I hear a lot about shoulder pain after surgery is this just from gas or?

<p>You hear differing explanations....that it is referred pain from disrupting the muscles over the chest cavity, that it is gas. I had it off and on for two weeks after surgery and I think because of the sporadic-ness of it, I would go with gas. Sometimes it was there, sometimes it wasn't and sometimes it traveled into my neck, etc. Suffice it to say, it will probably be the single most bothersome thing you go through after surgery. The surgery site itself (at least for me) was a real non-issue (and I think that is because they were all surface cuts, and none of the gut was sectioned or cut). That area was more like getting over an injury (I ran through a plate glass window in the 5th grade and had 150 stitches in my legs to close them up....this was more like that rather than feeling like your insides had been invaded....like an appendectomy or c-section or something).</p>

thanks for the info i have my sleep study to go through before they submit my request to the insurance co ive done everything else the dietician,psych,24hr ph study. so hope to know soon about surgery my BMI is 39.95 just heard a lot of people complain about shoulder pain couldnt understand how abdominal surgery could affect the shoulder and i have had 3 c-sections and a hysterectomy never had shoulder pain