I had my first check up with surgeon yesterday and he said he's not too worried about the pain, but almost every other vsg patient I've talked to has had the pain mostly go away by this point...its not hard like a hernia, but I have severe pain in my abdomen about an inch above my biggest incision whenever I move or am standing. Surgeon says that's where he had to put a stitch underneath my skin (my muscle tissue im guessing) so its still healing...I just feel like it should be better, hope I didn't pull anything.

That happened to me too. I turned over in bed and I must have pulled something and was in alot of pain for a few days. I had my post op appt with the surgeon and he told me the same thing. I immediately pulled back on my activity and rested for a few days and took my pain meds, and the pain subsided. After that I was just really careful and not doing anything too strenuous because I realized I had internal stitches where they penetrate the muscles to do the surgery on our stomachs.

Rest and let it heal.

I am 2 weeks out and I definitely still have pain above my biggest incision. I feel like a whiny baby when I see all the posts where people bounce right back and I guess pain is relative Today it has felt a lot better than it has over the last few days, maybe it's getting better!

I still had pain above my largest incision at 4.5 weeks out. Remember that everyone heals differently, there's no set time at which you'll be "done" healing. Keep the incisions clean and use a good moisturizer after your steri-strips come off. If you have difficulty sleeping on your side due to incision pain, consider a body pillow. I'm now 6 weeks out and have no incision pain. You'll get there!

Good to know its not just me...my husband was like "why do u need 5 pillows?" The other night because I have one between my knees, one agains my stomach, two under my head and one behind my back, lol.

I'm 3 weeks out and my side still bothers me, today i sneezed twice and thought something had to have torn..

I really thought i'd be running 5 miles by my 2nd week, um NO i didn't feel much better until over this weekend...

Everybody is so different, i'm a total whimp...

Do not feel alone... I had it till my 3rd or 4th week just let it heal ::: hugs:::