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I had my sleeve on 9/2. I go back to work tomorrow and I'm so worried it's too early because of this pulling pain. I can't completely stand straight and it's a pulling burning feeling also up and to the left slightly of my belly button. originally I thought it WAS my belly button and that maybe the incision was infected but all my incisions look great ( I have 8 total due to having my gallbladder removed AND a hiatal hernia fixed at the same time). To be honest, the pain started to increase on my second week and sometimes it's so bad I wanna cry. I'm a florist and this is going to really stunt my level of work even more so than I already anticipated :(

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I had my sleeve on 9/2. I go back to work tomorrow and I'm so worried it's too early because of this pulling pain. I can't completely stand straight and it's a pulling burning feeling also up and to the left slightly of my belly button. originally I thought it WAS my belly button and that maybe the incision was infected but all my incisions look great ( I have 8 total due to having my gallbladder removed AND a hiatal hernia fixed at the same time). To be honest, the pain started to increase on my second week and sometimes it's so bad I wanna cry. I'm a florist and this is going to really stunt my level of work even more so than I already anticipated :(

Hang in there! It'll get better. We are rooting for you!????????

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2 weeks out, same exact pain, just 2 inches left of the belly button. Sometimes it radiates even deeper almost to my back. I don't have a fever, rapid heart rate, abdominal pain or anything like that.

I have a feeling it happened because I have a nasty habit of stretching out in my bed when I wake up in the morning. I stretch my arms and legs out which causes my abdominal muscles to contract. I do it out of habit and have tried to stop myself from doing so but I am not too concerned to be honest. Sometimes the pain also comes with itchiness which makes me feel like it could be something to do with nerves reconnecting as well.

I have an appointment with a doctor less than a week from now and I will ask him and update my post!! Hopefully everything will be fine.

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I'm 4 days post op and I have the largest most painful incision to the right of my belly button. This is where they fed multiple instruments through. Im wearing a binding waist sincher that I got at the hospital and that seems to help.

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Hi, Iam 10 days post op and Iam feeling this numbness and burning kind of feeling on the inside of my stomach's left side.. Somewhere around the rib cage. Also I feel this pulling feeling on the left side. Please guide if anyone has an idea about this. Could it be a leak? Should I restrict my stomach's movement, or brisk walks?

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@@chavezmommy I have that dent too! Right where the burning/pulling pain is. I can't use my abdominal muscles on my right side at all :(

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I'm day 5 post-op, and am having horrific pain in the sutures to the right of my umbilicus, with it pulling with movement etc. My surgeon said there was a suture to the muscle layer... I'm praying it improves, because I'll be struggling to work with this.

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