I was banded on 9/24/07. I have had no problems with my incisions at all(of course I had the On-Q pain buster until yesterday) but I have had terrible shoulder and neck pain. Has anyone else experienced this? What can I do to get rid of it. I have tried gas-x and it did not help much. :help:

Hi,

I was banded on 9-19-07, I found laying on left side for awhile then on the right side, helped, even laying on my stomach, really helped, just put pillows under you. Hope this helps.

Down 15lbs. so far.

Walking cannot be stressed enough. You want to fart and burp as often as possible. Let it all out and rejoice in it! As your stomach gets less tender you can also do this.... get down on the floor on your stomach with a hard pillow on the soft part of your stomach down low, which will kindof raise your butt in the air a little. Relax against the pillow. The air will start moving toward your butt and you should be able to let loose a little. Heating pad and gas-x (I took the gas-x regularly all day for the first week). The left shoulder area seems to be a big reservoir for gas pains. Mine went up the left side of my neck too.

A heating pad helped me more than anything else did. Also keep sipping your water and walk as much as you can. Good Luck!

i agree with kacee..walking worked the best for me!! i was banded a month ago.. i had the worst left shoulder pain.. and the more i walked it went away!!

I was told to walk, walk, walk, and it worked. I expereinced shoulder pain from gas and moving around helped get rid of it.