Leak symptoms

[BeachMommy2Girls 6]

Hi everyone

I was just sleeved on July 10. My swallow test for leaks was fine. I have had gas symptoms but not shoulder pain. I am one week post op and feel minor, mild pain in my left shoulder intermittently. Definitely whenever I hiccup or burp or yawn or do my spirometer. I don't have fever, rapid heart rate, rapid breathing, or hiccups that don't go away. If it is gas pain, why would it show up a week after surgery?

[AK_Bookworm 116]

Are you getting this pain after you eat or drink? I get intermittent pain in my left shoulder when I ate too much... that could be happening to you as well. I also didn't have gas pain right after surgery but did about a week after surgery.

[BeachMommy2Girls 6]

Are you getting this pain after you eat or drink? I get intermittent pain in my left shoulder when I ate too much... that could be happening to you as well. I also didn't have gas pain right after surgery but did about a week after surgery.

Thanks for your response! No pain when I eat or drink. Was your gas pain a week after surgery in your left shoulder?

[AK_Bookworm 116]

Thanks for your response! No pain when I eat or drink. Was your gas pain a week after surgery in your left shoulder?

Yeah my gas pain started a week or just over a week after surgery.

[BeachMommy2Girls 6]

Yeah my gas pain started a week or just over a week after surgery.

And it WAS in your left shoulder?

[AK_Bookworm 116]

4 minutes ago, BeachMommy2Girls said:

And it WAS in your left shoulder?

Yes!!! Even now (I'm just over 8 weeks) when I over eat I feel it in my left shoulder (same feeling as the gas pain). However if you can I'd just mention it to your doctor just to be on the safe side especially when it comes to a leak. I'm sure what you're feeling is normal but it doesn't hurt to ask.

[shericrazylady 113]

I'd say your fine leaks are very rare chill out [emoji28]

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[BeachMommy2Girls 6]

Yes!!! Even now (I'm just over 8 weeks) when I over eat I feel it in my left shoulder (same feeling as the gas pain). However if you can I'd just mention it to your doctor just to be on the safe side especially when it comes to a leak. I'm sure what you're feeling is normal but it doesn't hurt to ask.

Yes I called them today. They said to put heat on it and walk more. It isn't all the time. Just here and there. I'm wondering if leak pain would be all the time??

[BeachMommy2Girls 6]

I'd say your fine leaks are very rare chill out [emoji28]

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Really? I thought they were more common. I had a leak test during surgery and then one that night with the radiologist and both were fine.

[AK_Bookworm 116]

Yes I called them today. They said to put heat on it and walk more. It isn't all the time. Just here and there. I'm wondering if leak pain would be all the time??

I read about leaks when I started having that issue and another (pain under my rib) and some people said it wasn't consistent but eventually did start happening all the time and some people didn't even have any symptoms of a leak. What eased my mind was that the shoulder pain would go away or ease up with walking

[BeachMommy2Girls 6]

I read about leaks when I started having that issue and another (pain under my rib) and some people said it wasn't consistent but eventually did start happening all the time and some people didn't even have any symptoms of a leak. What eased my mind was that the shoulder pain would go away or ease up with walking

Yes. So the pain would be constant not intermittent (coming and going)?

[Gwoman77 9]

Three and a half years out and still have gas. I have to take GAS X tabs and or strips. Then Tums and Prilosec. This will be always i think but no arm pain

[shericrazylady 113]

Really? I thought they were more common. I had a leak test during surgery and then one that night with the radiologist and both were fine.

I never had leak test I'm 3 weeks post op

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[Adenosine 37]

Don't worry OP...I'm 2 weeks post op and still get intermittent left shoulder pain. For me it's after I drink too much like someone else said, and it can be positional. If I'm feeling it it gets worse when I lay down. I had it after surgery but it greatly improved with walking. Now it's just an intermittent thing. I wouldn't get yourself worked up, it doesn't sound like a leak--it seems pretty par for the course after surgery. Gas ex/tums/etc won't help you at all. The pain you're feeling is some of the residual air left in your abdominal cavity that they use to inflate your abdominal cavity during surgery. Some of it gets trapped inside after surgery--they usually use CO2 for inflation. Nothing harmful at all, but it takes time for the micro circulation in your abdomen to reabsorb it. You feel it in your left shoulder because the air is pushing on your diaphragm. The same nerve innervates your diaphragm and left shoulder, so the lovely result of that is that you feel the pain in your left shoulder. I think you'll be juuuuust fine. Just keep on a'walkin to help get that air out. [emoji4]


Sleeved 7/7/17
5'5 female, 28 years old
HW: 230
SW: 223
CW: 213
GW: 135