Re: ally bad shoulder, chest pain... Also bladder pain after lap yesterday!!!???
From: Sudsey (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Feb 1 22:17:30 2006
when I had that aweful gas the nurse in the hospital gave my a
supossitory ( sp?) she said once you get your system moving along it
helps which it did for me. Put a call into your docs office and ask the
nurse if it's ok to try. It did help me b/c I swore the first time I
had that gas I swore I was gonna die just that panic of how sharp it
felt. also if sleep is a big problem which isn't a good thing for a
healing factor b/c your body is working overtime in the healing process
ask them if you can take some OTC sleep aid to help you get some rest.
Sometimes just sleeping through the pain means you feel it alot less.. I
hated to lay down but told my husband once these meds knock me out tip
me over into a laying postion so I wasn't aware..I also used a back
massager that vibrated which helped..
As for the excess of going to the bathroom that happens when they toss a
few IV Bags into your system. Back in October my 4 day hospital stay
with food and liquid restriction and only an Iv I went I haven't went
Pee this much in my life and weird was not drinking anything at all.
LOL..
I always thought I'd breeze through that Lap if it wasn't for that darn
gas pain b/c it does top any incisional pain I ever had.
My first experience with it was when they removed my gallbladder. It
also comes with c-sections,and tubal ligation surgery. I also asked my
doc if I could take gas X prior to combat it at the get go so if there
is another time ask your doc that too..
Hope you pass the gas soon.
hugs
sudsey
At Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Kristina wrote:
>
>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:
>>
>>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:
>>>
>>>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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