So I had my surgery today and I woke up with shoulder pain, they said its normal but its still a pain in the butt!! The pain meds dont do much for it. Its hard to get comfortable laying in bed. Has anyone else dealt with this and what did you so to help? Any ideas would be great thanks!!!

Hi there! Yes!!! Had surgery on 9/12 and woke up crying with shoulder pain. Pain meds don't help. When I breathed deeply it was worse. It took about a week to clear. Walking and a heating pad on the shoulder really helped. It will be just a memory soon.

Glad to know im not crazy lol it has been absolutely terrible! It hurts more then my incisions. And im glad im not the only one who woke up in tears. I was afraid they would think im a big ol cry baby! Although I was asking for my mom too. Oh well I dont care how old I am I will always need my mom when I dont feel good! Thank you so much. I try to talk to friends about it but none of them have been through it so they arent very much help.

Hi! I had lap band surgery in Australia on 20/9/13 and woke up with the same problem! It was also much worse than the pain of the surgical area! A nurse on my ward advised me he had the same issue post the same surgery last year and his doctor said it was the gas they put through your system during surgery getting locked into the shoulder joint - usually in the same shoulder they IV you in....I got out of hospital Sunday (now Wed.) still a bit sore but have been rubbing voltaren gel into the sore spot as pain killers don't work and lots and lots for stretching of the joint. It is 90% today! I hope you feel OK. My worst thing is constipation! I am going to the pharmacy this afternoon as I have had a stupid amount of laxatives and fibre in my shakes and this has not worked. Passed a sml amount a while ago (black). Will persist though as this is too important! I am sore at all incission points and bloated. Is anyone else bloated - guessing constipation - or all OK?

I have yet to get constipated although I know it will happen between the pain meds and the diet. They said my pain would be on the left side but its mostly on the right side which was also the side with the IV. Thanks for your input

You are welcome! Best of luck with it all. I am much better today. Managed to clear the bowel discomfort last night and bloating down by half and OK with that! With the shake diet for next few weeks I make sure I put 2Tbsp. of invisible fibre into the Optifast shakes (my surgeon recommended the brand and not sure if you have it in the US?), so this will NOT HAPPEN AGAIN! I am off pain relief now as well so this should also assist. Feeling good today. Down another full Kilo (2.2 pound) and feeling pretty chuffed. Look after yourself. Hopefully an anti inflammatory gel on your joints where sore will assist + stretches (they work =ly as well). I hope your weight loss journey is a + one! Best of luck!