7 Days Post Op - Waves Of Pain In Chest (Likely Stomach)

[diamante 9]

Is this gas? Does it go away.. I have been having waves of pain- where it feels like there must be gas and then it releases.. but I"m not burping or otherwise.. it's like it clenches and then passes.. Please tell me this is just part of healing.

[lucie159 89]

did you have a hernia repair? Thats what it felt like when I had mine. and though in our minds we parallel the band right behind our port, its actually up in our chest. Right center behind our breast bone, and the hernia, right there in that area too. so I would say its your healing.. give it time, but if it becomes unbearable... def call your Doctor.

[diamante 9]

ok- thanks- not unbearable- just awfully uncomfy from time to time- only for a sec or two - I did not have any hernia repair?? not that I know of.. is that horrible to say -

[wildrose1966 396]

I am 4 weeks out and still get shoulder gas pains, usually when I am sitting, disappears when I stand, doesn't last long.

[diamante 9]

Is it going to last forever??

[wildrose1966 396]

Is it going to last forever??

Who knows........I seem to get mine on in the evening or a lazy weekend, when I am not moving around as much as when I do during the day or a sunny Saturday. If I stand up and walk around it usually goes away.......good think I over bought gasx prior to my surgery, I have enough to last a year at least.

[lucie159 89]

I find that I get that feeling when I take to big a swallow of something.. can even be liquid.. just keep repeating... sip, sip, sip... chew, chew, chew... haha