saramelie

I'm 2 days (and a half!) post op. Constipation is intense after surgery!
This worked for me (if you can squat): fill thr bathtub with just enought water to cover your bum when squatting, water as hot as you can tolerate, and relax every muscles. Stuff should start coming out without pain. Do NOT strain, just relax.
Yes it's a mess, you have to clean after, but last resort? it works.

So... I just got approved! ☺

So... I just got approved! ☺

So... I just got approved! ☺

I feel for you. Some bandsters never have the left shoulder pain and some only have it for a week or 2.
Mine lasted a couple months. It was even my full signal for awhile. I can tell you that it does go away. Mine went away after I dropped some weight and the pressure was no longer on the phrenic nerve. One thing that did help me were equate brand (walmart) menthol pain Patches. They are under $4 and well worth the trip to walmart. I would just put a patch on the tip of my shoulder in the evning and leave it on all night.
Here is some info I copied from another banster's post awhile ago:
Best explanation of left shoulder pain I've ever found.
If you woke up with a pain in your shoulder, you'd probably think something was wrong with your shoulder, right? Maybe you slept on it the wrong way, maybe you're a weekend warrior who threw the football a few too many times. In most cases, your hunch is probably right. Pain in the shoulder usually indicates an injury or disease that affects a structure in your shoulder, such as, say, your subacromial bursa or a rotator cuff tendon. Makes sense, doesn't it?
But you might be way off. Sometimes the brain gets confused, making you think that one part of the body hurts, when in fact another part of the body, far removed from the pain, is the real source of trouble. This curious (and clinically important) phenomenon is known as referred pain. For example, it's unlikely but possible that your shoulder pain is a sign of something insidious happening in your liver, gall bladder, stomach, spleen, lungs, or pericardial sac (the connective tissue bag containing the heart). Yup - conditions as diverse as liver abscesses, gallstones, gastric ulcers, splenic rupture, pneumonia, and pericarditis can all cause shoulder pain. What's up with that?
Neuroscientists still don't know precisely which anatomical connections are responsible for referred pain, but the prevailing explanation seems to work pretty well. In a nutshell, referred pain happens when nerve fibers from regions of high sensory input (such as the skin) and nerve fibers from regions of normally low sensory input (such as the internal organs) happen to converge on the same levels of the spinal cord. The best known example is pain experienced during a heart attack. Nerves from damaged heart tissue convey pain signals to spinal cord levels T1-T4 on the left side, which happen to be the same levels that receive sensation from the left side of the chest and part of the left arm. The brain isn't used to receiving such strong signals from the heart, so it interprets them as pain in the chest and left arm.
So what about that shoulder pain? All of organs listed above bump up against the diaphragm, the thin, dome-shaped muscle that moves up and down with every breath. The diaphragm is innervated by two phrenic nerves (left and right), which emerge from spinal cord levels C3, C4, and C5 (medical students remember these spinal cord levels using the mnemonic, "C3, 4, 5 keeps the diaphragm alive"). The phrenic nerves carry both motor and sensory impulses, so they make the diaphragm move and they convey sensation from the diaphragm to the central nervous system.
Most of the time there isn't any sensation to convey from the diaphragm, at least at the conscious level. But if a nearby organ gets sick, it may irritate the diaphragm, and the sensory fibers of one of the phrenic nerves are flooded with pain signals that travel to the spinal cord (at C3-C5). It turns out that C3 and C4 don't just keep the diaphragm alive; neurons at these two spinal cord levels also receive sensation from the shoulders (via the supraclavicular nerves). So when pain neurons at C3 and C4 sound the alarm, the brain assumes (quite reasonably) that the shoulder is to blame. Usually that's a good assumption, but sometimes it's wrong.

Thanks for answering. Today is back to normal, ouff!!

Thanks for answering. Today is back to normal, ouff!!

Ok. So I know you’re frustrated. It let me tell you what I did.

I also have BED.
My program required me to see a psych for approval. Being in the medical field I already knew they would be looking for eating disorders.

I lied to my psych. I chose the right answers on the paperwork that led to an outcome that had the psychiatrist approve my surgery.
in 2018 I had VSG. Lost 170 pounds.

in march of 2020 I started regaining. (Yay Covid)
Once I started regaining my BED kicked in and I regained 70 pounds.

In short trust the process work through your BED and know that you aren’t to blame for being truthful. I which I had been.

I'm 2 days (30h) post sleeve, back home from the hospital. Have not taken any pain medication pass the 24h mark. The gas having greatly reduced, I feel better. I'm not really in pain, what is annoying me the most is the random nauseas.

It really depends of provinces. For me, in Quebec, I waited about 5 years from referal to surgery date.... which I cancelled... which took me off the list... So now that I'm ready, but not ready to wait another 5 years, I'm going self-paid. 5 weeks. What a difference money makes! (insert rolling eyes)

I had my VSG back on 3/3/23, with a heavy weight of 195. (Im 5’2”). Surgery day, I weighed in at 184 after a two week liver shrinking diet- two shakes a day/one meal. Yesterday I had my 6 month check up, an things are going really well. Weighed in at 129- and BMI in healthy range. Hair loss has been significant, but hoping that turns around soon… fingers crossed. Since I had my surgery in Mexico, this was my first meeting with Bariatrician and he says that im having really nice success- and that 8-10 months is about how long someone would expect to see results from VSG. (I’d heard longer). He also took labs, and all seems to be in good range- saw the results this morning. First two pics from today, last pic is before (I hated having picture made and can’t find one really near that time except this one. My goal this next few months is to take up a more structured exercise routine to build some muscle— so much of the pain I was having pre-surgery is gone. So glad to have taken this step for my health!

So... I just got approved! ☺

woohoo!! Congratulations!

So... I just got approved! ☺

So... I just got approved! ☺

No meds yesterday, highest I got was 99.8 woke up at normal range. Hope it is over!

Getting the sleeve done sept 12th!

Had my surgery 11/28/2019. Changed my life for the better. The added bonus of being healthy? all the compliments ?

I was 130kgs. I have lost approx 55kgs. I am currently 74kgs and still going strong! Struggling with the last 14kgs but I'm getting there! Here are my two before and two after!

Almost 3 years out. 250 to 135 ❤️

Four years ago vs. today

Before (2013) and after (two days ago) photos taken at the same spot, 10 years apart. I'm officially half the man I used to be (74.5 kg down from 149 kg on WLS day). I obviously learned how to pose in photos ?

So... I just got approved! ☺

I've read it helps if you add moisture to your food before re-heating (ex: a little bit of bouillon to your meat)