Seriously...can someone PLEASE pull this knife out of my shoulder!!!

[the~new~nikki]

I was banded on 3/26 and think I have done relatively well with all aspects of recovery/healing/nasty post-op diet.....HOWEVER about 4 days post-op I unfortunately got the dreaded shoulder gas pain. If I drink even one sip of ANYTHING I immediately get the sharp knife in the left shoulder. I walk and it gets worse, I breathe and it gets worse. The one and ONLY thing I can do to get rid of it is to lay flat down for 10 min or so....kind of hard when you are at work.

Gas-X strips do nothing...any suggestions?

UGH,

Nikki

[BeBe]

I was dependent upon painkillers for the first week when this happened. It wasn't so bad if I raised my arm above my head, but as soon as I lowered it, there it was again.

Now the only time I get the shoulder pain is if I eat/drink too fast or too much.

[Dolittle]

I was banded on 3/26 and think I have done relatively well with all aspects of recovery/healing/nasty post-op diet.....HOWEVER about 4 days post-op I unfortunately got the dreaded shoulder gas pain. If I drink even one sip of ANYTHING I immediately get the sharp knife in the left shoulder. I walk and it gets worse, I breathe and it gets worse. The one and ONLY thing I can do to get rid of it is to lay flat down for 10 min or so....kind of hard when you are at work.

Gas-X strips do nothing...any suggestions?

UGH,

Nikki

WALK, WALK, and walk. That really helps get rid of that gas hiding in your joints. It will go away.

[spad]

I was banded on 3/26 and think I have done relatively well with all aspects of recovery/healing/nasty post-op diet.....HOWEVER about 4 days post-op I unfortunately got the dreaded shoulder gas pain. If I drink even one sip of ANYTHING I immediately get the sharp knife in the left shoulder. I walk and it gets worse, I breathe and it gets worse. The one and ONLY thing I can do to get rid of it is to lay flat down for 10 min or so....kind of hard when you are at work.

Gas-X strips do nothing...any suggestions?

UGH,

Nikki

Hi, Nikki,

My sister had the same problem...she said that laying down on her stomach with a hot pad helped a lot. She also said that

walking was very helpful. She had to use pain meds for about the first 8-10 days with this problem. Hope you feel better soon,

hang in there....

[Kim2BSlim]

I was banded the 28th and have the same pain in my left shoulder all the time. It really, really hurts! Nothing seems to help at all.

[the~new~nikki]

That is what I have heard....walk.....but when I walk it gets exponentially worse! I MADE myself walk and walk and I about passed out from the pain. It seems if I lay flat and slow down my breathing and heartrate it goes away after a while....I am day 7 after surgery....I hope this goes away soon!

[the~new~nikki]

Thanks for the help! I will go get some IMMEDIATELY....