hi all, I was banded on 6/19 and have been dealing with a significant amount of gas. Today was the first day I was feeling relief HOWEVER....out of the blue I have this intense stabbing pain in my left shoulder tip. Is this the last of the gas trying to get out??? OMG this is worse then all the gas pains combined

Try walking about as much as you can, it can come & go very quickly, the more you move the easier it becomes, some people take pain relief or heat pads

I know exactly the pain you are experiencing. I had surgery 3/10/09 and same thing--out of the blue comes this excruciating lt. shoulder pain, mainly on the tip of the shoulder. Believe me, I tried everything from Gas-X to lying on my lt. side to sleep to heat. All work temporarily but do know that just as quick as it came it will disappear. Hang in there, it will subside. Mine lasted less than a week.

Ahhh....I remember that well. That shoulder pain was a doosy to get rid of. I had it for almost a month before it fully subsided. What worked for me the best was liquid ibuprofen and a moist heating pad. The heat helped to take the edge off. I even brought it to work! The gas pains and the pre- and post-op diet were the worst of the journey so far. Believe me - it does get much better. You may want to try moving your arms in a circle also as long as walking - okay maybe not at the same time, someone might think you have some serious issues! Someone also told me to sleep on the side that you have the pain also to try and get rid of it quicker. Sorry you're going thru that. It's not fun at all... :smile2:

thank you so much for your quick replies...that was pretty scary for sure. I was in tears for a minute there...I took my pain meds (liquid Lortab) which I haven't had to do in 2 days and got my heating pad out. Whew...it has backed off. Going back to work tomorrow and for certain liquid tylenol and my heating pad are going to be in my tote bag

Thanks again all...everyone has been so great on here :smile2:

Ice and a lot of self pity helped me.

thank you so much for your quick replies...that was pretty scary for sure. I was in tears for a minute there...I took my pain meds (liquid Lortab) which I haven't had to do in 2 days and got my heating pad out. Whew...it has backed off. Going back to work tomorrow and for certain liquid tylenol and my heating pad are going to be in my tote bag

Thanks again all...everyone has been so great on here :smile2:

Well.. I hope that you feel better and that you take it easy at work. I am glad to hear that you are coming along.

Liquid Advil helped me a lot. I ran out of it and I could feel the difference on just taking the Lortab alone. If you don't feel better try Liquid Advil... Good luck?

I am going through the same thing right now and it SUCKS! Although it is nice to know I have some company....sorry! I have had it today for 7 hours straight!!!