Severe pain in ribs!

[4thefuture31 20]

I am having serve pain under my left ribs. I took my pain meds but it still hurts like hell! I was laying sideways on the couch, got up and felt like I was stabbed in my ribs. It hurts to breathe and can't lay down. Anyone else experience this????

[elcee 3,340]

When did you have surgery? If your surgery was recent then you should call your Dr as this could be something serious.

Also if you are having problems breathing you should call an ambulance, you could be having a heart attack.

Yes it might be something minor like a pulled muscle but we cannot diagnose you, you need to get this checked out URGENTLY

[4thefuture31 20]

I can now breathe ok but it hurts still. I almost got up and went to the ER! I don't know if ill be able to sleep. Ill call doctor first thing tomorrow. This sucks

[can_do 195]

When was your surgery?

[2muchfun 8,927]

You should fill out your profile?

[☠carolinagirl☠ 18,721]

if any pain ever happens, need to call your doctor.

[4thefuture31 20]

My surgery was last Friday. I will call my doctor this morning. I am incredibly sore in the ribs. I was doing just fine until last night.

[Sai 785]

I get that when I either drink a little bit too much liquid or ate a little too much. It hurts to breathe in... I found a strange solution. What I did was no matter how painful, I took the larger inhales (i.e. stretching my ribcage) over and over, and the pain goes away. I'm not sure if it's the same thing but mine is always on the left side underneath the left ribcage. I hope this helps. (hugs)

[4thefuture31 20]

I called the doctors office they said to walk more. So I got out of the house, walked a good amount it came again and nothing is releasing! This is so very painful. . This really frustrating.

[Vpamphile 2]

I'm having the same thing....I don't know what it is but its on the same side?!

[lifewillbegood 68]

Mine was gas pain or not breathing deeply enough. If u can suffer through the pain try and take some deep inhales with your hands above your head and see if that will help. Thats what helped me.

[can_do 195]

I had the same type of pain post-op, along with shoulder, collar bone, and back pain, especially when I took a deep breath. It was a result of being inflated with CO2 gas durung the surgery. This gas is not in the intestines. It was put there to separate the internal organs so the surgeon could see better. It takes a while for this gas to dissapate. It's not gas you can burp or pass out the other end. It irritates the phrenic nerve, which passes along the diaphragm and into the chest cavity. I personally had this type of pain for 9 days! It gets better each day.

This is just my opinion and experience. Hope it helps.

[sparkplug 106]

It sure sounds like that awful gas they put in you at surgery. It hurt so bad for me for almost 2 weeks. I could not even put the seat belt on me when my husband drove me to my 2 week appointment after surgery. I ate gas x strips like they were going out of style and walked constantly as much as I could before it started hurting so bad. It will go away, I know everybody is different but the pain for me was horrendous and when it is gone you will feel like brand new. Keep positive and take things real slow for a while. Some people don't seem to have issues with this and others like me have a really bad case of case lodging. Good luck and keep moving

[4thefuture31 20]

Holy crap I feel like a new person! The pain is gone I can breathe now normally! I was walking the mall and it looked like I was having a heart attack! I kept walking! But today I feel GREAT! I hope that's the last of it!