Someone please help!!I left the hospital yesterday at 5:00 pm and around 10:00 pm all the pain kicked in.Why did I not read about how painful this process was I had no idea it was going to be this painful of a recovery . Seriously please tell me it gets better I am having major regret and I'm not trying to freak anyone out but this is no joke I feel so horrible.

*Post op

It will get significantly better each day. By day 4 I was not even taking any more pain meds. By day 10, feeling great. If you don't notice significant improvement with pain by day 4 or 5, you should reach out to your doctor. Also, if you have a fever, can't keep anything down, or are short of breath, you should reach out to your doctor. What pain meds were you sent home with?

It will get significantly better each day. By day 4 I was not even taking any more pain meds. By day 10, feeling great. If you don't notice significant improvement with pain by day 4 or 5, you should reach out to your doctor. Also, if you have a fever, can't keep anything down, or are short of breath, you should reach out to your doctor. What pain meds were you sent home with?

He sent me home with a written prescription for oxycodone but we couldn't fill it because my insurance didn't cover it so I ended up taking Tylenol with codine that didn't work.i have a high pain tolerance so it's hard to find meds that help me with pain.this is unbearable.

If those are gas pains, you need to walk walk and then walk some more. Everybody says it but it's important. You can use gasex strips. They help.


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If those are gas pains, you need to walk walk and then walk some more. Everybody says it but it's important. You can use gasex strips. They help.


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I forgot about the gas x strips thank you for reminding me!

It DEFINITELY get better. I'm two weeks post op. And definitely feeling better compared to that very beginning. Hang in. Your only two days in. It gets better !!!!

Days 1 and 2 post-op were horrible for me. But, by Day 3, I started to rebound. Part of that was getting back into the world and walking outside rather than up and down the halls of my building. By my one-week post-op appointment with the surgeon's team, I was in pretty decent shape. Fatigue was an issue for 2 months, though.

The bottom line is that it will get better. Hang in there!