Hi, my husband had gastric bypass surgery on June 26. Even though it was done laparoscopically, the surgeon left a two inch incision open on his left side. We have been changing the dressing, etc. and yesterday he had his 10 day post-op appointment. She is sending out a home health nurse finally to help us with the wound because she says it should be packed and changed daily (we were just covering it; nobody told us anything about packing it when he left the hospital!).
Anyway for the past two days he is having bad cramping pain on the left side, under the incision. The doctor said it was normal, but he's hurting pretty bad. We had to get more narcotic medicine so he could have some relief. My question is, is this kind of pain normal nearly two weeks after surgery? What is it, and will it get better? He does not have infection according to the surgeon, and he is getting enough Fluid and Protein drinks are going down ok; he has had bowel movements, all else is well except this bad cramping pain.
We are going to ask the home health nurse when she gets here but just wondered if anyone else had been through something like this. Also we can't understand why the surgeon left this one wound open; we weren't warned about that and were shocked afterward. >:-( Any input, we would be extremely grateful.
