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Re: ally bad shoulder, chest pain... Also bladder pain after lap yesterday!!!???
From: Kristina (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Feb 1 21:33:59 2006
That's the problem really...I can't lay down. If I stand or sit upright
I am OK, but laying down is excruciating. I've only got 5 hours of
sleep since surgery because I can't lay down. I had to sleep sitting up
(with a heat pad on too)! Ick!
At Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Sumarah wrote:
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>Kristina,
>I also had excruciating pain in my rib cage, shoulders after Lap in late
>Dec. Hot water bottles & heat packs helped to reveive the pain for me
>together with pain killers.
>
>Its the Co2 gas that was left inside you from the lap, although
>unpleasent and painful it will pass with rest. The more you lie down
>the faster it will pass.
>
>Hope the surgery went well, best wishes Sami
>
>At Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Jennifer wrote:
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>>Kristina...
>>I don't recall having frequent urination (not too extreme at least)
>>after my lap. But, by far, my worst symptom was the shoulder/chest
>>pain. It sounds a lot like what you're going through. It got worse
>>when I would lay down -- it was even worse if I laid down for an entire
>>night and woke up in the morning. Thing is, if I laid on my belly and
>>rolled just a little on my shoulder, I literally felt the gas bubbles
>>moving around in me. Sounds weird, but it was a relief to feel like
>>they were leaving. Finally after dealing with it for like 4 days i
>>called the doc (didn't want to wait the weekend out) and his nurse told
>>me to take gas x, like you would for any other kind of gas. Not sure if
>>that's what helped me or if it was just time. But I recommend you send
>>someone to the store to get you some gas-x. Other than that, just
>>relax, take, not only the vicodin for pain, but an anti-inflammatory if
>>you can, I didn't realize it, but it actually helps the healing and will
>>likely leave less scar tissue behind (seems obvious, I never thought of
>>it). Good luck to you and remember, this shoulder pain will soon go
>>away!
>>Jennifer A.
>>
>>At Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Kristina wrote:
>>>
>>>I was all happy that I didn't have shoulder pain, but I spoke too soon.
>>>At about 3AM last night when I layed down, it all the sudden hit me. I
>>>couldn't take deep breaths or my chest felt like someone was stabbing
>>>me. My shoulder felt like it was going to fall of. The pain is about
>>>10 times the intensity of the abdominal pain/cramping. I couldn't cry
>>>because that made my diphragm spasm and caused excruciating pain. I
>>>really wanted to go to the emergecy room, but I just took a Vicoden and
>>>waited. It never went away and I've only gotten about 5 hours sleep
>>>since my lap because of it. I can't lay down really at all.
>>>
>>>I thought it was strange though, because I thought the shoulder pain is
>>>supposed to be in the back of the shoulder. Mine feels more like it's
>>>on top ad the front. The chest pain is just at my last rib (on the
>>>right side). It gets better if I am very calm, but if I were to
>>>sneeze...well, I don't even want to think fo how that would feel.
>>>
>>>Also, I have had to pee constantly, every half hour at first, now maybe
>>>every hour, but it hurts pretty bad. Not burning, just pain in my
>>>bladder. ANyone else get this?
>>>
>>>Vicoden s helping, but it's just taking the edge off really.
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