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pain on left side and now feels hard too

Ok so im 5 days post op and my pain has all been om my left side and just now i felt my left side and it feels hard...is that normal??? Im nervous now

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I'm 6 days out & I still have the most pain on my left side, too. They must do something major over there! Everyone seems to be complaining about that side! Mine isn't hard, though. Is it a small area around the incision? A large area? Hot? Red? If it's hot and or red I would definitely call the ER today.

Ok so im 5 days post op and my pain has all been om my left side and just now i felt my left side and it feels hard...is that normal??? Im nervous now

It shouldn't be hard. You should get that checked as soon as possible.

A hard area around the incisions is normal....its called a healing ridge. I feel like I have 7 large marbles under my skin. My most painful incision is on the right but I think it is where my gallbladder was removed during the operation.

Left side is where the heavy equipment goes through and they really tork on our muscles-this is how my surgeon explained it. The area was hard for a bit for me too and I figured it was scar tissue as this can happen after surgery. It has since become normal and no longer hard.

I have the hard little bumps around all of my incisions too but just keep an eye on it and get it checked out if it continues to hurt. Someone else had the same thing going on on this board ( I can't remember who) and it turned out to be something serious. Be aware and make sure you get checked out if it doesn't start to feel better soon! Might be worth a call to your surgeon anyway.

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I have the hard little bumps around all of my incisions too but just keep an eye on it and get it checked out if it continues to hurt. Someone else had the same thing going on on this board ( I can't remember who) and it turned out to be something serious. Be aware and make sure you get checked out if it doesn't start to feel better soon! Might be worth a call to your surgeon anyway.

I go the drs tomorrow anyway and i'll have him check it

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Well it turned out the night i posted that i woke up in the middle of tge might with a thick pink fluid all over it was an infection!

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