My dr gave me liquid hycet for recovery and I will be 4 days out tomorrow. Im still in so much pain that I'm taking it every 4 hours and waking up through the night to take it because the pain is so bad I can't sleep. Is this normal? I remember when I had my band placed I asked for additional meds, I see a different surgeon now and don't want to look like a druggie. I was told in the hospital that if I was still in pain to take liquid Tylenol. I would but the narcotics barely even help so I'm sure the Tylenol alone won't help. Ugh. This stinks! Post op pain sucks, I wish it would go away

Not much better. And I'm

Not sure why people keep saying my pain is from not moving around... I AM moving around. As much as I can, it just hurts terribly! I'm on day 4 and I am having such a hard time. In nursing school we were taught that a patient's pain is always what they say it is. No one can judge someone else's pain. It's just cruel to keep someone in pain like this. And for what reason? There isn't one! My first bariatric surgeon gave me a second round of pain meds after my lapband which wasn't nearly as invasive. My biggest fear with the sleeve was the pain, it seems like my worst nightmare is coming true.

I went through the same thing after having my gallbladder removed. I was in terrible pain, so much so that I couldn't even stand up straight. Everyone refused to give me more than three days of pain meds. I was I tears all the time because it hurt so bad. But hey, gallbladder removal is a easy surgery, right? According to the surgeon and my pcp people are feeling much better after only a couple days. Well I could barely stand up for almost two weeks before it got bearable.

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My dr gave me liquid hycet for recovery and I will be 4 days out tomorrow. Im still in so much pain that I'm taking it every 4 hours and waking up through the night to take it because the pain is so bad I can't sleep. Is this normal? I remember when I had my band placed I asked for additional meds, I see a different surgeon now and don't want to look like a druggie. I was told in the hospital that if I was still in pain to take liquid Tylenol. I would but the narcotics barely even help so I'm sure the Tylenol alone won't help. Ugh. This stinks! Post op pain sucks, I wish it would go away

When I had surgery I was still invert much pain up til about 3 weeks...if ur still in that much pain continue with ur pain meds..and walk slowly and take it easy. This is what helped me...I'm now 5 weeks and doing great!

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