Hello,

Does anybody have any good solutions to the left shoulder pain problems. Mine is killing me. I have trued Gas -X and heating pads. Please help. I'm going insane.

Gary:eek:

which day are you post-op?

i am in the 8th month and sometimes i got this pain..

just put any muscle ache creams .. they do help ..! and if defiantly in the 5th day post-op its should disappear

It's referred pain from your diaphragm, an agitated phrenic nerve. So relaxing the muscle (and the nerves) will help it. If you have someone who can give you a neck massage (a strong one!) and get the muscle to relax, that'll help.

Does liquid tylenol help?

I've also read of people who, if they lie on their sides and raise their left arm up over their heads it helps.

mine fortunately just hurt if I breathed too fast (like when I moved LOL) so try to keep your breathing slow and even and not too deep, see if that helps relieve it. Don't pant though or mess w/your breathing too much (Deep breathing is good to keep your lungs clear!) I mean just mess with it a little to see if it will calm down.

Mine starts hurting at about 2am, every morning and hurts until I about 5am, or when I am up and moving. I'm exhausted! I tried liquid tylenol before bed, maybe I need to try it later in the night?

Pain patches helped me a lot. I used the wal-mart equate brand menthol pain patches that u can find by the ben-gay and other muscle ache creams. My left shoulder pain lasted 2 months and was worse at night.

I would just cut one of the patches in half and put it on my shoulder before bed. It worked wonders.

I'm about 5 months out and have been getting left shoulder pain, seems to be worse at night. I tried layng on my left side and heating paids, motrin, gas x pills.. Hellp this is driving me insane. How can i prevent this??