3 days post op

[danell 9]

I feel like a truck ran me over . My left shoulder start hurting last night and I woke up with a headache . I cough up some green stuff this morning wondering is that bad . Not feeling my best today

[lisacaron 5,075]

It's normal to feel a bit like you got hit by a truck. You just had major surgery. Try walking around and moving some of the gas out of your body. A heating pad or hot Water bottle can help with the shoulder discomfort but nothing works like walking and getting the gas to move out.

As for the coughing up green, you need to take really deep breaths and expand your lungs so you don't get pneumonia and keep coughing that stuff up and out. If you have a fever of any grade over 100 you should call your doctor ASAP.

Take your pain meds get lots of rest and enjoy some ice pops they are a wonder.

Hope you're feeling better soon!

[danell 9]

Thank you so much .

[JOANNE M HOLL 388]

The walking is the best you can do to feel better. If you were in the hospital that is what the nursing staff speaks of soon after surgery. I walked across the room & back maybe a dozen times the day after surgery and down the block half way the next day, increasing the distance the following day. Follow your bariatric center's instructions, but from experience I know this procedure is not because you are sick, but exercise gets things working towards healing. Good health to you!

[Red bird 20]

I feel your pain. I was there since last Friday. I started to wonder why the heck I had done this, was I crazy?? I just committed to the long haul. You r going to feel pretty rough for the next several days. Don't do anything but take care of you! Today is the first day since last Friday that I see hope. It has been a tough week but I know I am on the right path. Take your meds, embrace your eating pad, get moving to get rid of the gas and REST. I promise that a week from now, you too will feel better. For now, just stay the course!

[reneegerbs 2]

I am 3 days post op and feel horrible my back and shoulders hurt so much I am having a hard time sleeping. Any suggestions. I have done the walking and the gas is coming out but I just don't know what else to do. This is so

Uncomfortable and I can't stand it

[rpattilo1972 35]

I am also 3 days post op also and best advice I can give is to try not to go too long without drinking hot tea or broth, that along with the heating pad ( Walmart has a nice xl one with auto shut off), gas ex strips and pain meds and walking every now and then.

If your having a pain on left side like a throbbing, muscle type pain for me it was because I was not blowing in the breathing device, if you did not get one like me, my doc advised me to blow up a balloon. Apparently this needs to be done to clear your lungs and improve your oxygen ( I learned this the hard way)

Good luck and hang in there!