I had my surfer July 23rd and am having very bad left shoulder pain. Also I can't take a deep breath because it really hurts. Help!

I take it by Surfer you mean surgery.

Please contact your surgeon immediately. What you are describing is very common pain types for serious post surgical problems!

I had really bad left shoulder pain after surgery too. The nurses told me it was trapped gas. I did a lot of massaging of the shoulder and used a heating pad and it finally went away.

I agree with trapped gas. I had it in both shoulders. But contact your doctors office just to be safe.

Thank you all for your input! Dr said it's just trapped gas and it should go away in a week

I also had the trapped gas on the left shoulder. It felt better after every time I walked. I am 3 days post-op and no shoulder pain anymore.

I had trapped gas in my right shoulder (right in the shoulder blade). After getting a massage, the pain was gone!

Gas! Thought I was going to die from it. Walk it off, take pain meds, and my personal trick....lie in a shallow, hot bath of Epsom salt and baking soda.

I had trapped gas in my right shoulder (right in the shoulder blade). After getting a massage, the pain was gone!

Same here. Right side only for me.

I had trapped gas in my right shoulder (right in the shoulder blade). After getting a massage, the pain was gone!

Same here. Right side only for me.

I had surgery yesterday and the pain in my right back and shoulder is horrible. Pain from incisions is nothing (although I had a pain block during surgery that probably hasn't worn off yet) - but the gas issue is very painful.

Try the gas x or infAnt gas drops. Walking helps. Also a heating pad helped me alot. I was sleeved on july 20, 2015.

Hopefully it was just gas but everyone be careful because these symptoms can also be from a complication from surgery being a partially or collapsed lung...so always get checked asap!

I had my surfer July 23rd and am having very bad left shoulder pain. Also I can't take a deep breath because it really hurts. Help!

This was the worst for me too. So it's not just you

Complicating things for me is my left shoulder is already extremely damaged. I actually have a prosthetic shoulder. My post OP shoulder pain was as bad as it was before I had the old one cut out

It subsided for me by day 5 or so

Edited July 30, 201511 yr by Kevbear

Shoulder pain you are describing is most likely due the CO2 gas used to inflate your abdomen during surgery. Walk, try a heating pad, and it will pass. If symptoms do not subside, call your surgeon.

Melanie