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I had a surgery yesterday and I had my appendix taken out but I have pain in my upper chest and shoulders

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Hi I'm 15 and I had an operation yesterday to have my appendix out but I have a lot of pain in my shoulders and chest what shall I do

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xMMx

Hi there,

It's probably from the gas they pump into your stomach area so they can see what they are doing in there, it's awfully painful, I had it last week after my op.

I found that lying down was less painful for me although some say to try move around when you can as it helps the gas come out quicker. I also drank a lot of peppermint tea.

Mine lasted for about 2 days.

Hope you feel better soon, I feel your pain :-(

MM xx

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Amie_1234 in reply toxMMx

But when does it go if I don't have peppermint tea what else helpes

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katymarie

Hi lovely.

Did you have keyhole surgery! If so they pump gas into your stomach so they can get to your organs better. I had it badly in my shoulders after. When you can manage it take gentle walks round the house to disperse the gas.

Also peppermint tea helps! Xx

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Amie_1234 in reply tokatymarie

Yea I had keyhole surgery, but it's really painful is there any other way I could get rid of ut

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Twinkle30 in reply toAmie_1234

Yes there are tablets that you can get from chemist that help disperse the gas, I think I had some called 'windez'. I really feel for you as I had this after my gallbladder removal, very painful. 😳

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