Horrible Abdominal Pain

[Animallover77357 0]

I am almost 5 weeks post op and have a horrible pain on my left side. Def feels to be in the muscle like a strain or something. I did take battery of tractor but was fine until hours later when I laughed for 2 hours with a friend of mine. Dr sppt 1030 tomorrow. Anyone else have this?

[Lissa 2,631]

Lots of us have some abdominal pain on the left or right side a few weeks out. I'm not sure what causes it exactly, possibly healing/dissolving of internal stitches? Ask your doc about it at your appointment, but it's probably nothing. Of course, if you have a fever, bleeding, or the pain is super bad, call your doc or head to the ER.

[Animallover77357 0]

No fever or anything that makes me fearful of a leak just a really painful muscle pain. It does seem to be very near an insetion site.

[Lissa 2,631]

There are definitely some internal stitches near the largest incision site. You probably pulled it some with changing the battery and then laughing like crazy today. I had mysterious pains here and there, but everything was okay. I'm betting it will be the same for you!

Good luck and keep us posted!

[Animallover77357 0]

Yo

[Animallover77357 0]

Yup tore an internal stitch. Keep a heating pad on it and go on about my aftercare. Great news.