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Hi,

I have my first laparoscopy almost 2 weeks ago, where they found and removed endometriosis. I have 3 incisions and the pain around these has been improving everyday so I was back at work after a week. I have quite bad pain in my rib cage and shoulders from the air they used during surgery, and I haven’t noticed any improvement on this, did anyone else still have this after 2 weeks? I feel the air moving around when I sit up after lying down.

Thanks you for your help!

Kate

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Lofty1589

The only thing I can recommend is gentle moving around and heat - that’s what helped my gas pains

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LouiseExeter in reply toLofty1589

Thank you, I’ll try a hot water bottle

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LauraCB13

hiya, I had it for weeks! Best thing was movement and peppermint tea x

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LouiseExeter in reply toLauraCB13

thanks for the advice, I’ll make sure I get some peppermint tea 😊

Hi

This can be excruciating pain! Try peppermint tea or any wind/bloating reliever, that should help and they say keep moving. Good luck.

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LouiseExeter in reply toMrsPaddingtonBear

thank you, I’m going to get some peppermint tea and see if this helps. It’s good to movement helps because I was worried I was making it worse by overdoing it.

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