Hi all,

I'm exactly one week post-op and yesterday I had my first follow-up and got my staples removed. I was told at the doctor's office that sometimes people experience an increase in abdominal pain after they get their staples out, because they start to move more freely and pull at the incision sites a bit more. So far I haven't had any trouble at all with abdominal pain since I got the staples out, but I have had very noticeable lower back pain that I never experienced at any point after surgery up til now.

Is this common as well when people are just starting to increase their mobility more? I'm thinking it's just common muscle ache from not having stretched that area as much in the last week, but part of me is worried somehow that it's something more.

Hi all,
I'm exactly one week post-op and yesterday I had my first follow-up and got my staples removed. I was told at the doctor's office that sometimes people experience an increase in abdominal pain after they get their staples out, because they start to move more freely and pull at the incision sites a bit more. So far I haven't had any trouble at all with abdominal pain since I got the staples out, but I have had very noticeable lower back pain that I never experienced at any point after surgery up til now.
Is this common as well when people are just starting to increase their mobility more? I'm thinking it's just common muscle ache from not having stretched that area as much in the last week, but part of me is worried somehow that it's something more.

I had some extreme lower back pain and then middle back pain for about 4 Weeks after surgery. I'm 7 months out on the 22nd. I think for me it may have been laying on the narrow flat surface of the operating table. It went away on it's own. It was weird.

17 minutes ago, Hrsnjs said:

I had some extreme lower back pain and then middle back pain for about 4 Weeks after surgery. I'm 7 months out on the 22nd. I think for me it may have been laying on the narrow flat surface of the operating table. It went away on it's own. It was weird.

I actually did also sleep in my bed for the first time since surgery last night, instead of in a recliner, so that probably contributed to how bad the pain got.

I worried because the lower back ache started earlier in the day, very soon after getting the staples out, and was sharper at some times than at others even when I didn't feel like I was moving in ways that should strain anything.