Painful Scar

[Star1221 270]

I have had the most perfect recovery after surgery. I can tolerate all liquids, every food I've been allowed to try, mild exercise, and have had no pain... Until today. Suddenly my large scar (the one the stomach was taken out of) is hurting from the inside. It's a stabbing pain and it's not all the time. The outside is fine. No redness nor heat. Any ideas or similar stories?

[Wheetsin 714]

How far are you post op? There are internal sutures, one of them could be doing something. You could also be getting tender as scar itssue forms. I know both of these were issues for me when I had my last surgery (before sleeve). I had an infected incision once, but it was definitely not a stabbing pain, and had heat/discooration (not redness really - more brownish gray, like a really deep old bruise).

[Star1221 270]

I'm just over 3 weeks post op. No leakage. Never did. This just came on at around noon today. Before I ate.

[Wheetsin 714]

Hmm, not sure. But unless you're howing signs of infection or rejection, the standard advice is to give it a week or so. The incisions can definitely feel fine for a while, then just start hurting out of nowhere. That's happened to me with both my band and sleeve surgeries. With my sleeve I felt great for about 3 weeks, then my right side incision literally out of the blue starting almost twitching. Weird, and painful. Unless it shows signs of something being wrong I just assume it's part of whatever it's doing to heal.

Of course if the pain is severe or intolerable, call. But if it's just noticeable or annoying, it's probably not a big deal.

[Vsglass 17]

I have had the most perfect recovery after surgery. I can tolerate all liquids' date=' every food I've been allowed to try, mild exercise, and have had no pain... Until today. Suddenly my large scar (the one the stomach was taken out of) is hurting from the inside. It's a stabbing pain and it's not all the time. The outside is fine. No redness nor heat. Any ideas or similar stories?[/quote']

I was sleeved on 26th April. On Thursday, exactly 2weeks post-op, I had exactly the same thing. I had had no problem with any scars except some tightness/tenderness in the largest, left hand scar up to that point. On Thursday I suddenly got a stabbing pain in the area of the scar but it felt internal. I had it off & on all day Thursday but woke up this morning and it had gone. I'm assuming it's the healing process and my "inards" are getting back to normal and less numb/swollen. Hopefully you'll be the same as me and the pain will subside as quickly as it started:)

[Star1221 270]

Thank you wheetsin and vsglass, I'm sure it's ok. I think I may have over did it at the gym today. Not lifting or pulling... Just jiggling a little too much lol. Wasn't thinking about that. 4.5 miles an hour on a treadmill for forty minutes may be the culprit lol.