wendus1974

Hello everyone, I am new here and I was reading about the left shoulder problems. I am a nurse and will soon be a patient. I work for a bariatric surgeon also. When you have abdominal surgery where they have to inflate your belly with gas, that will irritate your diphragm and cause right shoulder pain. Left shoulder pain can be the stomach filling with gas and irritating the diaphragm. It can also be serious if it is a leak or a breakage of the tubing rubbing against the diaphragm. This happens because the diaphragm and shoulders share the same nerve supply in the womb and are seperated by the development of the lungs and heart. So if something irritates our diaphragm, it is perceived as shoulder pain. We had a patient with this complaint recently and our Doc took her very seriuosly and ordered a CT right away to make sure that all was well. I was and she ended up taking gas-x to get rid of the gas. I hope this helps you. I am so excited to be here and looking forward to my surgery. Your photos and testimonials are an inspiration. Wendi