Question... In pain.

[Rochellevsg 38]

I am 19 days post op. Last night I blew my nose and felt a pop under my largest incision followed by pain. My incision is still sealed. I called my surgeon and he said it's probably muscle pain. He said take some pain meds, ice it, and if it starts to swell, bruise, or the pain gets worse to come in to the office next week. Well the pain is worse and i'm at work right now trying to push through it. My question is has this happened to anyone else and is this normal? Should I go to the emergency room or wait 3 more days and go see my surgeon? Again, my incisions are still sealed and there's no bruises or anything, but I am in some real pain. On a pain scale I'm 6/10.

[cjnorris 103]

Sorry...I think I would wait a few days. Do as your surgeon said..pain med, ice it. From time to time I had weird things happen and it was just part of the healing of surgery and a new stomach.

[Elode 8,093]

@@Rochellevsg trust your instincts! Your surgeon is going by what you told him not an examination so if you are in that much pain go get checked out to be safe! Just becaus you don't see anything on the outside it doesn't mean there's not something happening on the inside.

[able2cope 193]

I agree with @@Elode - better safe than sorry. Go get checked out.

[anahajara 16]

That's what doctors get the big money for....inconvenience. I would see him ftf asap or ER. I had issues with one of my incisions, always felt like it was ripping inside or something. I'm 3wks out and that spot still isn't closed (my fault for scab picking), but I use an abdominal binder to support my belly and that ripping feeling and it does wonders.

[sleevenv 483]

Exact same thing happened to me with a sneeze. Went to surgeon and he said it was just a tiny adhesion that was tight and the sneeze loosened it. Not a big deal in the healing spectrum, but hurt for two days.

[Rochellevsg 38]

Well I went ahead and went to the ER after I got off work. They gave me morphine for pain. They did a cat scan and blood work. They said my cat scan looked fine. They contacted my surgeon and I'll be going to see him Tuesday. Glad I went and everything is ok.

[sleevenv 483]

Peace of mind lets you sleep at night!