I feel good but I have this terrible pain in my shoulder from the gas. i tried taking gas x it made me sick at mt stomach. I have tried a heating pap and a mussle vibrator. HELP at times it is almost unbearable.

HEATING PAD! It saved my life, it was the only thing that brought relief to all those aches and pains. Walgreens has a great King-Size one that's worth the extra money.

You have my EVERY sympathy. I've been crippled with this since Thursday. Yesterday was the worst day - it made me cry twice (and I've never cried over pain before). I collected advice and tried the following...

Peppermint tea

Wind-eze/Gasx

Massage

Heat Pad

Nurofen gel

Stretching

I can't say that any of these was better than another - but all of them seem to have worked for other people.

Today the pain has lessened and been tolerable for me and I just hope it stays that way.

I wish you better very soon.

xx

Give the peppermint tea a try. I had a big problem with this after surgery myself, and I did Gaviscon, heating pads, hot shower, rubbing, AND the peppermint tea. Walk around alot, too. It moves the gas around. Most of all, just know it will go away, one of these days! I'm sorry, though. It stinks, but it will be okay. ((((hugs))))

Walking! Get up and move around, it honestly helps keep the gas moving!! Walk around your living room if you have to just get up every hour or so and KEEP MOVING!

Congrats on your band by the way!! Whoooo hooooo for yoooooou!!!

It is strange it comes and it goes. But my daughter can actullay see the knot in my shoulder.I have had a C section, Hyst, Tuble Ligation,and a gallbladder operation this pain hits right up there with the top two.The strange thing is the surgery sight does not hurt that bad at all.

I know! It's crazy isn't it? The banding op is the least of my worries!

Deep breathing seems to help now the pain has calmed down a little. I found a website that said to practise deep breathing (that moves the diaphragm) followed by the best cough you can muster. It helps to relax the complaining diaphragm and release the offending gas).

Also I'm now able to find a position that eases the pain when I get an attack. This has helped for the last two days.

Massaging that area helped me the most.

Extra strength gas x and walking helped me.

how is the pain now ladyspenda? i had my surgery the same day as yours, i did A LOT of walkling and it was gone in by saturday )surgery on thursday). let us know how you are doing.

I had tried everything, massages, hot tub, heating pad, tylenol. I was in tears and terrible pain. I took the post-surgery percocet the doc gave me for the shoulder pain instead of port/belly pain, and it was still hurting!

I finally went to see my primary care doc. She said the gas is very de-hydrating and once the muscles begin to knot up, they can't loosen themselves because they can't get hydration/blood flowing though them. She gave me several shots of saline (one in each muscle group I think) and then she massaged my shoulders for two minutes to work the saline through them. I left her office pain free. It was amazing. I felt like I had an evangelical healing experience. Hallelujah!

It worked for me, you might want to think about giving it a "shot"!

I found ice to work. Try it, and of course walking