Hi, I was just banded 3 days ago and I woke up in the recovery room with this terrible Pain in my left shoulder and heart area. They gave me some pain meds at the hospital and said it was from the gas they use during surgery. It hurts very bad and the only thing that seems to help is when I stand up. The hospital did not send any pain meds home with me, so I have been taking aspirin. I am not hungry and I am bloated something awful. Has anyone else experienced this shoulder pain ?

HI!! My surgery was 10/23, and as soon as I woke up from the anesthesia, I started screaming out in pain, no, not from the incisions, from my left shoulder, OMG!!! it was absolutely horrible! they geve me several meds, but it did not subside. I been crying on and off during this whole week because of the darned pain. My mom is taking care of me and her recipe for my misery was to haul me to the mall, wal-mart, you name it for at least 1-2 hrs everyday, and you know what? today 8 days after my surgery my shoulder does not hurt (almost). I am at work, just a little bit ( 3-4 hrs) and thank God things are almost back to normal. Lots of heat pads, sweaters when going out or to bed, warm water in the shower, but mostly W-A-L-K as much as you can that helps tons!

Good luck! :Yawn:

I am post-op five days and have been experiencing the pain described here. :thumbup: I am glad that other people have experienced it. I was fearful something was wrong. But I have to say, it is the most painful part so far of my recovery. I couldnt sleep at all last night. Now that I know what could be causing it, I can attack the problem in hopes of relieving it. THANK GOD! Oh, and thank all of you!!! I hope to be able to get some sleep tonight! :scared2:

I had same thing - it was like someone was ripping my left shoulder off for 2 days. I did some stretches one morning because it woke me up at 5am and then later that day I burped big time (first time since surgery) and it went completely away! I too thought something was wrong but remembered the gas thing and now I am glad to see others experienced it too.

It is so great to come here and get this kind of support and feedback without having to drive your doctor and nurses nuts with endless phone calls :scared2:

Good luck to all and hope those pains go away very soon!

I had surgery almost two weeks ago and that pain in your shoulder is the CO2 that pump you up with when they do the surgery. It runs along you veins all through your body and rises up to the shoulder. I had horrible pain for days in my shoulder. It subsided after about a week. Do not take aspirin, it is a blood thinner and can upset your stomach. You should call your doctor and request pain meds. I got sent home with Dilaudid and it worked wonders. good luck!!

Edited November 1, 200916 yr by Greendragonflygirl

It is gas just walk as much as you can, and become one with the heating pad. I used mine draped over my shoulder while sitting up and it would lay right where it needed to. This too shall pass

walk walk and then walk some more. I am 6 weeks post op and experienced the same pains. Start taking some laxatives also. The pains are caused from the air trapped in your abdomen from the surgery. Relief will come soon..the first week was the worst.

The chest pain goes away, but I'm 26 days post op and I still get the shoulder pain every now and then. Gas-X and walking helps.....get well soon

I feel your pain. It is from the CO2 that they put into you during surgery. I was banded on Oct 15 and just last week the pain went away. It was there for two weeks. My left shoulder was in so much pain. No matter what I did i still had the pain. It was horrible!!!!! It will go away shortly. And your Dr should have gave you pain medicine. Just hang in there and before you know it the pain will be. Good luck!