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Did you have a lot of periods of shortness of breath? It's hard to breath a lot more these days. I'm 6days post op. Any and all advice is appreciated. Thank you.

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I had a hernia but no problems like that.

Don't hesitate to call your Doctor!

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Did you have a lot of periods of shortness of breath? It's hard to breath a lot more these days. I'm 6days post op. Any and all advice is appreciated. Thank you.

not sure about the shortness of breath (i also had the hernia repair). it hurt to take a deep breath at the beginning and up to about a week post op. but as my friend tkw said, call the dr and let them know and give you the ok (to relax) or come in for a looksee.

i am sure its nothing but better to be on the safe side.

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I had hernia repair and lap band. I did not have shortness of breath but if I inhaled my lung kinda felt constricted. When I had my first post op visit. The dr notice that I had a lot of gas, she also deflated my band( in which at that time I did not now it contain any fluids) after that I was good. When is your post op visit..if you continue to have problems call the dr.

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Did you have a lot of periods of shortness of breath? It's hard to breath a lot more these days. I'm 6days post op. Any and all advice is appreciated. Thank you.

Oh I sure did this past Monday.....Had surgery on Friday with hernia repair....

I was fine after surgery, then 3 days later, after driving ( I drive a standard so it adds more pressure) my son to school, came home bathed, washed hair n did some light house keeping. I started having SOB....I had to take deep breaths in other to be well oxygenated. I called my surgeon n sent me right to the ER....After spending 12hrs in the ER...and ran lots of tests...no clots, they thought it could have been a Pulmonary Embolism....X-ray n CT scan came out clear.....so I was sent home on bed rest...as long as I rest i'm ok with the SOB, but if i do any kind of huge movement, it comes on again...even something as simple as brushing my teeth, I get SOB.....Surgeon said it happens at times, has to do with the repair and the diaphragm...

If you are experiencing that, I would suggest go to the ER just to be sure it's not a PE, if all clear, rest yourself and take your time....

Good luck n keep us posted!!!

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If the problem continues I would ask for a chest x-ray, you could have pneumonia, it is common after surgeries with intubation.

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Did you have a lot of periods of shortness of breath? It's hard to breath a lot more these days. I'm 6days post op. Any and all advice is appreciated. Thank you.

I was banded and had a hernia repair on August 23rd, I have not had any issues with shortness of breath but many other patients that have had the hernia repair complain of this. Consult your physician to make sure it's normal.

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Yes i had shortness of breath for 11 days. My hernia was very large in the top.. I panicked about the breathing... Try to relax. I seen doc yesterday, he said it takes 4 wks to get over surgery. I had no sholder or neck pain til day 8!! No gas at all..then here it comes. It takes a while for the gas to bleed over into your intestines... So when we think we r better..there is still some poking around.

To help my breathing i went on slow walks. Best of luck

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I just had a band and hernia repair on 9/10/12. I did have exactly what you are describing for about a week- shortness of breath, heavy feeling in my chest, inability to take full or deep breaths. It was frustrating but I called my Surgeons office and the nurse assured me it was normal- especially from the hernia repair. It took over a week for it to go away. I tried not to over exert myself but even sitting down, doing nothing, it was hard to take a whole deep breath. It will pass soon.

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I had a hernia repair but no shortness of breath. Go to the ER.

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I had shortness in breathe, mine was were I couldn't take that deep breathe in, so part of my lung collapsed, so I would advice you to go to the er, it could be something serious.

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Definitely an ER situation.

But for the record, I couldn't get a deep breath & have a low respiration rate anyway. I was sent home with a thing to practice every hour. The day after my surgery I got annoyed with it and remembered something. My pre-admission nurse had told me to take my asthma inhaler to the hospital in case I needed it. I did, but never took it out. I did two puffs on that & was "cured" within the hour.

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Thank you everyone for your thoughts and advice. Hubby is taking me to the drs now. I will let you know what they say. Good thoughts and prayers please.

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Thank you everyone for your thoughts and advice. Hubby is taking me to the drs now. I will let you know what they say. Good thoughts and prayers please.

Hi Hun - How did you get I. - I was banded I was banded on the 13th September - I had a double hernia - 1 hietus hernia and one along my diaphragm !! I do struggle to get a deep quality breath sometimes - but had never made the connection ;(

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Thank you everyone for your thoughts and advice. Hubby is taking me to the drs now. I will let you know what they say. Good thoughts and prayers please.

Hope all is well!!! Let us k ow how your doing!!!

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