I'm almost 4 weeks post-op, and the last couple of days, I am experiencing excessive pain on my left side. The best description is it feels like a tree branch is trying to poke out of me. Hurts to stand, walk, breath, except when sitting or sleeping. Pain meds doing nothing, not even taking the edge off. My tree isn't even decorated yet... what is this pain?

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What city are you in? Maybe there is one of us close enough to help?

Thank you, I will try ice pack... I'm in Flower Mound Tx, north of DFW airport. Just checked the weather to see if it was gonna keep my husband till 6am... too soon to tell, he said.

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praying for you.

I live about an hour away from you.. Used to live in The Colony, but unfortunately not anymore. :/

Hubby home , equivalent to liquid Tylenol double dose started...no change to pain ,..

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It sounds to me that you need to get your surgeon involved & have some narcotics prescribed. Something stronger for you. Enough is enough of this pain you are going through! Hugs!

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Glad your husband is home. You may need more intervention, but at least your husband can drive you if necessary. Keep us posted.

I have 1 Great Dane and just her accidentally knocking into me huts my stomach. But you have 2? I also get very sore feeding my 2 dogs and cats. The bending down kills my tummy. Are you doing the feeding? I am 6 days post-op and I take pain meds every 4 hours. You should definitely ask for a script. I hated the tylenol.

I'm so sorry you have to go through this. I cried every day and had my own pity parties about the pain. I'm two weeks out from when my pain started and I was able to sleep in my own bed for the first time tonight. No more recliner! I found ice packs to help but no single pain med helped. I guess you could say the vicodin helped only because it knocked me out! I started walking on the treadmill daily as long as my belly would let me. At first it was only for 5 minutes at 0.7 mph! Other than that I took it fairly easy. I can now do 30 min without belly pain at a slow speed. Cry if you need to! Rest, and ice. I'm proof it does get better!

Hey all! Sorry I didnt see this thread sooner. Everything and I mean EVERYTHING you are saying I went thru also with this left side pain issue. At about two month post op I was fed up. Surgeon kept saying it was muscular. So I came up with the CRAZY idea of taking a muscle relaxer. I called and ran the idea by surgeon and he agreed. Soon as I took one-NO PAIN. that was the only thing that helped me with the pain. Doc also wrote me an Rx for some physical therapy to do once pain was manageable. which im doing still-three weeks later. No longer taking the muscle relaxer. And I only took the mr like one every other day and that did the trick.

Glad to hear your husband is home. Praying you have your own Christmas miracle and have no pain.

Hey all! Sorry I didnt see this thread sooner. Everything and I mean EVERYTHING you are saying I went thru also with this left side pain issue. At about two month post op I was fed up. Surgeon kept saying it was muscular. So I came up with the CRAZY idea of taking a muscle relaxer. I called and ran the idea by surgeon and he agreed. Soon as I took one-NO PAIN. that was the only thing that helped me with the pain. Doc also wrote me an Rx for some physical therapy to do once pain was manageable. which im doing still-three weeks later. No longer taking the muscle relaxer. And I only took the mr like one every other day and that did the trick.

Well I will certainly run this by my surgeon tomorrow. I'm absolutely not getting any relief. Can't stand long enough to take a shower...

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Glad to hear your husband is home. Praying you have your own Christmas miracle and have no pain.

Aww Thank you Kapoor... It was very short lived, due to the "winter storm". He was called in early today, probably home tonight for 8 hrs, back all day tomorrow. Staying upbeat, talking to my 3 dogs, putting my winter scarfs around them, and laughing at their reaction...Just a little relief from this pain would help...no changes, all I can do is sit and lay down, haven't taken any Vitamins, have had no Protein shakes... nothing. A big ol' margarita sounds good! Ho Ho Ho!! DFW area got a white Christmas!! That's something! It was 75 degrees 3 days ago!! Thank you everyone for listening!! Y'all are a blessing! Hope everyone is having a fabulous Christmas!

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Hey there. Until May I lived in Flo Mo, but now I'm in Keller.

Regarding the pain..I had absolutely horrible pain in my lower left side from about the end of week one until about the first of week four.

Here's what helped me...heating pad, a binder (you can get at Walgreens for about $25), and 500mg of hydrcodone 2 or 3 times a day. (No thanks to my doc who provided NO help at all.) These were my mom's meds that I cleaned out of her house after she died last year. :-(

I am so sorry you're having such pain, but I promise it will get better.

I am just reading this for the first time. Sorry to hear that you are having such a hard time, best wishes, Sending a hug your way!