Tenderness when pressing on tummy

[auntiemel 275]

I know I can make myself crazy diagnosing myself with things so I will ask here...

Anyone else notice tenderness when pressing on tummy about 12 days post op?

I haven't taken any pain meds for 2 days now and don't know it that was masking it.

I pressed lightly over the area where hiatal hernia would have been repaired and it is definitely tender, not excruciating, but I wouldn't want to be punched there

[MichiganChic 3,262]

That's normal. It takes a good six weeks to heal. Stop pressing on it

[auntiemel 275]

Haha! If it hurts don't touch it, right. I freak myself out and think "oh no it's a leak" or something like that. I think the first 11 days I was still numb. Even some of my incisions were still numb up until today. Now my tummy is waking up or something...nerve regeneration.

[auntiemel 275]

I also think my weight loss has my fat belly sitting in different spots now...can't wait til my beach ball belly is gone

[Bob2013 326]

I had slight tenderness many weeks out.

[auntiemel 275]

I just now realized I have an incision there...so I'm thinking the culprit has been found lol

[finediva 979]

Of course there is tenderness and soreness. They took a knife and cut you open. While the outside may look healed and maybe the tapes have fallen off, the layers inside of you is not.

[mick 99]

I have not noticed any soreness since my release from the hospital. My wife's dogs jump right in the middle of my stomach every time I lay down. No pain, just uncomfortable when they want lay on me.