Big pain in one incision on day 3 post op

[Juniper123 26]

I’m on day three from having a revision surgery to take out my lapband, fix a hiatal hernia, and have a gastric bypass.

I’m doing decently except for when I try to stand up from my bed or my sofa, the big incision on the right middle of my torso hurts like crazy. Burns, stings, sharp pain — more than just “sore” like the other incisions. It takes my breath away. I’m guessing this big incision is where my surgeon took out the port from the lapband and did most of the work, since it’s the biggest and most painful one by far.

I don’t remember having one incision be this painful after my two other laparoscopic surgeries (appendectomy and lap band).

Anyone else have something like this post surgery where one incision is far, far more painful than the others? If so, how long until the intense pain went away for you?

[kcuster83 1,502]

I had bypass with hernia repair and esophagus repair and "trimming". I had 1 incision that was larger and more painful than the rest but not to the point of taking my breath away. It just took longer to heal and hurt a little more than the rest of them.

[liveaboard15 1,292]

i had 1 incision that was extremely painful compared to the others. That one took a while to feel normal. The rest never really hurt. Surgeon said that one incision is the one where they pulled out the part of the stomach. its larger than the rest too

[Juniper123 26]

42 minutes ago, liveaboard15 said:

i had 1 incision that was extremely painful compared to the others. That one took a while to feel normal. The rest never really hurt. Surgeon said that one incision is the one where they pulled out the part of the stomach. its larger than the rest too

Any recollection of how long your bigger incision was painful for?

[ShoppGirl 3,340]

I didn’t have that pain but if you search incision pain on this site there are over 17k posts about it. You may be able to find someone who has already posted what you are looking for if you do a search.

[liveaboard15 1,292]

5 hours ago, Juniper123 said:

Any recollection of how long your bigger incision was painful for?

about a month.

[Arabesque 6,442]

Yep, that will be the one they used to remove part of your tummy & use the most during the surgery. It’s usually the slightly larger incision, cause more discomfort & take the longest to heal. How long will depend on how you heal. You had three surgeries in one so you had quite a workout & may take longer to heal & recover.