Pain in shoulder after lap

Hi ladies,
I am having severe pain in my left shoulder. :confuse: I don't know if it is connected to the surgery or not but I didn't have it before. I put a call into the dr. today I am waiting for them to call me back but I thought maybe one of my sisters would have the answer.
It is so bad it is waking me up at night . Even the pain meds is not helping. I don't know what is up.
Can anyone help?
Thank you
Jeni

Jeni,
I have had pain in my shoulders after a lap, but usually it occurs immediately after and continues for the first few days, than will dissipate. If this just started happening I think you did the right thing by calling your doctor. Not every symptom or pain will be because of surgery, but it is always best to have it checked out.

My nurse told me that people can get pain in their shoulders after surgery because of gas bubbles. Horrible question, but have you burped and tooted lately or at all?

I would guess this is from the gas they put in you. I haven't had my hysterectomy yet, but I had a tubal about 2 1/2 years ago and had really bad neck/shoulder pain afterwards and was told it was from the gas they had put in me. My recommendation would be to take Gas-X or something else like it. It helped me be in less pain.

Hope you're feeling better soon.

I had my LSH on Jan14 and my shoulder area was killing me. Sharp burning pain but I had the pain right after surgery. Please call your doctor if this is a new feeling to you. Good luck and God Bless. Denise.

Thank you sisters,
My Dr said the same thing he is worried though because one of my incisions is opening up. So I guess he wants to see me tomorrow. YUK.
Hope all is well.
Take care
Jeni

Hmm, right shoulder pain after a laparoscopy I have had -- it can be miserable and uncomfortable! Here is an article that explains the right shoulder pain after a laparoscopy in case you are interested: http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/lin...=jump&lid=1897. Left shoulder pain I am not sure about! I am glad you have an appointment with your doctor and I hope all is well! Hopefully he can check your incision and come up with a sensible reason why your shoulder hurts and offer treatment options that work!

in there and keep us posted! S

Well,
The DR. couldn't fit me in today. They just said to watch the incision and keep it clean. Now that might be easy for a skinny woman but for someone like me with a big belly it is not so easy. The incision that is open sits right under my bulge. so any suggestions would be welcome. I have a steile pad on it right now to help catch the blood and keep it from sticking to me.
The pain in my shoulder is just about unbearable the nurse told me to try gasx. I just took some so hopefully it will work. I am waiting for her to call me back because I just took my last pain pill adn I know I will not make it with out them. Ibuprophen is just not enough yet.
Plus I did try to go to my George Strait concert last night. I wore maternity pants so they werent tight and dh kept me barricaded. But can you believe as we sat through the opening act Sara Johns and waited for Little Big Town a man came out and annoucned that George was sick adn would not be performing. I thought he was kidding. NOPE>>> I was devasted. They said that he will reschedule but they don't know when...
I cried.....
Hope all of you had a better night.
Thank you for all your prayers. I missed talkin to all of you
Jeni

(((Jeni))) Please don't make us call in the pillow

You are not new to this surgery stuff; you should know better! What were you thinking, trying to go to a concert at only a few days post op with an open incision? When just sitting up is considered an "activity" -- and we won't even go into discussing the kinds of germs that can be floating around a crowded arena full of people in the winter time! I love concerts as much as the next gal, but imho even the best of them isn't worth it if it lands you back in the hospital with a hemmorhage or in long-term wound care with an infected incision.

OK, lecture over. But don't let it happen again!

I haven't had troubles with open incisions, but I've heard women here talk about using maxi-pads on their incisions to catch the leakage. Have you tried that? At least they'd be cheaper than large gauze pads.

For the gas, has anyone suggested trying some ginger tea? Hot green tea with slices of ginger and a twist of lemon is a really lovely, comforting drink, and the ginger is reputed to help with post-lap gas. Some other possible natural solutions to try are peppermint tea, carrot juice or ginger ale (which also helps with nausea if you get that).

On the pain meds, do keep in mind that they are constipating, so getting off them as quickly as possible is a good idea. On the other hand, you don't want to be suffering in miserable pain, as that's not conducive to and recovery, either. Have you asked about something like Celebrex, which is an anti-inflammatory? I find it works better than Motrin or other OTC's. Even better is oral Toradol, but often they won't let you have it unless you were on IV Toradol in the hospital first; plus it's only OK to use for several days at a time.

If your incision opens further, bleeds more, or starts to have an odor, I would call the DR's office again and head to the ER if the DR can't see you.

Now, please, :timeup: and

s,
-Linda

Hey surfer,
I know not to bright... I am paying for it today. My dr. told me to clean the incision real good with peroxcide which ought to feel real good. I will keep an eye on it and DH is to.
They finally called in some more pain meds. But they are killing me with the 20 here 20 there. I am going broke. I know they are just bieng careful but my goodness. Hopefully I won't need them much longer. It has been a week today and if I keep resting maybe it will get better.
I have a hard time pampering this princess. But I am going to go lay back down.
Take care and Thank you for caring.
Jeni