I had my surgery a week ago today on 12/29/10...I am having severe left shoulder pain, it even hurts to breathe. Has anyone had this besides me & if so what is this & when will it go away? Thanks.

I had that kind of pain after my surgery (9/09) but I don't think it was that many days after surgery. They said it was due to being pumped full of gas for the laporscopic procedure, which may be your issue, even this many days post surgery. Call your doctor and have a nurse call you back -- they should have someone on their service after hours hopefully.

Lots of walking around will help with that. It's totally normal.

It's gas. Try some Gas X stripes. I had the same pain and they worked wonders. Hope you get some relief soon!

I had it so bad that a week after my surgery I went to the ER as occasionally my shoulder dislocates and I was sure that is what was wrong, but it was the gas from the surgery and after about 3 more days and a lot of gas-x strips and a lot of walking it finally went away. Man that gas they give you is a monster.

It could be gas since it's still so soon after surgery...but it could also be phrenic nerve pain from the band rubbing against the diaphragm (referred pain to the shoulder). I'm 1 year postop and still have it on and off whenever I'm lying down. Sometimes just an irritation. Sometimes, like tonight, enough to keep me awake.

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I had my surgery a week ago today on 12/29/10...I am having severe left shoulder pain, it even hurts to breathe. Has anyone had this besides me & if so what is this & when will it go away? Thanks.

I was banded on 12/20 and my pain was so severe that I could not use the incentive spirometer (the pain would not let me take a deep breath) so on 12/27 I ended up in the ER with pneumonia. If a week after surgery, it is not better or it is getting worse I would call your surgeon's office see what they think. The gas x strips did not help much and the pain medicine helped a little. I have to admit I was not getting up and walking around a lot because of extreme fatigue (fibromyalgia). My pain basically went away about 12 days after surgery. Since it has been that long since your surgery I hope you are much better now. Good luck.