I have been home 3 days and I am still having terrible pains in my left shoulder. It comes and goes, but when it hits it is excruciating. I know it is the gas they put in, so I was looking for something to help it go away. I read all the suggestions and it helped to know it was NORMAL, but a bit discouraging to know it may last for weeks.

Is it normal to have sudden diarrhea? I hope that will not be permanent.

I have lost 40 and have 60 more to go.

I had terrible gas pain too. I literally had to walk the entire first night home, I was so uncomfortable. My MD prescribes liquid oxycodone for the pain, well this did nothing for the gas pain. I was miserable, I walked around my house for the whole night, hopin it would pass. I never was so happy when I started burping and passing gas from the other end. The shoulder gas pain lasted about 2 weeks, before i realized it was completly gone. Good Luck and walk walk walk

I had diarrhea. Because I didn't take the drug w/morphine (opiates can constipate you) I had diarrhea and was told it was the anesthesia. It lasted about a week. It wasn't bad, just troublesome. The shoulder? MOVE! WALK WALK WALK! the more you walk, the more it dissipates. When mine hurt terribly, I'd rub it or have my husband rub it and it quit in about 1-2 minutes. You can use a heating pad if you want (i hate heating pads but lots love 'em LOL)

just don't use it over your surgical sites until you check w/your docs office; some use internal sutures that dissolve over time and if you get the area too hot it CAN prematurely dissolve them.

Just hang in there; it gets better. Walking really does help your body break the gas down and reabsorb it. Some swear by Gas x but it never touched my shoulder pain, but walking and rubbing it when it got TOO much did the trick.

WALK WALK WALK. I also sat in a recliner when not walking, put a heating pad on my shoulder, and that helped so very much. I would have died without that pad. The runs will go away.

Well, I was hurting for about 6 days. After a week, it was only tenderness.

My biggest problem, the shoulder pain, went down when I learned to sip instead of gulping liquids. It helps.

I know you have heard this before:

WALK WALK WALK!!

The heating pad and gas-x strips will also help, most importantly WALK!!!

Good luck!!

Terri