I Feel So Down On My Birthday! !

[chasitybeatty 1]

I have to just sit around lay around and do nothing! I guess I have tore my muscle on my stomach from going to much I'm 6 weeks out and have had no problems. Out of nowhere Sunday at work I got the worse pain sharp stabbing pain from under my ribs down to incision site on left side. I had to go to er got admitted I'm 6 he's away from my Dr in Kansas. They did contrast IV and oral CT. Reg abdominal series, and a upper gi.nothing showed up bad. So they just controlled my pain over night sent me home. I'm still in so much pain today only when I get up. My Dr says they can't give me anything I just have to rest. My Family and I was going on vacation this weekend for my 30th bday and mother's day but that's on hold!! I'm down but I know it will be worth it!! I warn all early or new sleevers be never lift or over do it!! Becarful even at 6 to 8 weeks!

[Pookeyism 1,143]

Your doctor should not dismiss your pain so easily.

Go get a second opinion. Pain means something is wrong. Period. just because you hurt after surgery is no reason to assume it is the surgery.

Pain management is one of the most highly understood and easily accessable treatments a doctor can prescribe. They should never turn away a patient in severe pain. Consider asking for your doctors visit fee back. I think if more of us did thisi it would make them think.

I will post a longer note when I have a chance but I have heard of several instances where people were showing signs of serious illness but it was ignored because it was probaby due to "the surgery".

[NancyJerry 139]

Good advice and I'm pray you are on the road to recovery very quickly!

[5DoxieMom 87]

A friend of mine, when she was about 2 weeks out, popped a deep internal suture, from too doing too much, too fast. She was in pain for a few weeks, but healed OK. I also remember reading a post about a month ago, where the same thing happened to another person. Although I agree with Pookey's post, that pain may be an indication of something serious, there is also the chance, that it is not.