weekend and wonder if this would cause this problem.

I am trying not to panic but fear my whole operation will have to be redone.

Does anyone know what this possibly could be?

Bypassingme619 · 06-13-2006, 05:41 PM

Well Sandy when in doubt get it checked out. Don't play the guessing game when it comes down to a major surgery you just had. To be on the same safe and give your self a piece of mind have your surgeon check it. How many months are you post-op?

delilah storm · 06-13-2006, 05:51 PM

Sandy, I am definitely not familiar with the right side pain you described but, you need to call your doctor especially if it's been 2 days now and the pain hasn't subsided. let us know if you are ok. Denise

sandyg · 06-13-2006, 07:08 PM

I am 8 weeks post op.
thanks so much I will call surgeon in morning xoxooxox

sandyg · 06-13-2006, 07:09 PM

Thanks delilah hugs I will call in the morning xoxooxox.

exit88 · 06-13-2006, 09:41 PM

I can tell you two things.

1. I had severe side pain about a month after surgery. I was diagnosed in the emergency room with a kidney stone.

2. I was told by a nutritionist not to eat coconut at all. The stringiness is problematic apparently.

sandyg · 06-14-2006, 05:00 AM

Thank you so much Steven, was the pain on the right frontal side?

exit88 · 06-14-2006, 08:07 AM

Mine was on the left. But since you have two kidneys, one on each side, kidney stones can appear on either side.

The past week I have been having pain in the right side and am concerned I may have developed another stone.

sandyg · 06-14-2006, 08:44 AM

Thank you Steven, I just spoke with my surgeon and was told since I do not have a fever and the pain is more like a tenderness just to keep an eye on it as it could for me just be ovaries but possibly developing kidney stones and to watch the severity of it.
I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers and hope you have not developed another stone. xoxoxooxoxo

Dorothy · 06-14-2006, 12:05 PM

Hi, is your pain like, right up by your ribs? Or closer to your hip bone? Just currious.

Please keep us updated!