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Right Side Discomfort

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Angela    9

Angela
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3 weeks post op today. I've started getting a pinching achy feeling on my right side. It's below my incision. My incision is not infected. If I rub the area it feels tender and kind of knotty. I explained to nurse, she didn't have any thoughts. Anyone else have this type of feeling?

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PhotoChic    70

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3 weeks post op today. I've started getting a pinching achy feeling on my right side. It's below my incision. My incision is not infected. If I rub the area it feels tender and kind of knotty. I explained to nurse' date=' she didn't have any thoughts. Anyone else have this type of feeling?[/quote']

Hey Angela, I too had right side pain and I asked my docks there is any reason why the right side, and she that she ad to cut a little bit deeper into my muscle and that it would probably knot up then eventually get better. I don't know if that's your problem but that was my story. Get better soon :)

Surgery date October 10, 2012

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Angela    9

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My grandmother, a nurse, suggested that the instruments used probably were invasive to the area so your reply makes sense! Thank you so much! It's awesome to come on here and know someone has shared your experience!

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Anne-Cuse    43

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Reading this eases my mind a little. I was getting nervous when out of the blue I had this right side twinge like I strained something.

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mollym    1

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Does it ever go away? I want to be able to lay on my stomach again when I sleep....

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rpil003    101

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Does it ever go away? I want to be able to lay on my stomach again when I sleep....

Mine started 3 weeks post op and lasted about 10 days that's when my pain meds came In handy :)

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TryingtobeSuperwoman    17

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It does go away! I had the same issue. It takes time for muscle to heal ~ and apparently, Protein. I wasn't getting a lot of protein in the first few weeks - I have no idea if that was related at all. Someone on here recommended the Unjury chicken broth (20 G protein for 6 oz of broth/sold at unjury.com) and it helped me turn the corner. Good luck!

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mollym    1

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How long till u could sleep on ur stomach? And how much is the normal weight to lose in the first few weeks?

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TryingtobeSuperwoman    17

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It was about 6-8 weeks post op. I may have waited a bit longer than necessary though because I had accidentally rolled onto my stomach once ~ OUCH! After that I waited until I was certain I'd be okay. I used pillows too - cushion helps.

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PhotoChic    70

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Does it ever go away? I want to be able to lay on my stomach again when I sleep....

Yes it did for me, I just had o really be careful for a little while.

SD: 10/10/12, Converted from Lapband to RNY, HW (before band) 263, HW (RNY) 230, Preop 219, after surgery 223, current 208

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PhotoChic    70

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How long till u could sleep on ur stomach? And how much is the normal weight to lose in the first few weeks?

I actually still am not sleeping on my stomach. I'm using a pillow on my side and its so comfortable that I told me hubby that after this I was king to keep it! Lol

SD: 10/10/12, Converted from Lapband to RNY, HW (before band) 263, HW (RNY) 230, Preop 219, after surgery 223, current 208

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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