Intense Pain in Left Shoulder 2 days Post Op

I had the surgery 9/14 and by 2 days later I fell asleep around 10 pm and when I got woken up at midnight for my stats I complained about severe left shoulder pain.  The nurse was not sure why she thought it was the way I slept. 

I have read on the message boards that it is common but I can't take this pain.  I have been using Gas X strips as directed on the box and taking the pain med every 3 hours as recommended and nothing is working.  I do get up every hour and walk around the apartment for at least 10 mins or so and I have been out of the house twice today doing plenty of walking. 

Does anyone have any suggestions?  I find the pain in my left shoulder to be more than the incisional pain.

HELP !!!

Dawn

Yeah, it is common after surgery. I was gonna say to try to maybe walk around and take pain meds if needed. Since the pain is so intense and is not going away I would call the hospital and speak to the on-call bariatric surgeon. I hope you feel better soon !!

I've heard that a heating pad can also help alleviate the gas pains.

Good luck, hope you feel better soon.

 Hi,
  You are definety having gas pains. The c02 they use to blow up your belly so they can see everything causes the left shoulder pain. Just keep doing what you are doing..and it will pass.