Hey guys! I'm 6 days post op and still having pain. It is controlled by pain med but I thought I would start feeling a little better by now. Anyone else still in a lot of pain this distance out? Thanks! Also anyway of helping to heal and helping the pain get better besides pain pills? Thanks again!

surgerversary: sept 24th 2012. Starting weight: 240 Today's weight: 229!

Hey guys! I'm 6 days post op and still having pain. It is controlled by pain med but I thought I would start feeling a little better by now. Anyone else still in a lot of pain this distance out? Thanks! Also anyway of helping to heal and helping the pain get better besides pain pills? Thanks again!

surgerversary: sept 24th 2012. Starting weight: 240 Today's weight: 229!

Hey Stardusted, I felt the same way.

I'm now almost 5 weeks post op and my pain finally went away about 2 days ago. Of course, I'm not typical for the length, but just trying to give you an idea. Slow and steady girl, take your time!

I'm ten days out and still have a horrible pain to the left of my belly button. Sorry you're feeling bad... Hope you feel better soon!

Jessica

It is probably the internal stitch. I woke up on the 14th day and it was gone. I used the waist girdle i got at the hospital and it really helped.

I'm almost 3 weeks post op and pretty much pain free unless I move wrong

I wear a binder and keep an ice pack on my stomach. Hopefully it will heal and I will feel better soon.

Jess<br />Surgiversary 9/19/12

Everyone is different, but give it 2 weeks and u should star feeling better.

everyone definitely is different and pain tolerance levels are also different. I can say my pain lasted 3 weeks but, I had an infection in one of my incisions which caused it to last longer in that area. As long as your incisions aren't red, hot and puffy it's probably pain for regular reasons.....they sure move alot in those incisions when doing our surgery. The left side incision that is a little bigger than the others will take longer to feel better.

If you're really uncomfortable...no harm and having the doc take a peek

everyone definitely is different and pain tolerance levels are also different. I can say my pain lasted 3 weeks but' date=' I had an infection in one of my incisions which caused it to last longer in that area. As long as your incisions aren't red, hot and puffy it's probably pain for regular reasons.....they sure move alot in those incisions when doing our surgery. The left side incision that is a little bigger than the others will take longer to feel better.

If you're really uncomfortable...no harm and having the doc take a peek [/quote']

I am 5 days out and still have a lot of pain. Major surgery takes 2 to 8 weeks to recover from. So take her easy

I am also five days post op and have been wondering the exact same thing. The pain killers they prescribed knock me out cold and mess with my dreams so I tried switching to extra strength Tylenol hoping it would take the edge off, problem is it works but not if I have to move around too much which is also no good because we are supposed to walk walk walk when we are awake. This has definitely been one of the biggest struggles so far. I think what I'm hearing is that we should remember we just had major abdominal surgery and to let it take time. That's so hard when you are probably used to going a mile a minute on any regular day. Pain management is something the educational classes should really touch more on pre op.