16 Days Post Gastric Sleeve Surgery And In Pain

[aprilisabrat 0]

I am 16 days post op and haven't had much pain past the first three days. All of the sudden when I move a certain way I get a pain around the far left incision. The incision looks good and there is no swelling. Has this happened to anyone else? Any ideas on what it might be?

[jasleeve 440]

maybe the weather? i know sometimes the weather made my gall bladder incisions would hurt. did you scratch it? is it red?

I am 16 days post op and haven't had much pain past the first three days. All of the sudden when I move a certain way I get a pain around the far left incision. The incision looks good and there is no swelling. Has this happened to anyone else? Any ideas on what it might be?

[aprilisabrat 0]

maybe the weather? i know sometimes the weather made my gall bladder incisions would hurt. did you scratch it? is it red?

I didn't scratch it and it isn't red. The pain seems to be inside rather than outside. It is only when I move a certain way.

[jasleeve 440]

inside? oh thats weird! could it be ur period?

I didn't scratch it and it isn't red. The pain seems to be inside rather than outside. It is only when I move a certain way.

[Lauraann 11]

It may be the main incision they did the most work thru. Thats how it was for one of my incisions.

Laura

[Lissa 2,631]

Some people do have pain at the main incision site. Because of all the activity that happens there (biggest instruments in, stomach removed through that hole), that incision is often the last to heal and it sometimes hurts. Mine also had a drain in it that took extra time to heal, and it sometimes ached, although it wasn't really "pain".

Good luck with your journey!!

[UXgrrl 29]

Once I really started trying to move around & exercise a bit (in my 2nd week) I was having a lot of internal pain in my left rectus abdominis muscle. It was my 2nd largest incision and it was healing fine; it was the first scab to fall off, in fact.

Anyway, I was having a deep dull ache in that muscle that happened every time I tried to sit up or roll over in bed, when I got on my knees to look under the couch, laughed or coughed. Basically, any time I was using my stomach muscles. It was really annoying, and I spent a few nights with my heating pad, but it did go away eventually.

Incidentally, I noticed that muscle was twitching quite a bit the first few days after surgery. Kind of like how your eyelid twitches sometimes. Clearly something traumatized it. I read through my surgical report when it came in the mail and it sounds like my stomach was removed through my largest incision, which was almost directly midline over my belly button, not the one on my far left side which has been having the hardest time healing, which many people say they had their stomach removed through.

Your pain sounds muscular in origin. As long as you aren't having other problems, like your incisions are red or hot and you're not running a fever or having other signs of infection or a leak, you're probably fine. Don't forget that your muscles have sutures in them as well and are healing. Try a heating pad or something else warm for a few days, and take it easy.

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

My left incision site was always giving me some pain. It was not red, swollen, or hot. It was healing at it's own rate and when I over did it, It would hurt alot. It lasted for aroun 5 to 6 weeks and haven't had any problems with it since. It's healed just fine.

[EmSchrams 12]

I am 20 days post op and I have the same thing surrounding the area of my biggest incision. Not all the time, but usually towards the end of the day after I have walked and done all my other stuff throughout the day. It always feels tight like a muscle cramp...I know it's my body's way of saying I had a long day since I have no other symptoms... hopefully it is just part of the healing process, and we are both on our way!! Hope it all goes well, and let me know how it turns out!!

[thebionicbroad 127]

Sounds like adhesions. As scar tissue forms, it pulls on other tissue, and can impinge nerves. Means that you are healing. My sleeve was my 6th abdominal surgery.