My stomach feels ok just a little sore as I expected, and able to tolerate clears, but my back hurts. Any ideas why? It doesn't hurt enough that I want to take pain medication, just support my back and sit up straight.

My back hurt following the surgery too, they told me it was the gas that was still inside. I put a heating pad in front and walked as much as I could. It got better pretty fast. Good luck, it will get better every day.

My stomach feels ok just a little sore as I expected, and able to tolerate clears, but my back hurts. Any ideas why? It doesn't hurt enough that I want to take pain medication, just support my back and sit up straight.

I've read on here the those Icy-Hot Patches work for some people's shoulder pain, I wonder if it would help your back?

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The discomfort is likely due to two reasons:

1. gas

2. the position you were in lying on a hard surface in the operating room

Don't hesitate to take the pain medication the first few days. It helps to keep you moving. Welcome!

My back really hurt after surgery too! I just figured I was being SO careful withmy stomach--not using any muscles for anything---that my back had to work more to support my non-use of stomach muscles. Don't know if true or not--but made sense to me. I didn't really do anyting about it because it wasn't REALLY bad--but the icy-hot patches sound like they would work!!! Good luck!

Thanks everyone!

Hi,

I had a brutal back ache when I got out of surgery. I attribute it to being four hours on my back while they did the surgery. It was so bad that when I got to my room, I didn't even want to lay in the bed. I had them sit me up in a chair. I stayed in that chair for most of the hospital stay.

But once I got home a day later, it seemed to go away as I was more active and walking around. And now a month later, my back aches have all but disappeared!

Take care.