Question: After my lap band surgery, I had a lot of pain in my stomach. Years later, it is still tender to the touch. I had a stomach xray done and they found two surgical clips. Is it important to have those removed? The lap band surgery was because of a bilateral mastectomy. I have to have that redone, also.

I had a hysterectomy in 1983 and an okay removed in 2001. I had breast reconstruction in 2003 and that was through lap band surgery removing the fat to construct the breast. That is the only surgeries I had. After the lap band surgery, I told the doctor there was a lot of pain even after a year. I asked him if he was sure he didn't leave something inside. The middle of my stomach is numbs and it hurts on each side. If I lay on my right side, the right side is numb and if I lay on my left side, my left side is numb. Numb meaning I have no feeling. The doctor said I just had a weird body. Recently I started having a lot of pain in my stomach and had an xray done on my stomach and they found two surgical clips. My doctor says that they were left in when the hysterectomy and the ovary were removed but they were done were done over a decade apart. I am wondering if I need the clips removed.