Help! I'm on fire!!!!

[slimandhealthy09 0]

I have a nerve or something at least 5 inches from any incision, that if I bend or move the wrong way, feels like someone is holding a candle flame to my stomach!!! OUCH! It's hard to pick things up off the floor or move the wrong way. I was gonna mention it to the doc at 2 weeks post op, but it seemed to be calming down, but now it's HOT again! Any similar stories or pain. I am three weeks post op.:w00t:

[Jodi_620 37]

Is there an acutal fever (hot to the touch) or just nerve sensitivity?

Nerve sensitivity is normal. I had it bad between weeks 2 and 4. The internal sutures holding the port and tubing in place have been stitched to muscle and nerve in your abdominal wall and as it heals you can get a lot of sensitivity. Just the touch of light clothing was painful.

But if there is actual fever there and it is hot to the touch then call your surgeon that could mean that you've developed an infection.

[susan1961 0]

The pain related to my port was just like that- it extended out inches from the port, toward the actual band, and had a real burning/tearing quality that was different from the incision pain. They dissect through the tissues to run the port tubing, and then tack things down, so it didn't surprise me. I just took meds (initially Vicodin, after that tylenol) and in a few weeks it was gone.

[slimandhealthy09 0]

Thanks for the information. No fever or anything like that, just a fire burning sensation if I move the wrong way. Good Work on your weight loss!!!! WAY TO GO!

[slimandhealthy09 0]

Thanks for the information, it is helpful to ask others. I will try over the counter stuff. I've been off the pain killers after day two. To much to do! No time to rest! But, I apprecaite your response.