What Day After Surgery Was Your Worst?

[McCormick4062 7]

Mine is today, 3rd day after 10/15 surgery. I came home yesterday at 2:30 pm. As long as I was in the hospital, getting morphine, fluids, aceteminiphen drip, nausea shots and walking a lot I felt decent. I passed a lot of gas by burping and did walk about 3 - 4 times per day the day of the surgery and the day after. The nausea started last night. I got some meds for that and have to take it before I can take the Loratab. The nausea meds only give me about a 2 hour window without nausea to get some Proteins in. I am drinking sips of Water even when nauseous.

[terry1118 1,274]

4th and 5th. For me, those days were the worst for glass pains.

[TurnThePage 220]

Please call your doctor and ask for different, better nausea meds. You need to be able to drink you Water and Protein shakes.

Take good care of yourself!

[oldoneyoungagain 200]

For me, I think it was about the third day, then a breeze since. The most discomfort I had was pulling myself forward in my recliner to get up. I finally switched to my other recliner which is a lift recliner, then all things settled down. Only problem I am having now is that I can't eat things like deli meat which is on my list to try, so I eat like tuna salad, chicken salad, egg salad, Wendy's chilli, cottage cheese, string cheese, sf puddings, and I can eat crackers with the chilli and T & C salads, but limited. Anything that is moist goes down quite well and stays. Otherwise, I slime and then it comes up. Uck.

[BBdoodle 483]

Immediately after surgery, I guess the first 24 hours were bad and that was just due to the pain, I had no nausea or anything like that just pain. I walked a lot which helped with the gas too !!! After the first 24 hours each hour after that I got better and better

[xiomara8868 101]

As soon as I woke up from surgery to the next 2 days were horribleeee

[mzshay35 215]

As soon as i woke up from surgery and the next few days

Mz Shay

[klovey92 9]

I just got home from the hospital yesterday (my surgery was 10/15). I'd have to say that the first 24hrs were by far the worst. I didn't understand the pain, and not being able to make myself become comfortable in any position really messed with me. The nausea wasn't too bad, but definitely there.

[missysue 127]

My nausea was the worst right after waking up. My pain was the worst right after they took me off of the pain pump. I was miserable. I was all good tho by day 3

[Jen_Bach 9]

I didn't really have any pain. I was uncomfortable like I had just done some major workout and my back and stomach muscles were the target. However that got better by day 3. Also I was really only feeling sick the day after surgery... and now when I take my pills. It passes quickly though! I will be 4 weeks out Monday!

[bloreorbust 286]

The 2nd day after surgery. I had been able to sleep a few hours that night without all the beeping of the machines (still in the hospital but out of the ICU). So I hadn't pressed my pain meds button while I was sleeping. When I woke up I was in so much pain I couldn't move. I had to press the button every 10 minutes for the next hour to get the pain down enough to get up and go use the bathroom.