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I'm 5 days out from being banded and I'm still having left shoulder pain from gas as well as when I take in large deep breathes I have sort of chest pain or discomfort. Did anyone else experience this? Should I be worried?

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Girl...I thought I had pneumonia (sp?) - that alternated with a heart attack!! I had the EXACT thing - and I spent a lot of time taking deep breaths until the pain went away. Did they give you that blow thing? Try doing that more, it helps with the gas too.

I think some of that pain comes from them pushing on your diaphram in surgery - and then we don't want to breathe deep because of pain. But we have to - we have to clear our lungs. Mine went away around day 6 or 7.

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Girl...I thought I had pneumonia (sp?) - that alternated with a heart attack!! I had the EXACT thing - and I spent a lot of time taking deep breaths until the pain went away. Did they give you that blow thing? Try doing that more, it helps with the gas too.

I think some of that pain comes from them pushing on your diaphram in surgery - and then we don't want to breathe deep because of pain. But we have to - we have to clear our lungs. Mine went away around day 6 or 7.

THANK YOU! I feel SO much better now, I honestly though I was getting pneumonia as well! I do have the blower thing, which I haven't been great about keeping up with. Great tips and I'll pull it out now. THANKS

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yep- Ive been having that too. I guess I need to pull out my blower thing and actually use it, huh?

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I wasn't given a blower thing but the nurse they gave me was just banded in June. She told me that it would be normal to feel chest pain and shoulder pain and it was nothing to worry about and would go away on it's own.

Last night my right shoulder was hurting so bad that I was in tears. Dh massaged it for almost 15 minutes before I finally felt some relief.

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I'm 5 days out from being banded and I'm still having left shoulder pain from gas as well as when I take in large deep breathes I have sort of chest pain or discomfort. Did anyone else experience this? Should I be worried?

Hey guys! New to the forum here and I think I may be having this problem too, but it's a little different and it really has me worried. My surgery was about 4 days ago, and I've been having what felt like stabbing or pressure pain right around the bottom of my sternum and my back. The thing is, it was usually triggered by trying to swallow the pain pills or thicker liquids (am still in the liquid phase), and THEN it would hurt when I breathed.

It got so bad that I was doubled over in pain, and my mom took me back to the ER.

Has anyone else had this problem? Was your chest pain brought on by consuming something? Should I be really worried?

(also, having a lot of trouble with burping and also having the shoulder pain):)

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I think the chest pain thing is very common, I am 3 days out of surgery and I have it still too. I had a hiatal hernia repaired at the same and I have a hard time taking a really deep breath.

I had bad shoulder, chest and neck pain too from the gas the first few days that seemed to move all over my upper body. I think that is finally gone, but it really hurt, and the pain meds didn't do much for it.

Hang in there everyone!

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When I had my phone consult on Friday, I mentioned the chest pain to the nurse. She assured me that it was totally normal and would go away on its own. Mine pain is starting to dissipate. And, I noticed, as the pain lessened, my appetite has increased. I think Davina (the nurse) said it had something to do with swelling. If so, that would all make sense.

EmilyP, have you talked to your doctor's office about this? What did they tell you at the ER? The pressure in my chest was sometimes worse after eating, but it usually bothered me when I hiccuped or took a deep breath.

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