Gas Pains

[karensteph 0]

I had my surgery 10/10 and still have really bad gas pains.. Sometimes it gets so bad it hurts to breathe deeply, someone please tell me this is normal.

[wildrose1966 396]

Sure is..............I had them regularly until 4 weeks post op, they usually came on when I was sitting, went away when I stood up and started walking. (all my gas pains were in my left shoulder.)

[kyrasgrandma 228]

I am only 2 days post op and my gas pain comes and goes. It is across both shoulders. My info booklet says it could last 2 to 3 weeks.

[Duhs9919 17]

I had the type of pain you are talking about up until about 4 weeks out. It got so bad with the not being able to breathe I went to ER. Nothing was wrong. I found that eating really slow helped keep it from coming on. Mine was between my shoulders on my back. The only relief I would get was from the heating pad and funny enough Icy Hot. I still carry icy hot in my purse just in case. Good luck it gets better.

[Summerrain 520]

Yes very normal. It's actually the diaphragm that causes the pain. The gas should have been expelled within a few days. I found walking around and deep breathing helped me relieve that pain when it hit.