Hello everyone, just posting 48 hours after my surgery I'm in a lot of pain, I have been doing a lot of walking in between naps. I'm not able to turn on my left or right I can only lay straight on my back and the pain is extreme but manageable with the meds. My stomach muscles hurt so bad at times. When I first awoke from surgery the gas pain was so bad I just wanted to walk and get it to move down . The more I walk the better it helps . Its a slow boogie to healing but its only 48 hours rt now. So just wanted to check in and give an update.

Keep walking! It will get better. I'm 1 week, 4 days out and I feel great!

When I first rolled onto my side, holding tightly to a pillow seemed to help.

Good luck.

Good luck! I appreciate you sharing your experiences!

My hospital gave me a Bari-Bear (a very firm teddy bear for bariactric patients) and I used that thing like crazy. It really helped me to be able to turn on my side a little bit. If I had to cough or anything I used it to hold my tummy tight. I loved my Bari-Bear

Thanks I'm to turn over on my left side with pain but its only day 5. I heard about those bears wish I had one.