Okay when it comes to pain Im a big chicken!!How much pain in involed right after surgery?How about in the healing process???

not much. I took my pain meds as directed and i felt very little pain.

I'm not going to lie, the recovery room was the hardest. I had alot of pain from the gas they fill you with (thank GOD for drugs lol).

My second day was better, I took percocet, but on the third day I was done with the pain killers. Went grocery shopping on the 5 day Each day I felt better and better.

Everyone's different.

I had a hard time in the recovery room too, but it was all downhill from there. If you stay on top of your pain meds you should be fine.

Unless they were putting them in my I.V I never took pain meds. I was very uncomfortable with the gas pains but that just motivated to get up and walk some. I was sore, but not in real pain.

MsJoy says that on a scale of 0 to 10, 0 being absolutely no pain and 10 being "I'm going to die it hurts so bad", she would rate the worst pain at a 2. She didn't even bother with the prescription pain meds. She just took a few tylenols.

I had a c-section 2 years ago. Compared to that this was about 1/3 the pain, and I did really well with the C-section.

I didn't even want to take my prescription meds, but they really discouraged me from taking Advil until I was 48 hours out. I felt my pain was better managed with Advil than Oxycot.

Had surgery Friday, was in the Mall by Wednesday. Not bad.

I just took all the drugs. We have pharmaceuticals for a reason. My doc sent me home with liquid percocette, I finished the bottle and then 2 bottles of adult liquid tylenol (over several weeks) and then I had no pain at all. I just kept the dosing kida constant -- I figured it was all temporary, why let it wear off I found my port area to be the most painful. You can do it. I'm a baby too........

I'm not bannded yet, but I can relate, I hate the thought of surgery too. The worst for me is the waking from the fog and weakness of anestesia (sp?) and that soreness in your throat from the tube.

I had my gallbladder out a few months ago and they gave me morphine before I woke up and as i came to in my room, I thought the blessed Mother was outside the window.

LOL