Advice with coughing postop?

[Mommy25wife21 5]

I'm going to leave the hospital today, last night I cough for the first and it hurt so f**king never in my life have I f we leave pain like that. Any advice on how to get the mucus out without like I broke my stomach

[COnative 192]

I found the only way I could cough was to hug a pillow hard at the same time. It still is painful but at least it doesn't feel like your insides are going to come undone. It's tough because I believe your diaphragm is right behind the stomach and contracts when you cough. I just tried to keep in mind that I am not hurting anything by coughing so I just tried to get it over as quick as possible. Good Luck- it will soon get a lot easier.

[Lilu 65]

Yes Hug that pillow when you cough and when you sneeze. I try everything, but coughing was the only way to get that mucus out.

Good luck

[Mommy25wife21 5]

Thanks, when I cough I honestly felt like I broke my stomach. I Did try hugging the pillow but I don't think it was hard enough. I have mucus and I'm so afraid

[TheCurvyJones 721]

See if you can get some halls or Mucinex to thin the mucous. I've had the cough as well -from the trach tube-- and yes it hurts. The pillow helps!

[Holly5.3 423]

I also kept coughing and needed to expectorate (sorry -gross!). Def. hold a pillow to your stomach when you cough. The car ride home from hospital was brutal but it helped dislodge mucus. When I got home I was in so much pain anyways, I held my pillow and leaned across bathroom sink and coughed as hard as I could to get it up. It hurt like he'll, I was crying, but it worked! Reduced coughing snd the wheeze was gone. Good luck!

[TheCurvyJones 721]

You won't break anything. It just pills your muscles.