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Devastated by support group meeting: I'm doing everything wrong
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@fritzo
I had my surgery 16 years ago, It was robotic, but who knows what’s changed since then?
Had no gas at all after surgery and had no swelling of my testicles. I guess what I’m getting at is it may or may not happen.
I’m wondering if they’re using different Techniques now that cause that gas problem.
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@jeffmarc Funny thing, my son-in-law had robotic laproscopic surgery two months ago for a hiatal hernia. So, I knew exactly what to expect from that type of surgical procedure-lots of gas and other types of pain. They inflate your belly with carbon dioxide gas so they can see what they are doing inside. The good news is that they are not cutting you wide open, which takes longer to revoer from. The bad news is the gas pain, but it supposed to resolve within 3 to 5 days as the gas is absorbed by the body.
I'm doing much better. But initially, my belly was really huge (distended), I was super burpy and I definitely had one of the other side effects of the procedure, where the CO2 gas in your stomach area expresses itself to your nerves as shoulder pain. It was horrible, but I definitely felt it.