So I'm exactly 8 days out. Yesterday was great. I finally got all my Protein in and fluids! Major achievement for me! But today it was different.

Today, I've been experiencing soreness all over my abdomen for the first time. Not just at the incision sites. I've also noticed a bruise on the left side under my breast (near the stomach) ... The nurse practitioner said it was probably just old and appearing there... But I'm nervous if the two are related? Did anyone else experience something similar? I also have diarrhea but mostly it was yesterday and only once today. Any help would be appreciated!

Glad to hear you are on the mend. I had bruises show up for about 2 weeks after...but I tend to bruise easily.

Both seem normal in my experience. I didn't have a BM for days, and when I finally did it was followed by a day or two of diarrhea. I had some bruising at all but one of my incisions. Several days out the smallest one on the left side (not the largest sorest one) started spreading and getting very dark eggplant colored. Everything ended up healing just fine.