Hey all! I'm a newbie here but I wanted to share with you something. I had my lap band placed on March 12, 2008. I never had any gas pain from the surgery.

However, about a week after surgery I started to have terrible shoulder pain. Sometimes it was almost unbearable.

On one of my visits to the doctor, the nut was reviewing my food journal. I mentioned to her about the shoulder pain and she was concerned. She kept reviewing my diary and asked me about my Protein drink which is the EAS 17 grams of protein. She went to the refrigerator and got one and asked me if it was the same kind I drink. I verified it was. Well, come to find out one of the ingredients in it is sorbitol! It is so far down on the ingredient list that I missed it! I can't tolerate sorbitol or any other "tol"! :cursing: So, now sorbitol causes my gas pain to be in my shoulder and not my tummy.

Anyway, I just thought I'd share that in case others are having problems and can't figure out why. I'm not saying this is the cause just that it might be.

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I had a little shoulder and back pain following my surgery... it was the gas from the surgery and will shortly subside.

I will still bring my concerns to my doctor :thumbs_down:

Congrats on your new journey!!

I had the same problem - after reading it on here - I bought the gas-x strips and they worked wonders!

Yes..I had that same terrible pain. Banded on 4/14/08 and I couldnt beleive it. The shoulder pain hurt every time I drank a protein shake. Now that I have stopped drinking them I feel ok. Im glad Im not crazy! Thanks

Lockportguy,

Sorry I didn't check back sooner. I couldn't believe it when she pinpointed the sorbitol. I also have the same problem with malitose. At least now we both know what is causing the pain.

I'm now using chocolate powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury mixed in 8 ounces of Carb Countdown chocolate milk and it's not too bad. I find it hard to mix it so I used one of those stick blenders. I don't have any pain with it at all!!:thumbup: