Home from th hospital.....gas pain in shoulder

[MEL50 0]

I was banded 7/31/09 (four weeks ago) and the left shoulder pain continued for three weeks. Walking really helped me most. I found the pain was worse at night when I went to bed, so a pain pill was the best option for sleep. It does go away. I was beginning to wonder, but haven't had any shoulder pain in just over one week.

[bizyrn 0]

My gas pain in my shoulder really bites, unfortunitly you just have to wait for it to go away. And walk alot it is from the co2 they gave you in surgery and it just takes the body time to reabsorb this. I had my band places on 8-27-09

[Punkinx2 0]

I have had 3 abdominal surgeries before: 2 c-sections and then gall bladder removal) and I had the gas pains really bad in my shoulders in each of them. The only things that helped me were (1) walking and (2) a heating pad. Instead of a heating pad that you plug in, I have this homemade "bag" that has rice or Beans or something in it that is heavy. I think that the weight of it combined with the heat really helped a lot. I lived with that thing on my shoulders for days!

[Sarahbear 0]

I am 14 day out and am having a terrible bout of shoulder gas pain. Gah. I agree that it's worse than the abdominal pain. It's a stabbing jabbing pain that grates my nerves.

[scpd755 0]

I think by day 5 postop I was over it. As posted above walk walk walk!