It still hurts after 6 days......

[marfar7 1,528]

Alot more than I thought it would. And if I have to cough or sneeze - I'm in excruciating pain. If I'm perfectly still, I'm ok, but when I move around, I;m in pain. And my belly looks like someone kicked me. I've heard people on here that are fine the next day - I'm still taking the liquid vicodin and see no end in sight.

Am I unusual or does everyone have this much pain 6 days post - op?And you;d think it;d get better with each day, but it's about the same. Am I normal?

Blessings!

Marci

[k-baby 0]

Might be worth contacting your doctor? I was sore for a good two weeks but I could move around without any serious discomfort within 2-3 days. So I guess it depends how bad the pain is? No harm in checking with the doctor?

[RedBone Creole 4]

I agree see your provider. I was rid of my gas pains by day 3 but I walked like a mouse in a cage!

I take small sips & I take deep slow breaths.

I don't know why but I keep coughing & sneezing too.

It realy wierd... I hold my stomach & cough as deep and minimal as possible.

My incisions have some discomfort & I think over time my port will cause pain from what I have read but I feel pretty lucky since I would have to drive 2 hours & go back over the boarder if I experienced any problems...

I'm sure you be fine, stay active!

[bdbmamaw 0]

I ended up in the ER with a lot of pain that would double me over when I moved around. No pain at all if I was laying down and not moving. Found out I was dehydrated. They filled me up with fluids via IV and the next day I was pain free. I now make sure I get my 64 oz. of Water a day and I have been pain free since. It was hard drinking that much at first, but now I crave the water if I don't get enough. If you think you're not drinking enough, try upping your water intake to 64 oz. I noticed the difference by the next day. Hope you get to feeling better.

[Natman 0]

In some "lucky" cases (like mine) your surgeon will use a retractor to separate the liver from the stomach. I was injured playing sports as a kid so these two organs had become fused. The separation created pain that still hasn't gone away after almost 4 weeks...but is lessening each day. Felt great the day after surgery, but that was really before the drugs all wore off!

Everyone is a bit different as we all had slightly different experiences and different pain responses. Don't feel you need to suffer, though. Great advice there...contact your doctor!

Hope all is well soon!

[marfar7 1,528]

Thanks everyone. My doc is 3 hrs away, so unless I'm in unbearable pain, I'm not going in. But I did call them today - they told me to take warm showers, use the heating pad, continue with my pain meds and take it easy. I didn't do the treadmill today. I have no clue how people go back to work days after the surgery - I don't work so that helps. I've had 3 laparoscopies (infertility) before and they weren't this bad. The gas pains are pretty much gone, I'm just really sore now.

Thanks for the great ideas everyone! I'm glad I called my doc - the nurse said itwas normal to still be in discomfort after a week.

Blessings!

Marci

[crzytchr 3]

Thanks everyone. My doc is 3 hrs away, so unless I'm in unbearable pain, I'm not going in. But I did call them today - they told me to take warm showers, use the heating pad, continue with my pain meds and take it easy. I didn't do the treadmill today. I have no clue how people go back to work days after the surgery - I don't work so that helps. I've had 3 laparoscopies (infertility) before and they weren't this bad. The gas pains are pretty much gone, I'm just really sore now.

Thanks for the great ideas everyone! I'm glad I called my doc - the nurse said itwas normal to still be in discomfort after a week.

Blessings!

Marci

Everyone is different. I was one of them that still needed help getting out of bed if I was lying down until almost a week post op. I could go from sitting to standing without help, but not lying to sitting. It just hurt too much. BUT my gas pains were non-existent, so in that respect, I think I was lucky. Take it easy as long as you need to, but move as much as you can.