I'm 7 days post op and after I drink or even just randomly I get this very painful wave of stomach pangs that feels like my stomach is in spasm. Is this normal for people to experience? Has anyone found anything that helps?

I can’t remember if i experienced it (too long ago) but I do know some people do. It’s like muscle spasms? Think it occurs simply because the tummy is a muscle & it spasms as a result of the surgery, being so sensitive & then the healing of the tummy muscle & the cut nerves. Some say it happens after drinking very cold or very hot drinks & others say it happens randomly.

After surgery, I would have spasms when trying to take in cold or cool drinks. Everything had to be warm or room temperature. 10 months post-op, and I can drink cold things again.

14 hours ago, TwinkleToes87 said:

I'm 7 days post op and after I drink or even just randomly I get this very painful wave of stomach pangs that feels like my stomach is in spasm. Is this normal for people to experience? Has anyone found anything that helps?

Same happened to me immediately post op but I don’t remember thinking about it after a month, so it did go away. I also believe it was from drinking cold things during that period. As mentioned above, stick to warmer fluids to see if that helps.

Edited June 13, 20242 yr by GreenTealael

Thank you so much! Glad that it’s temporary too! :)