Hernia Repair During Surgery

[rayanne 283]

I had one too the pain it the shoulder was bad get up and walk even if you really don t want to my husband made me getup every two to three hours per doctors instructions it does help abit. it will slowly go away I chewed up tums alot.

[yelorz 9]

I had hernia repair also with my lap band surgery. After the surgery, Dr. Fox said that I would need to have a second surgery to remove one stitch from the hernia repair. So two surgeries in one day. Needless to say, for the first two weeks I wanted to die. I'm finally back to work after four weeks. Didn't expect anything like this. But I'm doing well now. May need to have my first fill next week. 31 pounds down so far, so I can't complain too much.

[☠carolinagirl☠ 18,721]

hey yel

what did you do with the handling of the pain? i am going back to work tomorrow and dreading it because of the intense pain/ache in my left shoulder/neck. does it get better??

[yelorz 9]

I took pain pills from Friday to Wednesday. I never had much pain in my shoulder, but I had a lot of pain in my stomach and chest area and also my abdomen (probably from gas). I can relate to the chest pain when taking a deep breath. Are you coughing any? It would hurt like h*** when I coughed - from my chest to my abdomen.

It DOES get better. Trust me. If you only had your surgery on June 6, it's probably going to take a couple weeks before you start feeling better, but you WILL start feeling better. Good luck to you!

[NWgirl 574]

I did not have a hernia repair, but experienced serious left shoulder/neck gas pains from about day 4 to 8 or 9. I used a heating pad and walked a lot, but I think it's one of those things the body has to get rid of at its own pace (unfortunately).