3 weeks out and still pain? Ok?

[Raven21 121]

Surgery was 3 weeks ago and I'm doing great. Except I still wake up every morning with a deep pain on the left side. I can feel it other times if I sit too long or stretch wrong. Is that where my modified stomach is, or just healing muscle tissue? Should I be concerned or is it normal?

[sm8705 41]

I'm also just about 3 weeks out and one of my incisions still hurt more than any, the best way to describe it is it feels like razor blades trying to come out of that one spot! I told my doctor and he said its normal to still feel pain and just take Tylenol.

[gingerRN 81]

I'm 3 weeks tomorrow, and I hurt at my waist on both sides . I had a hiatal hernia repair too. Hurts to take a deep breath.

[Mary6013 6]

My doctor said that the pain/soreness on he left side is normal. There is a lot of stretching that goes on with the muscles when they pull the stomach out. My left side just bothers me when I sleep. Hope you feel better soon.

Have u talked to your doctor about it just to be sure? I am 14 days post op and mine feels better and not as bad.

[Biellita165 28]

I'm almost 4 weeks out. I don't feel pain but I do feel discomfort.

[Rico 55]

Very normal. After 4 weeks you'll feel fine

[rholt35 32]

Today I am 3 weeks out from my surgery I went to the doctor last week and he said I was healing just fine well this morning I was touching one of my stiches from the surgery and it felt kind of hard like a lump . I had my husband look at it he said every thing looks fine but it feels hard to me I am getting worried it is the scar on the right side . It does not look red or infected I do no know what is going on or am I worrying to much .

[ShyV. 32]

Today I am 3 weeks out from my surgery I went to the doctor last week and he said I was healing just fine well this morning I was touching one of my stiches from the surgery and it felt kind of hard like a lump . I had my husband look at it he said every thing looks fine but it feels hard to me I am getting worried it is the scar on the right side . It does not look red or infected I do no know what is going on or am I worrying to much .

I have the same thing. My middle incision feels hard. Just like yours, not red or infected, just feels like a brick.

[Mason 122]

Surgery was 3 weeks ago and I'm doing great. Except I still wake up every morning with a deep pain on the left side. I can feel it other times if I sit too long or stretch wrong.

Honestly, I don't think you can make a proper differential diagnosis based on the personal experiences of other patients. What concerns me is that you are indicating the presence of "deep pain" while stationary. I'm not a physician but I don't think that's normal: some discomfort, minor tenderness, some residual swelling at the incision sites, yes... but "deep pain" while remaining still?

You need to call your surgeon. Not that this should or will necessarily inform you about what you are experiencing but I was relatively pain free from the day of surgery while remaining stationary. The only time I felt any pain or discomfort at all was when I tried to move or get out of bed and that only lasted for four days post-op. By the fifth day, I was completely free of any discomfort.

Call your doctor, just to be sure.