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I just had lap band put in this morning , I'm at home now and holly crap do I hurt like right below in between my breast :( more maybe on the left side if I'm standing and looking forward .... they said I will have a lot of gas in my chest and my shoulders

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Lots of walking, gasx, heating pad and sipping...........take it easy.........congratulations. I found that going from sitting to standing the gas passed easier........lots of burping and farting my first week.

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I felt the same way ... Gas x works and walk !!!!!

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Ok so I don't need to be worried I trying to walk but is hurts

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When you are awake, shuffle around as much as you can, tomorrow, walk down the driveway......keep moving, trust us, it will help......pace the living room. In the next few days you are going to need a stool softener too, just saying.......you don't want that to become a problem :huh:

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The heating pad was my friend, and good Lord, I was burping like a sailor! My husband would tease me at how "healthy" I was burping.. LOL .... Both helped me feel better.

Hang in there!

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Ok so I don't need to be worried I trying to walk but is hurts

they say walk walk walk !!!! it helped alittle ... with me I think the pain meds made me feel worse. not to mention I felt liks I had been stabbed in the stomach 5x lol , rest burp and sleep...

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Honey honestly the first night I wasn't even able to sleep cause I was on pain especially my back so most of the night I just walked around my house almost all night. A couple of hours I even came here cause I just could not sleep. but trust me you have nothing to worry about and tomorrow you will feel a little better. Congrats!!! FWI I did not have a heating pad so I just put a blanket on the dryer and it worked very well for me =)

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I just had lap band put in this morning ' date=' I'm at home now and holly crap do I hurt like right below in between my breast :( more maybe on the left side if I'm standing and looking forward .... they said I will have a lot of gas in my chest and my shoulders[/quote']

Walk a lot and make sure you are taking your deep breaths. Gas X or the infant gas relief drops will help too. I also used a heating pad and propped a pillow under my back. You should start feeling better in a day or so. Good luck!

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You want to walk to not only help dispel the gas, but also to help avoid blood clots. I would also recommend when you're walking around to use a small pillow held against your stomach- this really helped me to stabilize my stomach and stop it from moving when I walked.

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I just had lap band put in this morning ' date=' I'm at home now and holly crap do I hurt like right below in between my breast <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' /> more maybe on the left side if I'm standing and looking forward .... they said I will have a lot of gas in my chest and my shoulders[/quote']

Yah. That's the worst.

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I had my surgery in late Oct last year, I walked in the house. I walked for 45 minutes in my house one time!!!! yes, I had lots of gas pain but gasX helped, plus I used a heating pad.

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I had my surgery in late Oct last year' date=' I walked in the house. I walked for 45 minutes in my house one time!!!! yes, I had lots of gas pain but gasX helped, plus I used a heating pad.[/quote']

Did you put a heating pad on your belly

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I put a heating pad all over myself!! My belly, my back, my neck... i needed 3 of them just for the first week after surgery! I also iced underneath my incision site because it was super - bruised down by the port incision. (iced or heating pad through lightweight clothes)

Best wishes! Hang in there.

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