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Re: Laparoscopy left me with shoulder pain too!

From: Wendy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 31 May 2000 15:53:23 -0500 (CDT)

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Thanks for the info, Lynn. My doctor did tell me that the cyst broke while they were taking it out, and it apparently made quite a mess that they cleaned up best they could. They used saline to rinse me out and it was leaking like crazy out my belly button incision the day after. It sort of looked like watered down blood and it was soaking a gauze pad in 30 seconds flat at one point. My poor husband was sick with worry. We went to doctors office thinking that I needed another stitch and that's when he told me that the cyst broke and they had to rinse me out with saline. So do you think the saline is irritating my diaphragm, which is causing shoulder pain? I also get shooting pain in my shoulder when I laugh or burp or sniffle, which seems very odd to me. At Wed, 31 May 2000, Lynn D. Montgomery, MD wrote: >
>At Wed, 31 May 2000, Wendy wrote:
>>
>>Hello-
>>I had a dermoid cyst removed laparoscopically last Tuesday (one week
>>plus a day ago), and I have to say that the worst part of this whole lap
>>business is the pain left by the gas they use to space out your inners.
>>I was pretty well immobilized by the pain in my stomach, rib cage,
>>collar bones, and shoulder blades. Man oh man, I felt like I'd been hit
>>by a truck! It feels a little better each day, which is good because
>>I've had about enough of the pain killers. (whole other batch of
>>problem there). My only problem now is my right shoulder. It still
>>hurts like a son-of-a-gun! Especially when I lie down, and forget about
>>sleeping on my right side-which use to be my favorite sleeping position.
>>It doesn't seem to be getting better. Is it possible that gas has been
>>trapped in there because I'm right handed, and this is a very active
>>area of my body? If so, how do I untrap it? I'm trying not to baby it
>>because I'm hoping to work it out. Very tired of the pain though.
>>Please let me know any suggestions to work out the last of the gas.
>>
>>--
>>Wendy with the sore shoulder.
>>
>Wendy,
>The pain in your shoulder is likely from irritation of your diaphragn
>(dome at the top of your abdominal cavity). The nervous innervation of
>the diaphragm results in pain being referred to the shoulder. This
>irritation can result from gas placed in the abdomen at the time of the
>procedure, but that is quite rapidly absorbed by your body. It can also
>be irritated by blood or other substances within your abdominal cavity
>as a result of the surgical procedure. If the pain does not improve, I
>would contact your physician. It will likely resolve with time, but one
>must be sure that something isn't chronically bleeding within your
>abdomen as a result of the surgery...
>Lynn

>--
>Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
>Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
>Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
>Missoula, Montana
>
>**Note: Opinions expressed here are for educational purposes only and, as such, do not constitute a physician-patient relationship. This information is not intended to supplant the need for you to consult with your physician prior to choosing therapeutic options and/or interventions.
>
>**Private e-mails cannot be entertained due to time constraints, consequently no private e-mails will receive a response.
>
>**Thank you for your understanding ;-)
>

--
Wendy with the sore shoulder.

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