I had my surgery last friday and haven't had any pain and now my left shoulder is killing me. Any advice?

Gas, Gas, and more gas.

Try the gas-x strips they really help a lot of people and walking in the best thing in the world. I had my surgery in Mexico with 2 other girls and about 12 hours after surgery we went outside and walked and walked and walked. We walked every 2 hours. It will go away soon. Congrats on your surgery and welcome to the land of the banded.

hi abominableglib,

actually the major issue after my surgery was left shoulder pain. it lasted for a couple of weeks on and off.

my doctor said it was something called "referred pain"

this is a phenomenon whereby he operated on my stomach area and it radiates to the other side. i guess the nerves are connected.

he said it is similar to when men feel left arm pain when they have a heart attack.

i took liquid tylenol (fast acting) and used a heating pad.

that helped....i also walked alot...

These guys are right...gas X, walking etc. will help. Time really is the only thing that helps for sure though. My shoulder was killing me. I also used a heating pad which helped me...so it's worth a try. Trust me...it goes away but it just takes a little time.

A heating pad and walking were the only things that helped me.

For me, the gas pains were the worst part of the procedure. I had my surgery on 4/11 and yesterday was the first day that my left shoulder didn't hurt. Hang in there, I know that it hurts! It did make me feel a little better to know that this pain was pretty normal. Just walk, take Gas-X and use heating pad.

Liquid gas-x and walk....walk, walk......

I had my shoulder pain for about two weeks, some days was worse than others, some nights kept me up. After ruling out complications from the surgery, I went to my acupuncturist. Two treatments and the pain was gone. I told my husband, I should've stopped at his office on the way home from the hospital. No pain in the incisions, only the left shoulder. :clap2: