Recovery post op

[Exw1]

I am 3 days post op and left hospital yesterday evening. I have really bad shoulder pain (the doctor said they aren't allowed to use the same technique to get rid of the gas due to coronavirus). I have been eating regularly and I have increased fibre in my diet. Is there anything else I can do to try to get the gas out of me? I've had no bowel movements yet.

[Tillyfloss]

hi. Hope you are resting. Peppermint tea helped me with the me with the shoulder pain from the gas. Xx

[Exw1 in reply to Tillyfloss]

Hi, I've been drinking so much peppermint tea but it doesn't seem to do anything! How long did you have to pain in your shoulder for? XX

[Tillyfloss in reply to Exw1]

i think it was 3/4 days, once I was up and moving around it seemed to help it disperse. Xx

[cmbxm]

Moving around is the best thing, sounds awful, but it works xx

[Bubble_by in reply to cmbxm]

I agree - got rid of my shoulder pain fast when I had my laparoscopy.

[Exw1 in reply to cmbxm]

I've been moving as much as I can but I get tired quite quickly. I've been told not to do too much as it's a 6 week recovery, should I try to move more? Today I've been up and walking every couple of hours

[cmbxm in reply to Exw1]

You’re literally doing it right then, it’ll take a few days tho, maybe a week. Without sounding rude, have you done a decent poo yet? Constipation pains could be adding to your discomfort xx

[cmbxm in reply to cmbxm]

I’ve just seen the bottom your post! It could be the fact you haven’t had a BM making this worse and slower xx

[thara9643]

Are you resting?

[Exw1 in reply to thara9643]

Yes I have been, I've been taking hour/two hour naps and then getting up to move around

[Cupcake1617]

You can buy wind tablets. I found moving every few hours helped me though - going to the loo, going to get a drink small but often. Hope you have a fast recovery x

[Hidden]

That’s so painful! I think the quickest thing would be to go on YouTube and find a 10 minute yoga video for trapped air, sounds mad but yoga does help most things, otherwise ask your doctor for some mebeverine which work really well For trapped air and ibs.

[MagicTea]

Windeze tablets are very good. I read on another post. Started taking them ASAP after surgery and didn’t get the shoulder pain. Also a hot water bottle but not too hot! Hope this helps and you feel better soon!

[Tallulah182 Moderator]

another vote for peppermint tea, i also found lying on my side with either both legs pulled up or one leg resting on a pillow helped relive it a bit. I had bad shoulder pain after my 2nd op and this helped a bit.

[Noodle1984]

It could be that you’re constipated. My specialist specifically said to take restoralax as soon as I got home for 2 weeks. It helped so much to get things moving again. It’s a powder that you mix into juice or water.

[HBSussex]

Gentle massage helps if you’ve someone at hone who can do that?