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18 hours after surgery

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  • Did they give you an incentive spirometer? If so... make sure you use it every hour, it really does help for those gas pains!

  • A little trick I picked up over both my WLS's, using the incentive spirometer (or not) when you get to your max inhalation, hold it for a few seconds and "compress" it a little bit by bearing down int

  • it will get better! I know we dont believe it when it is happening, but it is very true!

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23 minutes ago, quana711 said:

I think thr shoulder pain nd gas hurts more then the actual stomach surgery....overo

miss.carter

Did they give you an incentive spirometer? If so... make sure you use it every hour, it really does help for those gas pains!

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Did they give you an incentive spirometer? If so... make sure you use it every hour, it really does help for those gas pains!
Yes sir thanks

miss.carter

4 minutes ago, quana711 said:

Yes sir thanks

miss.carter

A little trick I picked up over both my WLS's, using the incentive spirometer (or not) when you get to your max inhalation, hold it for a few seconds and "compress" it a little bit by bearing down into it a little, not enough to cause pain, but enough so that you feel the increased pressure inside, this helps force the gasses out of the cavity where they can be trapped.

it will get better! I know we dont believe it when it is happening, but it is very true!

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