WHAT TO EXPECT PAIN WISE AFTER SURGERY?PLZ INFORM ME..

[dat_sweetmami 81]

IM having surgery March19 ...while i know ill be put to sleep during the surgery...i am concern as to the pain after SURGERY . I've read a lot of ppls stories and i hear a lot about gas pains? what are gas pains???

[Takingcontrol 467]

They put gas in to help raise your skin & move things around, most escapes when they remove the instruments...but some residual is left. It eventually has to escape, that's why u need to be up walking ASAP. After surgery...moving will help you release the gas. I had very little surgical pain from the surgery itself & was fortunate to have minimal gas pain as well. But I will say Gas-Ex strips are my friend! Good luck!

[dollbaby1969 7]

Everyone has a different experience. I had a good experience. I did not suffer at all with the gas pains associated with surgery. I walked immediately. My surgery was laproscopic. So, I had no real major pain from the surgery. There was some soreness in my abdomen. It felt like I had done a lot of situps. On the stapled incision side I had would sometime feel a painful pull. But that was do to some strain I had unintentionally placed on my body. It is important to follow the doctor's directions. I didn't even take pain medication while I was in the hospital or when I got out.

[JP69 116]

I agree with Takingcontrol. I had very little surgical pain, but did have a little gas pain the first few days. Just try and get up and walk around, that will help get the gas out of your belly. If all goes well with surgery, you should only have pain or discomfort for a few days. But remember everyone is different and each surgery is different, so just stay positive and focused.

[gigi1981 10]

I was also very lucky with the surgery pain and experienced very little pain. I did however have significant shoulder tip pain from the surgery. This lasted about 4 wks and was more noticeable when I was physically active.

[JP69 116]

I was also very lucky with the surgery pain and experienced very little pain. I did however have significant shoulder tip pain from the surgery. This lasted about 4 wks and was more noticeable when I was physically active.

I have heard a lot of talk on the shoulder pain. What causes that?

[dat_sweetmami 81]

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES. I AM TRULY AT THE POINT WHERE MY EXCITEMENT HAS TURNED INTO FEAR AND ANXIETY...WHY?!?! I DON'T KNOW..I JUST FEEL AS THE DAYS GET CLOSER...I WANT IT TO BE OVER AND DONE WITH ALREADY.

[Takingcontrol 467]

The gas is trying to escape...& gas rises! It has a tendency to settle around your shoulder blades & cause pain. That's why it's so important to walk ASAP & get it out!

[luckysmomma 407]

I just got sleeved on Wednesday; I know everyone's body reacts differently to pain....but with that said, be prepared. Yep, I was up & walking but I am still experiencing a great deal of abdomen pain, much more than anyone warned me. Yep, the first night the rolling gas pain to the shoulder about got me!

[mark! 449]

I have some abdomen soreness, and some gas pain, only once was I praying to God to make the pain and general uncomfortable-ness go away, and that was 8 days after surgery. I was so scared of a leak, that I jacked something up, but the swallow tests all denied any leak and it had to just either be the surgical mesh, sutures, or gas pain on my left side under my ribs. For me, the temporary pain I'm having now is way worth the ease of medical issues of the future. My pain, 99.99% of the time is no unbearable. I think you'll be surprised as how little it'll hurt. There likely WILL be some pain, but it's nothing that I thought it'd be.

[Nicole Chavez 87]

I had pain all over my abdomen and nausea immediately upon waking. The gave me anti nausea and morphine but I was still nauseous, so they switched to dilaudid. After that no pain and no nausea. I was on a pain pump where I could push the button for more medication ever so otter and I just would push it when ever. I never really felt pain just in general but I would if I tried using my stomach muscles to get out of bed or go to the bathroom. I just had to be careful. I never had any gas pain. I was lucky.

VSG Date: 2/13/13 SW:285lbs HW:302 5'3"

[Amanda626 153]

Day 1 post op and no gas pain or really pain as of yet. The key is walking. I have cruised the floor a lot !! Shocked that the pain is so little.

[ScottSoFla 5]

I was sleeved on Tuesday and the only real pain I had was gas. Everyone is right... Walk walk walk. Been feeling great since with very little soreness. Best of luck to you!

[KatieOkieDokie 171]

I have heard a lot of talk on the shoulder pain. What causes that?

The reason you experience pain in the shoulder is because the gas sometimes pushes up against the Vagus nerve that runs along your stomach and up into shoulder, causing pain. When you walk it pushes the air up and out! Or maybe down and out too lol.

As far as pain goes, I don't know yet, I haven't had surgery yet. So I can't tell you how the pain is. I'm having surgery on the 8th, I will let you know afterwards! lol. I do believe that everyone is different and will experience pain differently so I'm trying not to read too much into others pain and recovery. Simply because mine may not be like their's.

[bringiton 68]

I was sleeved 4 days ago and am still very sore at one specific incision site-the big one. Hard to bend or twist in any way. I still have some gas pains too but I am walking it out!