chest pain! sleeved on 9/14, still in hospital

[ITSMEMRSJ 3]

Hey,

I'm still in the hospital should br getting out today,but I hve this horrible chest pain. My dr said is from my hiatal hernia repar

I thought it was my asthma flaring up at first but my chest from one side to the other is sore and my throat. Has anyone ever

experienced this. Aside from thi chest pain,my sutures feel fine and I've been up and walking around since yesterday. Thx!

[Lissa 2,631]

Congrats on being on the loser's bench!! Hopefully, the chest pain will resolve itself quickly. Good luck with getting out today, and you're doing a great job!

[ouroborous 519]

Keep your doctor informed of your pain levels, and especially any new symptoms.

Pain after the surgery is common, especially if it's coupled with a hiatal hernia repair. Quite often this exhibits as pain when taking a deep breath.

Consistent, worsening pain that radiates through to your back, inability to take a breath (not pain, but inability), vomiting, and high fever are the things to watch for; if you experience those symptoms, you need to rush to the doctor since you may have a staple line leak. But my guess is that you're just experiencing the normal pain from a VSG plus hernia repair.

It will get better!

Edit: I should mention that staying mobile (get up and walk around as much as you can) and sipping Water as much as possible will help you recover MUCH quicker.

[ITSMEMRSJ 3]

Thanks guys for the support and information. The dr is releasing me and wants me to follow up in two weeks. He's really confident that this pain stems from the hernia and I was dry heaving from that morphine drip. Uuuhhhhhh I'm so sore in my chest area even my jaw and teeth hurt. He left me some pain meds and some pepsid or something. Can't wait to get home, shower and get in my own bed

[mamamckinzie 92]

Hope you start to feel better soon!

[fern 195]

I dry heaved just after waking up too. That'll do a number on your chest muscles too!! I wouldn't be surprised if alot of your chest pain is from that too. Stay on your pain meds. That should help with that too. Yay for you to be sleeved!!!!

[Trina091311 0]

I was sleeved on the 13th. I had chest pain post op so bad I thought I was having a heart attack. Turned out that it was some gas bubbles and the hernia repair. I came home yesterday and am doing well except for a decent amount of pain in my largest incision.