I am 1 week post surgery and still have pain in left shoulder.... should I call my doctor or will this go away?

I had shoulder & back pain. I know it sounds weird but it passes. The air or gas that gets in your body cavity in surgery needs to escape. Keep moving. If it gets bad, you might try a masseuse, sometimes they can help work it out. Mine faded by the 2wk mark. Everyone is different. I had a friend who suffered 3 wks. If you have a concern just call & ask your doc. I hope they encouraged you to call if you had probs!

Also, see if the pain reduces when you lie flat. That helped me.

I had shoulder & back pain. I know it sounds weird but it passes. The air or gas that gets in your body cavity in surgery needs to escape. Keep moving. If it gets bad, you might try a masseuse, sometimes they can help work it out. Mine faded by the 2wk mark. Everyone is different. I had a friend who suffered 3 wks. If you have a concern just call & ask your doc. I hope they encouraged you to call if you had probs!

Thank you Littlefoot! That was helpful :-)

I got the gas shoulder/neck pain about 4 days post-op and it lasted for about a week. It seemed to get really irritated if I was working, but if I sat still or used a heating pad it felt better.

hi su

i had severe left shoulder pain til 6 days post op (which was yesterday)(today just my neck hurts). i guess it will work itself out. hope you feel better

I still had left shoulder pain about 11 days post-op. My surgeon said it was referred pain from him moving my diaphragm during surgery. It will pass. Hang in there.