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I know this has been brought up before, but this is killing me! I am one week post op. Nothing else bothering me, but I am going on 24 hours of pain, constant on and off severe at some points. I can't seem to do anything to make it stop. I took a pain pill today, first since the surgery, and it did nothing but make me nauseous. Anyone else have another remedy for this shoulder pain?

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I would call your doctor. It could still be trapped gas from the surgery trying to make it's way out...WALKING helps.

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It's gas most likely. Walk as much as you can. It really does help. I would call your surgeon too just to be on the safe side.

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Saw my doc today for 1 week post op. He said all the gas should be out by now. Most likely phrenic nerve? If diaphragm is irritated, it will effect that nerve. Should lessen with time.

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It's the nerve not gas.

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I used a heating pad for the shoulder pain....it worked wonders for me!

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Heat and ice did nothing. This is a sharp penetrating pain. My dr. Said if it continues he wants to do an upper GI

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Heat and ice did nothing. This is a sharp penetrating pain. My dr. Said if it continues he wants to do an upper GI

I had the exact same pain for 10 days post op. Used painkillers and eventually it goes away. The pain comes from the gas that they inflate in you during the surgery apparently it affects your nerves which in turn makes your left shoulder pain like a @#$$%&

But now I'm healed

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My shoulder pain stopped two days ago yay. So obviously it was nerve related and things are healing.

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that gas can be a real WITCH ! I had it for a week and NOTHING helped ... not heat, not ice , not standing, not sitting ... I walked until my feet hurt and that didn't help ... it's just something that has to work its way out on its own ... I swore I wanted to be shot .... ugh.

Sorry to hear you're hurting ... but glad it's subsiding :)

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