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I am 7 days out Post Op and have pinching, stabbing lower left abdominal pain. It comes and goes and it isn't anywhere near the surgical site. Doc did a CT scan today and didn't see any signs of an abscess. Anyone else have experience with this?

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I had the same pain of my left side. The doctor said it was muscular..it went away around day 9 postop. The pain is really dull now...slightly sore, no more sharp jabbing pain. Walking helped...I think it may be a combination of gas and muscles being pulled during the procedure. Sometimes I would bend to the right or arch my back and it would subside.

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I'm 10 days post-op and I still have that pain. The doctor told me that since this was my second surgery that he had to remove some scar tissue so the pain that I feel normally lasts 5-10 days getting duller by day 4/5 but I will feel it for a few more days until my muscles inside heal.

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4 hours ago, lastchance_2018 said:

Thank you! I hope that's all it is. It doesn't seem to be getting any better.

I'm 16 Days Post-Op and my left side pain is really bad too. :( It's hard to bend down and get out of bed. I wonder if I over did it one day and pulled something? I'm sitting in my office chair with a heating pad on. I've read that it can take 4-5 weeks. We may just be a little slower to heal.

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I’m 4 day’s post op, yesterday when at the office having my drain removed the nurse made a note to tell me I may have sharp pains in my left side if I haven’t already. It’s due to the surgeon having tied down part of the stitches in the RNY. I can’t remember the exact wording.

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