How Much Pain Did You Have?

[Mell 38]

I read alot on here before my surgery, and it seemed to me that most people didn't have that much pain.i know everyone is different, but I am really uncomfortable. Just wondering how everyone else was affected.

[Wheetsin 714]

When I first woke up I rated my pain a 6. This was my 4th abdominal lap procedure and 2nd Wls and I had never previously rated my pain above a 3.

The procedure itself did not cause that much pain. I was a revision and my surgeon had to work some scar tissue magic. I was also given morphine instead I'd diluted. Morphine doesn't do much for me. And most of the pain came from the infamous access incision.

[Wheetsin 714]

sorry for typos, tiny ipAd keyboard and autocorrect.

[ReeTee 14]

I had some pain i breathed thru it once the morphine stopped working after three hours

[ReeTee 14]

Maybe like a 6 ill tie it with the amount of my menstraual cramps. I just slid out the bed slept in a recliner took maybe a week for pain to leave

[weight_no_longer 64]

I'd rate the pain about a 6 also. I found the gas pain to be worse than the incision pain. I just wanted to sleep the first day & night & have slowly felt a bit better each day. im one week post-op today . Best of luck with your surgery - you will do fine

[madisonPA 29]

I didnt have much pain (maybe a 2) but the nausea was THE worst. I was on 3 nausea meds.

[Mell 38]

The incision pain is the worst where they took the stomach out. I guess it is about a six, I just was getting worried since it seemed like I was having more pain than I should, but I guess I'm right where everyone else was. its hard to get comfortable cuz I can't lay on my side, it hurts to much. but whats more uncomfortable is this gas pain I think. Ugh I'm so bloated and it feels like it's never gona move.

[Ready4success 380]

I found the pain to be much worse than my last 2 lap surgeries. The incision where they pull the stomach out of was a like a burning, fiery pain. I had never felt that before. Also, the nausea and vomiting caused me to be very sore in my neck, shoulders, and back. The gas pain has been minimal. I was given IV Tylenol every 8 hrs, so I never touched the dilaudid pump. I'm somewhat of a minimalist, so I just dealt with the pain. There's no real way to get any rest in the hospital, so once I slept off the anesthesia, I used that time for walking the floor. Hope you feel better.

[Mell 38]

Ifeel for you,i absolutely hate feeling nauseous. I haven't been nauseated at all, thankfully.

[bigjoe102 232]

My only pain came from the gas or air they pumped in to make sure nothing leaked. Other than that it was pretty painless.

[Trcyprkr70 69]

I didnt need any pain meds after the first day & a half. I had the most pain right after surgery. Like others have said I rate my first day about a six.

[thedogsmommy 16]

My surgery was three days ago. I came home yesterday and the nausea was horrible I threw up before I got zofran. Lots of pain.I don't regret the surgery. Its funny how different we all do. Having a hard time drinking anything at all. Hopefully that gets better today.

[soha 29]

The gas pain is the worst, I was going nuts.

After I was discharged from the hospital I could not sleep or sit or anything until I got some medication for gas. It was a chewable over the counter thing and it made hell of a difference.

I did not need any pain killer or anything else really.

[iggychic 1,405]

On a one to ten I was initially at a 12 to 14. When I broke my arm I was a six if that tells you how I felt. I've been there for the first five days and now on Valium I've dropped to a six. I am one week out