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Anyone Have Bad Post Op Pain?

Just rolled around in tears for the last 35 minutes with sharp pressure from Just below my sternum to my left upper quadrant , it feels gassy but I tried walking some more with no relief. What worked for you?

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Hi! How far out are you? I've had that pain twice and t was due to swallowing some air and drinking too fast. The first time i walked it out... The second time i was at an event and could not do much. It liteally felt like an air bubble bursting and the pain was gone.. After 40 mins....

Drs told me it was dumping syndrome but I'm pretty sure it wasnt.... Its gas!

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Post op day 2

I am post op 2 weeks and experienced similar pain around post op days 3&4. Very intense, left side more towards the back and nothing really seemed to help. It will pass, my subsided after 2 days. No explanation for what it could be except I had a drain on my left and it was thought maybe it irritated a nerve.

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Let me tell ya, I have not hurt so bad to turn on the water works in as long as I could remember but this, oooo mamma this was not good

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No drain either do the nurse said I may he some fluid buildup as well

Brought me to tears also....I definitely know the feeling. It will pass, hang in there.

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Oofta in report the nurse told the crew comming on tat I have been really independent and he hasn't had to come in much but this pain was bad because I called her lol

Yeah is bad and scary--- all i could

Think

Was an intestine obstruction... Idk. I cried like a baby and was 3 minutes from going to the er...

I remember that gas pain...it was in my left shoulder! Hurt like hell. I came off the morphine and took Liquid Lortab, it helped a bit. Will they let u drink hot tea? Hot liquids seemed

To help a bit. Hang in there, it's gonna be better tomorrow.

I thought my pain was abnormally high and something must be wrong. This was my 6th abdominal surgery so figured I knew what to expect. But I had 50mcg fentanyl in my pca and it wasn't doing much. Switching to oral pain meds really helped (oxycodone). The gas pain is wicked and took about a week to fully go away but it really does get better every day. Hang in there!

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Thanks all. It got so bad last night they hit me with Thorazine. I woke up at 3 am with the nurse saying we were gonna have to do a Tylenol supp. Cus I was 102.4. This morning though temp is down and I can't stop farting lol. Able to actually lay on my side

The gas can cause some awful pain. My gas pain started after I came home from the hospital. Hang in there DS it gets better each day !!!

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