Pain Question

[jhood2005 17]

Ok I have a question, I am 3 weeks out, I had pain for the first few weeks on my left side by the big incision and in the middle one where your waist band is, well most of it subsided, I started back to work one week out, at one of my jobs doing housekeeping for a dialysis clinic, anyway, now at this point it hurts pretty bad again when I bend over, this am I couldn't even tie my shoes, when sitting or standing its just a slight pain but when I bend over it is something else, anyone experience this, first I thought it was trapped gas but I haven't had any gas pains and it's only in this one area, it's like i'm pinching something off when I bend over, I don't know

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

You likely are doing too much too soon. Ease off on things that involve bending and lifting anything over 10 lbs. If any of you incisions start oozing or feel hot to touch, contact your doctor ASAP.

[Miss Mac 6,261]

Did your doctor release you to do this kind of activity so soon? I am a retired hospital / hotel housekeeping manager and am well aware that there is a certain amount of thankless lifting, sweeping, mopping, furniture arranging, reaching, bending, bedwashing, and hauling linen and trash bags involved in what you do.

I was instructed to not lift anything over five pounds for the first six weeks. My largest incision near my navel was the sorest one for me also, and it needed more healing time than the other incisions. If there is some way you could get light duty for a couple of weeks, you might consider it.

[jhood2005 17]

Thank you all, right now doc has me on a 15 pound weight restriction, but yes the job does require a lot of sweeping, mopping, and bending, lots of bending, all my incisions look good they are all closed, staples were removed when I was one week out, no more steri strips, so will try to cut back on some things.