I had the gastric sleeve 6 days ago and while my pain has gotten way better then those first 2 days, I still am finding myself in quite a bit of pain, especially around my larger incision (where they removed my stomach) and just general abdominal pain. My doctor said that this was okay for me because my surgery took and extra 2 1/2 hours to complete because of a severe hiatal hernia, but I was curious about how everyone else's pain was after their surgery and how long till their pain went away.

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I'm 3 weeks and 2 days out and I'm still having pain on the left side. All my incisional pain was gone as soon as they removed my external staples on Day 7. My providers told me this pain I'm having now is normal because this side is where the muscle was cut, most of the instruments were in and that incision was the one the stomach was removed through. It also receives the most amount of suturing and is sutured very tightly to try to prevent hernias through the weakened abdominal wall. I'm not having actual incisional pain, it's all internal and at this point, it's mostly positional. However, everybody is different in this regard and my story might not be the same as someone else's.

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Edited May 8, 201610 yr by snokb04

Yes I'm having the same burning pain when I get up omg it hurts wish there was something i could take or do

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I am 7 days post op. My doctor called me today to see how i was doing and my concern was the pain in my left side also. He said that this particular area was where the most stretching and inserting instruments was done and what i was feeling was normal. I'm taking a pain killer and it helps immensely. I can't sleep on either side and I'm a side sleeper. Consequently m sleep is good until about 4 am. Then I get up for about an hour and then lie back down on the couch. I've tried proping with pillows (front and back) to sleep on my side but with no luck. I think the break in the night of getting up for an hour or so makes it tolerable to lie back down on my back. If that makes any sense. Everything my doctor and his have explained to me in this process has been spot on. So I know this is just one of those things I have to tough out. I was glad to know that what I was experiencing was normal and that nothing was wrong.

Oh my gosh, the sleeping on my back is killing me. I've slept on my stomach my entire life and it's been killing me to be on my back. But it's just to painful to even attempt to sleep on my side. I cannot wait till the pain gets better. I know it will be worth it in the end.

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