I’m 10 days out from my RNY & I am still having tremendous shoulder pain! I use lidocaine patches during the day. I already take 1200mg neuroton a day. Pulse I am taking 3-4 norco day because for the pain!

I see my doctor on Tuesday & then my pain specialist on Wednesday.

But has anyone else had the shoulder/nerve pain last so long? I have had 5 abdominal surgeries & the pain has never lasted more then a week!

Toodles,
Rue

Might just be a little phrenic nerve pain.

BUT...Hate to say this, but persistent shoulder pain could indicate a problem.

The shoulder is a common site for referred pain from your stomach itself, or from a hiatal hernia fix, or from a marginal ulcer.

Severe shoulder pain this far out is unusual and concerning. It should be getting a little better each day at this point. And yeah...10 days out...you shouldn't need pain meds.

Don't mean to alarm you, but I do think you should take this seriously and watch yourself carefully. Keep track of your temperature and heart rate. If either starts going up significantly, if you start to have other symptoms like nausea, the ER and a call in to your doctor's answering service might be prudent.

Are you able to drink well? Are you eating anything other than protein shakes...and if so, how is that going?

Edited May 27, 20188 yr by Creekimp13

I am 1 week pre-op and I’ve got this one place on my stomach that feels like I’m being ripped open fro the inside!! I talked to the nurse and she said it is not uncommon!! She said a nerve was probably caught during sewing me up and to just keep taking my med and they would see me in four days! I hope they have there pen ready to write me something to help with this feeling, don’t really want any narcos if I can help it!! I also have had several surgeries around the stomach area and I am sure I have scar tissue!! My shoulder pain was from trapped gas!! Good luck and I hope you feel better!!

Hey if you're Norco-izing remember Miralax or similar to keep things tickedly booming along. Fecal train wreck? Try boulders,on the track! And the local Band Aid station does,not much,love fat crabby impacted women. One Male RN crabbed "It's Not like you are new to the business, You Knew This Was going to Happen!" Yeah, but I was hoping the laws of the Universe might be suspended in My Case!???

12 hours ago, stacy@5 said:

I am 1 week pre-op and I’ve got this one place on my stomach that feels like I’m being ripped open fro the inside!! I talked to the nurse and she said it is not uncommon!! She said a nerve was probably caught during sewing me up and to just keep taking my med and they would see me in four days! I hope they have there pen ready to write me something to help with this feeling, don’t really want any narcos if I can help it!! I also have had several surgeries around the stomach area and I am sure I have scar tissue!! My shoulder pain was from trapped gas!! Good luck and I hope you feel better!!

Stacy, I know this is weird to say but I'm just so happy to hear you talk about that pain in the bold. That's the same pain I had and it was rough being in so much pain when everyone else is feeling great by a few days post-op! So what I did to help (I'm 10 days post-op now) was to avoid doing anything that would cause that ripping pain to see if I could help it heal instead of irritating it. So I dialed back my activity for a few days and did whatever I could - going as slow as I needed, putting my hand over my belly to splint it when I moved, etc. to help not get the pain. After a day and a half or so, the pain was much better! Good luck!!

On 05/27/2018 at 00:19, Creekimp13 said:

Might just be a little phrenic nerve pain.

BUT...Hate to say this, but persistent shoulder pain could indicate a problem.

The shoulder is a common site for referred pain from your stomach itself, or from a hiatal hernia fix, or from a marginal ulcer.

Severe shoulder pain this far out is unusual and concerning. It should be getting a little better each day at this point. And yeah...10 days out...you shouldn't need pain meds.

Don't mean to alarm you, but I do think you should take this seriously and watch yourself carefully. Keep track of your temperature and heart rate. If either starts going up significantly, if you start to have other symptoms like nausea, the ER and a call in to your doctor's answering service might be prudent.

Are you able to drink well? Are you eating anything other than Protein shakes...and if so, how is that going?

Everything is normal except this pain. I’m getting all my protein in, I’m drinking lots of water in between. And I’m definitely ready to move on to the next food stage.
I see my surgeon on Tuesday & my pain doc on Wednesday.

I’M JUST TIRED OF THIS PAIN. It is very sharp. I already have chronic pain because my back is fussed from T2-T12.

Toodles did you have a hiatal hernia repair? You may be suffering from an overstimulation of the Phoenix nerve, not,Phoenix, you don't want to go to Arizona now, P H R EN I C, that is the correct spelling. I vote it the Bummer ?Award, never heard of it? That's because I just now made it up!???