post op diet question???

azchick · February 27, 2008

I WAS BANDED ON 2/19/08 AND I HAD TO BE A CLEAR liquid 24 hours and full liquied 1 week now I can start with mushies. IT IS SO WIERD HOW ALL OF OUR DR'S HAVE DIFFERENT DIET RULES. WOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO BE ON liquids FOR WEEKS!!! ANY HOW, I HAVE NOTICED IF I JUST GO A TAD OVER MY 2 OZ'S AT A TIME I WILL GET A PAIN IN MY SHOULDER. IS THIS LIKE A WARNING SIGN THAT WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE OR IS IT JUST POST OP??

finally_didit · February 27, 2008

I was banded on the 13th and I too had that shoulder pain. I had some Soup yesterday and as soon as I felt full (about 1/2 cup) my shoulder had that pain. I hope this does not always happen.

HeatherO · February 27, 2008

I was just banded on 1/25/2008 so i am a little further out. I can say that shoulder pain for me started . . . and was really really bad one week out. It felt like I had pulled something. Even if I wasnt moving the pain could sometimes be terrible. It was always the worst after eating of if I had a lot of gas.

It took about two weeks to get back to normal. Tylenol did not help it but hot baths (not submerging my stomach of course because of the healing incisions) and my husband's massage helped a lot.

I read that it was normal to have a little shoulder pain after surgery, but I never knew it could go weeks out. I talked to the doctor and she said that it was normal to have some pain in the shoulder (usually left) but that if it continued I should be seen. I think we are all different in how much it affects us, but the shoulder pain in general is very common. Thank goodness I am feeling better now.

AUSSIECHIK · February 28, 2008

im 3 days out and ive had pain in my shoulders also and doc says this is normal when u get full.. im just finiding it hard to belive im full after only half a cup of borth..lol but thats part of learning..

curlysue48 · February 28, 2008

I had pain in my left should for about 6 months after surgery but my doctor said it was due to the gas i was given during the surgery and because I didn't walk around enough during recovery, which I didn't, the gas had no where to go...thankful its gone

cantweight2go · February 28, 2008

pain in the shoulder? Some of us had hiatal hernias(sp?) fixed while the doc was banding. This causes the pain in the left shoulder.

Check with your doc. You could be having pain from hernia repair instead of band.:thumbup:

HeatherO · February 28, 2008

pain in the shoulder? Some of us had hiatal hernias(sp?) fixed while the doc was banding. This causes the pain in the left shoulder.
Check with your doc. You could be having pain from hernia repair instead of band.:thumbup:

Funny you should mention that . . . I was miserable with shoulder pain for a couple of weeks. I did have a significant hiatal hernia that was repaired during surgery. The doctor never mentioned that it would cause more than the abdominal gas release shoulder pain mentioned. Others I have spoken to have mentioned the pain but it was not that big a deal . . . now I see why mine could have been so different. Thanks for bringing it up :0)

swantime · March 1, 2008

the pain in the shoulder (s) is from irritation to the vagus nerve which is a nerve that innervates the stomach,it will pass when the irritation does,,:confused: