2 days in and I'm in so much pain... I had to take anti nauseous medication... Deep breaths hurt

Pain is much better. I coughed today without pain. I only took 2 Percocet all of yesterday and so far none today. I keep reminding myself that it's only been 5 days since surgery.

Hey guys use a pillow to hold over your abdomen when you cough. It is crucial that you do cough turn and deep breathe to prevent pmeumonia! It gets better I promise! Walking as much as you can will relieve the gas pains too! Good luck guys! I'm three weeks out and 2nd day back at work. Extremely tired!

Edited February 23, 201610 yr by mBig

Today is postop Day 2 for me. I came home about 4 PM yesterday. Honestly I was more comfortable in the hospital. I started getting the foamies yesterday afternoon. Two areas of pain - my big incision, and my esophagus. Esophageal pain is the worst, I had a hiatal hernia repair. My liquid pain meds are vile, and they hurt going down.

Not passing any gas yet, just lots of burping. I know this is temporaty, and that today and tomorrow will probably be my most uncomfortable. I'm sipping on my Water though it makes the pain worse. I had my AM omeprazole, now for the Zofran. I'll try pain meds after that.

I'm on day 3, and I have been experiencing issues of regrets like "why can't I drink the required amount of fluid". I'm very grateful for the comments of stay the course because it gets better.

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I'm only 3 weeks out. By day 5 it's very different. Hang in there. I just had real food. It gets bettee

Day 2 was the worst for me, all the gas and cramping that was there to be had showed up that morning after surgery. Day 3 was much better, I was able to skip pain meds except at bedtime. I'm on day 4 now and another step better than the previous day, things have been far simpler since I figured out that warm liquids go down easier than cold ones
I finally took my gas-pacing outside and did a mile today, at the current pace tomorrow is looking good.