I had my sleeve on December 15 and it is now dec. 21 and I still have pain. I have slowed way down with my pain medicine because. Don't feel like I really need it I'm not in crazy enough pain to need the medicine every 3 hours or so.... but still when moving walking with out the pillow pet that i hold for support for my belly laying down sitting down standing up and wiping after using the bathroom front and back taking a shower ( washing my hair) slightly bending down to turn the water hotter in the shower or to get my blanket off the coffee table (16-18 inches off ground) and much more I have sharp pain on the left side directly below my left breast. Is this normal for the time I'm in?

Is it when you stretch your incision site? Or is it deeper inside? It is best that you contact your surgeon in inquire about pain level. When I did too much, my left incision under always gave me alot of grief. A dull ache that was bothersome. Seldom took pain medication though. Just for piece of mind, I would call (and I have) my surgeon. I thought that I had a hernia which really scared me. But I didn't. I had no complications thank god.

Good luck and nurture yourself as much as possible, you deserve it. It gets better.

I agree. I think you should call your doctor. I know everyone is different, but my pain only lasted for a couple days after surgery. Besides a little soreness right at the incision site. Better to be safe than sorry, not sure how the risk of infection is, but I would imagine that would cause pain. Just for peace of mind, the best bet is to run it past yor surgeon.

My pain lasted that long. I had drains in - not sure if that contributed to the soreness. It wasn't terrible pain, but when I would first get up I would tend to walk a bit hunched over since ab muscles felt sore. Reaching, bending etc definately hurt. I also still had some gas pains at that point.

Heck, my surgery was 12/12 and i still get a little pain.