lady~bugg

Same thing happened to me about 10 days postop. I pulled an abdominal muscle and also ended up in the ER. I was on hydrocodone and valium and basically slept through a week, just waking up to go to the bathroom and take more medicine. Using a heating pad really helped me. And the muscle relaxer. It took lots of rest and TLC from my family to get through it. If heat doesn't help, try ice. Both gave me some relief.

I am 3 weeks out and still move slowly at times, but I also pulled a muscle on that side about 10days out, so I don't think I am the norm. That incision is likely the one that where the scope was, and is larger and causes a little more tissue damage when they remove it. At least that is how my doc explained it to me. When sitting up I try to have a pillow pressed to that size, and heat and ice have also helped.