i had surgery on 7/30 but i am now experiencing pains in my shoulder down to my arm. i also haven`t lost any weight just inches. what am i doin wrong. i will stat walking tomorrow and drinking more water but the pain is so bad. please anyone have you had the same pain, will it go away, and is it normal?

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Hi Yummi, congratulations on your banding.

The pain you're experiencing is referred pain from the diaphragm, which gets kind of stretched and pushed around during the surgery. Initially it can be due to gas pressing on the diaphragm, however that surely would have dissipated by now.

Some people get it worse than others. I had it quite bad, it drove me nuts for almost two weeks, but my band buddy hardly had it at all. I'm wondering if it is because she had a low BMI and mine was very high. Maybe they had to shove things around in me a bit more to get the band placed.

What helped with me was applying other physical stimuli to the area. I used a "thumper" massager, I sat with one of those plastic spider massagers jammed into my back just above my shoulder blade and I liberally applied a deep cold preparation to the area.

As far as being disappointed in your lack of weight loss, take heart, it will happen. This is why so many threads have advised us to take our measurements before surgery, so we can still stay positive when we see those inches going down when the scales don't seem to.

Hang in there, I know it's hard when you're in pain. Just keep posting and talking to us.