I just had my surgery this morning and was expecting to be in alot of pain (gas and shoulder). Well i am not, i feel very good for just having a surger this morning. i was nausous right after waking up for 2 hours after surgery and it hurt my shoulders to take deep breaths for a while, but all in all it wasn't very bad at all most of my discomfort is my stomach where my stitches are.

I was just wondering am i gonna get gas pains still yet? i don't know what to expect and was wondering if i should expect to get them.

Yes, you still might get them. Try not to stress about it and just enjoy felling good!

I had no gas pains at all!

My gas pain took a couple of days to show up, and even though I KNEW to expect it it still took me two days to realize that the "pinched nerve" in my left shoulder/neck was actually referred gas pain that everyone had been talking about

Some people get away with none though-- maybe you'll be lucky!

I didn't have gas pains either. I know that I got lucky.

Gas pains for me come a few days after, and last a few days. They aren't that bad. You know the feeling when you get a pinched nerve in your neck/shoulder area? For me, it's like a very mild version of that, and usually hits between my collar bones and the top of my shoulder. Annoying, but not something that disrupts my day.

FWIW - if people advise you to take gas-x type medications, don't bother. Intestinal gas, and surgical gas pains are two totally different things. (Yet I see that advice given a LOT, and it baffles me...)

Yes, you still might get them. Try not to stress about it and just enjoy felling good!

My gas pains didn't show up till the second day.... and it just felt like I had to toot constantly. It was disappointing the lack of sound from the feeling! It felt like I had a foghorn ready to go off, and it was just small squeaky ones. Be glad you're not in much pain!

Good luck, and follow the rules!

I'm 4 days post op. I felt ok right after surgeoy. But now I am suffering with the gas pains. I pray for ur sake u don't experience them. They r awful n nothing I do helps. Good luck on ur banded journey.

Mine didn't show up until after I left the hospital and started walking around; some people don't get them at all (lucky!), and who knows you might be one of the lucky ones. Mine are gone now after three days, and I consider myself fairly lucky.

joleng:

re: "I was just wondering am i gonna get gas pains still yet? i don't know what to expect and was wondering if i should expect to get them"

I didn't have any to talk about.

On the other hand, constipation for nearly a week was of considerable concern!!!

cheers on your journey

FWIW - if people advise you to take gas-x type medications, don't bother. Intestinal gas, and surgical gas pains are two totally different things. (Yet I see that advice given a LOT, and it baffles me...)

True, they're different, but I know I had plenty of both after surgery so the Gas X did help- particularly in the very beginning when it hurt to try to burp!

True, they're different, but I know I had plenty of both after surgery so the Gas X did help- particularly in the very beginning when it hurt to try to burp!

Burping is intestinal gas, which products like Gas-X are designed for. Gas-X will not help with "shoulder pain" gas. Sorry if I didn't make that distinction clear.

Gas remedies like Gas-X work by breaking the surface tension of the gas bubbles -- really simplified version: it pops the bubbles so the gas can escape and move out of the intestines. Some intestinal gas can be caused by anesthesia - indirectly. Medications like Gas-X stay in the intestines and are not effective systemically -- e.g. they are not able to help with the dissipation of CO2, or whatever gas the surgeon uses to inflate the abdomen -- which is one of the culprits of shoulder pain post-op. BTW, that too is an indirect cause of the pain. Until fairly recently, it was believed that the migration of the gas upward & then settling was what caused the pain. Who knows, it may still be, but most recently:

...the same cold, dry gas of laparoscopy kills the peritoneal cells - resulting in the shoulder pain.

There is also a shoulder pain that can be caused by damage or irritation to nerves (vagus & phrenic). A family member of mine endured this and it was not pretty.

In short, if you feel like you need to toot, try Gas-X or comparable. If your shoulder is hurting you, you can still take Gas-X, but don't expect to feel any better.

Hi I had my Op 4 weeks ago I have had no pain at all but get a bit of gas just burp and its gone,I feel that I am lucky.

Hi I had my Op 4 weeks ago I have had no pain at all but get a bit of gas just burp and its gone,I feel that I am lucky.