Severe pain under rib cage, is this gas pain?

[sirensiren 67]

I am 1 day post op and I've been having severe pain in my chest and rib cage, I have been told it's gas pain but I just want to check in. Did everyone else experience this?

[fern 195]

I sure did!! It sucks , but try and walk as much as you can. It'll help move it out. Oh, and welcome to the losers bench : )

[sasicas 194]

Yes. We are pumped full of gas during the surgery and it needs to work it's way out, walk, walk, walk! I can't stress it enough to help move that gas. The top of your sleeve is in the middle at the bottom of your ribcage so it can be very sore in that whole area.

[sirensiren 67]

Thanks for the responses! Though everyone has said "yes yes it's gas" around the hospital, I always wonder if they're just trying to get me to quiet down

The feeling is unsettling as well, because it feels a lot like hunger. Things are getting slowly better!

[feedyoureye 3,087]

For a while, it will be hard to tell what the heck all the feelings and non feelings are! If you do have severe pain, check with your doc ASAP. Many of them are normal, but not all of them are. The gas they use to pump up the abdominal cavity is mostly sucked out when they complete the surgery, but sometimes there is some left there... thats why the pains are ofter in the shoulder or up higher... the gas migrates up. It will be absorbed into the body sooner or later, and walking keeps it moving and absorbing I guess! The shoulder pain lasted for a couple of weeks for me, and got less and less as I kept walking.