newbie banded 12/2 Montana, shoulder pain

missmendy · December 9, 2008

Hi, my name is Wendy. I live in Montana and was banded on Dec. 2nd by Dr. Elizabeth Martin. I have shoulder pain that is quite bothersome at times. I actually went to the emergency room on Saturday because it was so bad. They did tests and determined the pain is caused from a pocket of gas between my liver and diaphram. I look forward to being part of this lapband community. Have a great evening!!

plain · December 9, 2008

Welcome to lapbandtalk, missmendy! Good luck on your weightloss journey!

jes1014 · December 9, 2008

The only thing that helped me was walking, a lot! I didn't get it until I went back to work (desk job) so I started walking up to the 4th floor to use the restroom and that took care of the shoulder pain.

Good luck!

Redhead1 · December 9, 2008

Welcome and good luck. I was banded 6-30-08 and immedtiately had left shoulder pain. At first thought it was from the gas they put in your abdomen to fill to do the band, but now have found out the nerve in the area appears to be trapped in my band. It is the same nerve that tells people when you are having a heart attack. Mine comes and goes, after a fill it is worse and when I eat it is my que to stop. There isn't much that can be done, unless readjust the band, but that would be surgery. Anti inflammatories meds help, heat and cold packs help. Some say it goes away in a few months, but

mine hasn't. Hopefull yours will get better, sometimes it is the band rubbing against the nerver. But I'm still very glad I had it done. 46 lbs down and still going. Good Luck.

linda.watersj · December 9, 2008

Hi Wendy,

Hope your pain is better today. I am scheduled for surgery on Dec 19th. My nurse said try to keep moving around so that the pockets of gas won't settle in one place.