Incision Pain

[Jnfinney 514]

40 minutes ago, Taiye said:

Thank you. Also that’s good to hear you are pain free. What stage are in as for as food?

I am still on liquids 😩 hoping my dietician will advance me to purées next Tuesday when I see her. My surgeon has a pretty strict plan: 2 weeks liquid after surgery, 2 weeks purées, 2 weeks soft foods, then regular food. It is unheard of that my surgeon advanced people any sooner than that.

[Taiye 1]

Yea every doctors are different. Just started purée today and felt like heaven, my nausea is finally gone.

[BeckyTx 3]

Since that’s the incision where our stomach was taken out of , it’s more tender. But I’ve noticed the more walking I do the less soreness or pain I feel, although not completely gone.

[Shava 6]

I'm 7 weeks out, the big incision still sore as it heals. I usually take Tylenol if is night time. When it happens on day time I lay flat or stand up, I'm fortunate to have a stand-up desk now that I'm working from home, it helps to ease the discomfort.

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[Incredibleshrinkiningkiley 23]

I’m 9 days out and really struggling with pain. I had an incident with TMI pooping today and now my stomach is in so much pain it feels like every move I make I might pass out from pain.

[skinny_me_1970 8]

I also had a lot of pain in the main incision above my belly button- that is where they remove the unneeded stomach and do most of the movement during the surgery. I ended up getting a hematoma. I was fine until 12 days after the surgery my incision opened slightly and lots of old blood starting coming out - it didn’t stop bleeding for over a week. Now my incision is fine and healing well. Sorry if too much TMI but I had no idea that it could happen but I guess it does occur. If the pain gets to be too much - contact your doctor to make sure all is well. Best of luck!

[skinny_me_1970 8]

Just to give an idea of the hematoma

[MissyG133 4]

I wouldn’t worry too much, yours look better than mine do as long as they’re not opening or bleeding or pussing they’re healing from the inside

[Greendragonfly 110]

Ive heard ( havent hd my surgery yet) that the incision that hurts the most is the one they removed the stomach from. Perhaps thats why its the worst 🤷🏻‍♀️ . Good luck with. your journey

[Arimi 9]

Same! The right sided one where they pulled out my stomach hurt the most. My surgeon said that incision is, I don’t recall if he said sutured or stapled, but abdominal wall requires closure to avoid a hernia. Even 3 weeks post if I twisted a certain way I would feel a sharp pain. The abdominal binder helped a lot, I slept in a recliner chair because I couldn’t bend enough to get in/out of bed. I set my watch alarm for every 6 hours to remind me to take Tylenol in a timely manner for 3 days. My surgery was 3/17–no pain now for weeks. Just wish I would have had surgery sooner because I feel so good now!! Hang in there.