Have read that others have this experience. I need to hear more and get some hope that this pain in my left shoulder will go away. I'm 12 days post op now. It's killing me. I made it through the gas pains and my incision pains are mostly gone. It's just this shoulder pain and sometimes into my chest. Help!!

This is happening to me as we speak. I had my surgery 6 days ago. It is just so annoying. Sometimes laying days helps me. I put an icy hot patch too that worked saturday

I had the problem with the shoulder pain for at least the first 6 weeks...the only thing that helped was to put a heating pad on the area and lay on it. Good Luck!

Hi i had my surgery 5 days ago, i did have some shoulder pain the first day, but was told to drink pleanty of water and keep moving around. I was given some pain killers too which helped, but i can honestly say i think it was the drinking and moving about that did it for me.

I got the shoulder pain about 5 days after surgery and it lasted about 1.5-2 weeks. One day you'll realize it's gone and you'll be good to go

My surgeon said the shoulder pain is referred pain from them moving my diaphragm during surgery. It was intense but passed within two weeks. Just hang in there and you will get through this.

i am almost one year out and i still get that pain...usually if i over eat, but sometimes for no reason. i have yet to find a sure fire way of gettig rid of it everytime.

Wow. That sucks Jennifer. Sounds like we need to figure it out and get rich!!!

I had my surgery 3 years ago and it happned to me. I was told when you have they surgery they stretch you out and strap you down and maybe someone pulled they arm 2 hard. Well I still get pain on and off til this day. At first they told me it was gas.

The nurse just told me its a trapped air bubble. I just don't buy that.

I had my surgery April 17th and still have the pain. Actually today it is hurting quite a bit. I hope it goes away soon. I also was told its gas but I am having a hard time believing it. Not sure what makes it hurt

The shoulder pain can also be caused my pinching of one of the nerves along the stomach. It's not too common, but it does happen. If you are still a month out and getting shoulder pains, that would probably be why.

To the original poster: It can be trapped gas. I had a delayed episode of it as stated in my post. Just keep moving around and if it is the gas, it will go away.

I am 6 days post op and my.back has been killing me!! I've been using and ice pack and it feels like it needs a good crack!

Yeah I bought the whole gas trapped for a minute but 11 months out you can't tell me it's still in there! I'm thinking some nerve is being pinched that refers pain to the left shoulder...I guess it's a small price to pay for taking control of my health.

Well right at 2 weeks post-op my shoulder stopped hurting. It still hurts a little here and there but NOTHING like it was!!!! So happy!!! I just walked and walked and I think that really helped. Maybe it was gas. Who knows. What an adventure we are all on huh?!?

I had the same thing shoulder /neck.. i put a heatng pad during the day and bengay at night... i only felt it when i stood up. I was on the live chat, and thank god i had a nurse on there, she told me to take chewable gas x and since then i have not had any...hope this works..