Hi i was banded in dec 19 feeling still a lot pain in my sholder. I went to mexico to get the band now i went to a doctor in utah and he said was crazy what the doctor in mexico did. He gave me a fill after 3 days of surgery. After unfill the pain got less but now if i eat anything feel terrible soulder pain. anyone is having that too?

Some bands start out with some fill in them, although most don't, so maybe it's not that weird. It does seem odd to add to the baseline at only 3 days out though. I think the shoulder pain is a hangover of gas pain, coming back at this late stage because of your problems with your fill. Try some gas strips or search this forum for "shoulder pain" and you should get hundreds of threads giving advice on what do do. I didn't have the problem and I'm in Aus so our brand names don't match yours, so I can't be of more use, sorry.

Utah,

I just posted under your other thread but didn't address the shoulder pain. My pain went away about 8 days after surgery. It was horrible and I was positive I had done something crazy. I couldn't raise my arm over waist high. I couldn't carry anything... But then it went away.

Well, last week, it started up again. I could hardly sit up straight from the pressure. It is gone again, but I'll never forget that pain. Heat did wonders for me. I kept a heating pad on my shoulder at all times....and took a lot of hot showers. It also helped to not sleep in my bed but to doze in the recliner. I never tried the peppermint tea. I did use the gasx strips but those were for stomach gas and not the internal gas pains.

Have you tried heat? What about pain medication. My dr. suggested liquid motrin (you can only find children's but it does have an adult dosing on it) but cautioned that it could cause stomach irritation. If you dr has not said no ibuprofen you might try that.

I hope you find relief soon. I know how irritating that pain can be.

Take Liquid Gas-x ...

Utah,

From what I understand the band can effect a (diapragm?) nerve and it manifests itself as left shoulder pain.

I did have this pretty often up until recently - I am one month out.

What seemed to help me was a heating pad over the shoulder. I sat many nights with it.

Good luck.

C.N.

hi utah

i had shoulder pain for a long time after surgery. in fact if i eat too much or too fast...i sometimes get it still. it isnt as intense as when i was first operated on.

in the beginning when it was related to the actual surgery i used a heating pad to get a little relief.

many people think it is gas pain but it wasnt. my doctor called it "referred pain" which is what CN described below.

It could also be the pain from where your port is hitting a nerve and it just travels up to your sholder. Is the pain gone yet?

Try walking. it aleviates gas pain