I called my surgery team yesterday and left a message about this pain in my shoulder. It is killing me and I don't know what to do. It is creeping up my neck but I know that is because I've been favoring my arm.

The pain is very intense on the front side between my shoulder socket and rib cage (right above my armpit). It really kills me to use my left arm for anything. If I sit very still and don't move or if I lay in my recliner for about 10 mins the pain stops but comes back as soon as I start moving again. I was banded last Thursday.

Yes, it feels very different from my gas pains, but is in the same place.

My nurse called back and said the surgeon does not think it is in any way related to my surgery. Uhhhh...it started the day of....how can it not be?

Well the lortab doesn't even phase the pain and so I guess there's no point in using that. They suggested i call my pcp but they can't get me in until next week.

Does anyone have similar pain and what have you done or is this just wimpy Steph again? I'm not sure I'm buying that this is unrelated, but at this point, if I can just get some relief I will be happy!

Suggestions?

Steph

If the pain is from irritating the diaphram during surgery, will having more surgery to have the band removed help anything? I would think it would be even more irritated.

Just a thought. The pain was awful but it does eventually go away. Had it been weeks on end I probably would not be so nonchalant about the whole thing.

For those of you still in pain, I'm sorry.

Steph

I have heard that gas can be trapped in your body even in the shoulder area. Possibly from the anesthesia? not sure. Heating pad will help alot and eventually it will subside.

I had a massage on a cruise and she found a little bubble of gas in my shoulder although I didn't have any pain from it. Weird, this gas thing.

I am having surgery at 8 a.m. in the morning. Ready to go and hope I don't have any gas pain anywhere. I'll just keep on the pain meds and wait it out.:clap2:

holly

I had similar pain and am now almost 3 weeks out of surgery and still have some shoulder pain on and off. I have visited a chiropractor and a massage therapist. I will be going for another massage tomorrow. It certainly seemed to help with heat and gentle stretching. They said it was either due to the position during surgery and/or wrenching of the arm. My chiropractor did say the CO2 can do nasty things to the muscles when it infiltrates.

Good luck:)

leberle

nope no exercise i am a bad bad bandster

How did you resolve your shoulder pain? My PCP says it is from the anestesia and referred me back to the surgeon.