16 days out from vsg left shoulder pain

[Chocolatay33 9]

I am concerned yesterday evening around 6pm I got this pain on the top part of my shoulder up to my neck. My stomach is fine I dont feel sick my incisions isnt hurting but my shoulder is bothering me. I am a worry wart. I will be calling my surgeon office after my morning shift. I had surgery September 26th and returned to work yesterday October 10th with no restrictions. Has anyone experience this 16 days post op. I did have my hernia repaired during my sleeve procedure. I want to call out of work but its to late I have to go in smh. Just worried. I been feeling fine up until yesterday late evening

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[White Sale 339]

I experienced the same thing. I can't remember exactly why some people experience this, but I wanna say it has to do with the gas they use to inflate the abdomen during surgery. Is it almost like you pulled a muscle in your shoulder area?

At any rate, always a good idea to bring it up with the surgeon.

[maramirez3614 3]

I experienced the pain on my chest and not my shoulder, they did tell me it’s Bc of the Gas that was used for the surgery but the Gas went away little by little after drinking Gas X. That helped me out a lot! It took me about a week in a half to have the pain away. I had hard time farting it out but I would burp it out. Try Gas X.

[jordnt96 0]

I experienced this about 2 -3 weeks out as well. I’m also experiencing it almost a year later since I had surgery 11/16/16. My surgeon had no answers, my primary doctor felt that maybe someone mismanaged my body during surgery maybe over extending my arms or neck so it strained a muscle. To this day I don’t know what’s wrong, but all I’ve been told is to go to physical therapy.