Hello friends i am 3 days post op and i have never experienced so much pain in all my life. Apparently the C02 they pump in you during surgery can cause some serious pain. I have an issue with pain killers, they make me sick to my stomach so I can only take the really weak stuff by mouth. I have tried moving around and what not but with these weak meds it makes it really hard. I am finally passing some of the gas today, but when it feels like i have to burp, i hiccup instead? is that normal?

also I would like to take a shower today, any suggestions on how to do this without irritating my incisions?

My fourth day after surgery was what I call Gassy Saturday. It was rough, I was expelling gas all day, my poor wife suffered. I think the dog and cat went into hiding. I was taking GAS-X strips and had the heating pad on my shoulder switched on high when I was in the recliner. The shoulder pain is wicked, I had almost no pain from the surgery. By bedtime I was worn down, wife said I looked like a hunchback. Saturday was the first time I took a full dose of my prescribed pain medicine so I could sleep.

By some miracle the shoulder pain and other gas went away Sunday. Both returned Monday but at a lesser degree. So far this has been the only rough patch on my new lap band journey. Hope we all say goodbye to the shoulder pain sooner than later.

TBM