I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing this? I'm one week out and I have the worst pain lower left of my belly button. It's a searing pain that feels like something is ripping. I normally tolerate pain very well, but once this pain catches it stops me in my tracks. If so how long did this lay before you felt better??? Everything else is perfect.

I have had the same pain. I am three and a half weeks out and it is starting to ease. My surgeons office explained that it is likely due to nerves that were cut or otherwise damaged during surgery. But if I were you I would check with my surgeon just to make sure everything is ok.

Edited September 20, 201510 yr by stillmeonlysmaller

Same here. Nerves that were cut and sewn creating pain that will ease in a few weeks. In the mean time what has helped me:

Hot and cold packs

Pain killers

Gabapentin (not sure about spelling) but it's a nerve blocker

Thanks ladies it's so helpful to hear that there are others and it's normal. If there were stiches, I think I pulled them. I felt them pop and after that the pain was much worse. I asked the nurse at my one week appointment and she said it was probably some pain from the muscle. I'm out of my meds and she advised that normally they only use Tylenol after the first week. I accepted that at the time, but it's much worse now than it was before my appointment on Thursday.

I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing this? I'm one week out and I have the worst pain lower left of my belly button. It's a searing pain that feels like something is ripping. I normally tolerate pain very well, but once this pain catches it stops me in my tracks. If so how long did this lay before you felt better??? Everything else is perfect.

I had the same pain. It would wake me up out of a dead sleep. I thought I was just being a sissy to the pain. Due to my mother's wishes, I went to the emergency room, had a CT scan, and everything looked normal. Two days later, they went in for and emergency diagnostic surgery. It turned out that part of my intestine that was trying to heal decided to begin to stricture around the rest of my intestine and cause a serious blockage. I pray that this isn't what you're going through. If it doesn't start to feel better, please be safe rather than sorry and go to the doctor.

My bypass surgery was on the third. Emergency surgery was on the seventh. I finally got to go home on the sixteenth.

Omgosh I'm glad you're ok now! I've rested, rested, felt a few things go pop, and in feel think I'm finally on the road to healing. Everything has been moving through the system if ya know what I mean fingers crossed that there's no blockages! Hope you heal quickly and start to see results of all your hard work and pain!

I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing this? I'm one week out and I have the worst pain lower left of my belly button. It's a searing pain that feels like something is ripping. I normally tolerate pain very well, but once this pain catches it stops me in my tracks. If so how long did this lay before you felt better??? Everything else is perfect.

2 weeks then it was GONE. I know exactly what you are feeling. The pain would paralyze me. It was AWEFUL. but once the 3rd week hit it was gone and I could sleep on my sides and stomach too. First 2 weeks back only. Hang in there

Thank you I had a little pity party for myself on Sunday! Myself told to shut up and rest lmao.

• I totally had this pain. It scared the crap out of me. I thought I pulled or ripped sutures or something. The nurse told me it was totally normal. It was always a sharp stitch-like-cramp that would shoot towards my belly button and my back (on left side only) but as soon as she said that it was because the majority of the surgery happened on my left side it totally made sense. She said nerves, muscles, tissue etc etc got cut too that and that it will take longer to heal on that side.
• She also pointed out that the reason I wasn`t feeling it week 1 was because I had some good pain killers haha
• it just dawned on me while reading this post that I haven`t had that pain for like 4 days now! whoop whoop!!!
• now, if only my number 2`s would smarten up (or harden up...!) and I would start feeling more energy and less lightheaded and dizzy... I can get going on this journey!

good luck to you and let`s do this!

Heather