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I am 9 days post op and every so often I get a sharp pain in my neck shoulder area. It's not when I have eaten or had anything to drink either.... Anyone else have this?

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most likely its gass try to walk it off

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I am 9 days post op and every so often I get a sharp pain in my neck shoulder area. It's not when I have eaten or had anything to drink either.... Anyone else have this?

Gaassssssss pain! Haha. It's the worst! But when they pump you up with gas while they're working, sometimes the remaining gas moves into your joints and causes pressure and discomfort.

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i had the same exact pain !!!I just wanted to get a hammer and pound away at my shoulder !!! but yes , its gas.........try gas x strips ! works wonders !!!!!!!!mine went away at about the 2 week mark ! i had my sleeve dec 8 . it'll get better !

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i had the same exact pain !!!I just wanted to get a hammer and pound away at my shoulder !!! but yes ' date=' its gas.........try gas x strips ! works wonders !!!!!!!!mine went away at about the 2 week mark ! i had my sleeve dec 8 . it'll get better ![/quote']

Thank you! I was hoping it would be gone soon! Its not really a constant pain but when it comes on its no fun! I was sleeved 12/20.

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I had major pains in my shoulder and back area. I did find walking helped they lasted about a week.

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I have pain in my shoulder area, like a pinching pain...it's hard trying to sleep because when I lay down the burping is constant and it's uncomfortable laying on either side and my back....I'm scared to try to sleep on my stomach. On top of that, I keep having the hiccups, which is painful....I don't know what to do...I can't just stand up, sit up and walk all day...so desperate in need of a nap....should I be worried or try some gasx?

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should I be worried or try some gasx?

Im four days out and gas-x strips are my current best friends. Helped with the burps/hiccups/intestinal gas/shoulder pain.

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I forgot to add that it's uncomfortable trying to take adeep breath

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Try putting a heating pad on it as well..that helped my shoulder pain :) I also leaned forward and held on to a chair with the other arm and would swing the painful one back and forth.

I treated it like a softball injury...lol!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      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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      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.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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