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Im having major pain in my shoulders and I have a bit of a headache. What can I do?

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I forgot to mention my neck.

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That sounds like the gas they use you have to walk walk walk flap your arms like a crazy chicken and I also used the dissolvable gas X strips...

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Definitely sounds like gas! I had the same thing. Walking an the gas x strips helped a lot. A lot of people say to use a heating pad (I didn't have one to use)

I had a sore neck and jaw figured it was from the Anesthesiologist.

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I didn't get neck pain but continue taking your pain meds by day 4 I felt normal. The recliner and lots of bed pillows should help also! Good Luck!!

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the neck and shoulder pain can also come because of a position they may had to put your head and neck in to intubate you. take your pain medication as ordered. warm fluids may help. and walking.

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Thanks everybody! It's nice to have this support system.

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Hi there and congratulations on being banded! Many of us know the dreaded shoulder pain -- sometimes it takes a day or two to set in but when it's there, oh boy. Walk it off! Get yourself up and moving and move your arms, too. You will be feeling so much better in a day or two. I did liquid Tylenol and Ibuprofen as needed and I needed it less and less -- stayed away from the prescription narcotics which, for me, come with their own side effects that I didn't want to have to deal with. The great thing about the walking is that once you've taken those twenty steps back and forth, then thirty, forty -- it's amazing. It's like in a week you are suddenly a full-fledged walker. That was a goal for me, to actually like exercising. It happened, and I am so happy about that. And a month out and today my first fill, I am so incredibly happy to be banded. You have made an amazing decision for your healthy future and your happiness -- great things ahead! Best wishes to you for a speedy recovery!

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Heating pad helped a lot. And walking. Hope you feel better. Congrats on your new band!

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My heating pad was huge for me for shoulder pain. It really knocked it down and kept me more comfortable. liquid Motrin also helped. I didn't use the prescribed pain killer. Didn't need it but liquid children's Motrin (just double the dose) worked nicely to knock down the shoulder owies. :D

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Thanks Bandsters! I'm feeling much better now. Actually the more I move the better I feel. The gas is starting to subside and the soreness is decreasing.

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So glad! Hope you have a nice quiet weekend...isn't it great to finally be banded?! Yippee!

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I was banded yesterday. The gas pain and incision pain is terrible, worse than i expected :( So around day 4 I should expect some relief?

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hopefully so. First couple of days I thought.....what have I done????? of course, all I wanted to do was sleep (still loopy from anesthesia). If you don't feel better by day four, I would call your doc. Also, walk....walk....around the house....every hour if you can

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I was banded yesterday. The gas pain and incision pain is terrible, worse than i expected :( So around day 4 I should expect some relief?

The second day was the worst for me by day 4 I felt great I went back to work on the ambulance 6 days after mine. It gets better

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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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