Re: ally bad shoulder, chest pain... Also bladder pain after lap yesterday!!!???
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Feb 1 22:24:18 2006
Have you tried sleeping on the couch ?? Or sleeping with pills shoved
under your back so u cant lay flat on your back, but sort of lifted
slightly onto the side?? Those both worked perfectly for me when I was
in pain last week! Give it a try, because you never know !
Good luck, and hope you get some sleep
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Amy
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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