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buttabean    5

buttabean
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Had surgery Tuesday and still having chest and shoulder pain. I haven't felt nauseas yet thank God. But this chest and shoulder pain is not going away this is normal right?I did have a hiatal hernia repair too.

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Tiny1234    121

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Yes, totally normal. Shoulder pain gets better, but don't be surprised to still feel some shoulder pain for awhile. It gets less and less but sometimes hangs in for a bit. Tylenol works great.

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leeshabeesh    13

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I had bad gas pain for about 3 weeks.

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wildrose1966    396

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Shoulder pain came and went for about 2 months............good luck.

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akwright68    114

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I have been alternating ice therapy on the shoulders and heating pads (3) on my shoulders, chest and middle back. I walk during my lunch hour at work and for an hour after work. It has helped with the shoulder pain. The one night I didn't do any walking or the heating pads was torture.

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wildrose1966    396

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Pepperment tea, heating pads and I found if I got the pain while I was sitting, it did help to stand..........good luck.

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Aza359    64

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I have to be the oddball ... I suppose lol well unfortunately for me walking, heating pads, tums, gas x, tea didnt work i called my surgeon and was given a pill that dissolved under my tongue i also began eating 1 Fiber Gummy that same day and my gas pains are gone thank god have occasional burping pain but not as severe as it was a few days ago im 1wk and 2 days post op :)

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Leslie80    14

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I also had surgery on Tuesday. I felt pressure on my chest, not pain. I feel pain where my port is. Anyone knows how long this lasts

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Sassybee0317    0

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I also had surgery Tuesday and I must say gas pain sucks. It has eased up a lot but I'm still dealing with it. I purchased these dissolvable pellets from the Vitamin Shoppe that are for "abdominal bloating with gas" and they have helped A LOT. I also have warm Water with a table spoon of Lemon juice. Gas-x wasn't as effective for me as the other two methods I mentioned. Good luck!

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Leslie80    14

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After surgery I went to the mall. I walked for hours. My doc said that the walking helped me not to feel gas pain. Didn't feel anything until today, pressure on my chest and pain on the port. It's real uncomfortable

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buttabean    5

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I thought I was going to die tonight worse pain I've had but I made myself burp and fart then I was good to go sorry tmi but it's the truth. Walking does help a lot I don't even know where my port is so don't know if it's hurting or not lol

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Aza359    64

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I thought I was going to die tonight worse pain I've had but I made myself burp and fart then I was good to go sorry tmi but it's the truth. Walking does help a lot I don't even know where my port is so don't know if it's hurting or not lol

Lol let 'em loose girl lol i was so relieved after i finally burped i had an air bubble stuck in my breast bone area it was so annoying!! Lol i dont know exactly where my port is either... Now im battling the itch!! The tape covering my incisions and incisions themselves are sooooo itchy got an icepack on my stomach now for relief!

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Leslie80    14

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My port is next to my belly button, I have lots of pain.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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