Struggling to walk with pain in my side

[Jeaniered 183]

Hi, I had sleeve 5 days ago and felt that I was doing great, but once the hospital drugs wore off and I went home the pain in my left side has got so bad that I dread walking. How long should I expect it to last?

[Dimples58 167]

I would definitely contact ER or your doctor regarding this pain in your left side. When I was discharged from the hospital I was pain free. I had soreness around my incision only.

[hmills653 365]

Is it gas pain? Is it new from what you were having in the hospital? Off course you want to walk but this early out they don't expect anything major, I was told to walk around the house every hour then as I felt better get out and walk around the block and build it up as you feel better.

[Jeaniered 183]

Spoke to my nurse who said it is normal and all is ok and it's the wound in my stomach plus the stitches that are giving me the pain. I was hoping it would start to ease up by now. Not really having a problem with gas that I can't control. Thanks.

[tfarr 270]

Gas, I remember that feeling oh so well.
I'm 2.5 years post op

[JoyandLight 42]

I took OxyContin for at least a week after surgery. Seemed like everyone made recovery sound like a breeze, but I was in a lot of pain.