Pain! Help

[anna9/15 93]

I am one week sleeved today, yay. Im noticing that there is one incision site (im assuming its the one they pulled every thing out of ) is in alot of pain when I move, should i be concerned or is this normal for the healing process?

Edited September 22, 2015 by anna9/15

[Bufflehead 6,358]

I think that's pretty normal, but if it continues to bother you, check with your surgeon. I have seen a lot of posts here that describe what you are talking about and it seems to happen to a lot of people. I had a lot of pain at the incision site where my drain was for 2-3 weeks after surgery. I was just careful with movement to limit the pain and eventually it went away. Good luck to you!

[anna9/15 93]

I figured its normal but never hurts to ask, im using a heating pad right now to ease some pain, i just didn't see anything in the paper work about incisions other than make sure they arent oozing. ..

[IncredibleShrinkingMan 437]

Until I was about three weeks out, I had pain at the drain site, but after the first week, it only hurt when I coughed or sneezed (I had the good fortune of catching a cold promptly upon leaving the hospital). They tried to show me some trick that I completely didn't get the hang of in which you sit upright in a certain position and hold a cushion to your drain site to absorb some of the Jerky movement. It didn't seem to help so I just decided to wait it out. My personal experience, now seven weeks out, is that the pain goes away right at about three weeks, but a slight concavity right around the former drain site remains. It doesn't seem to be getting smaller, even as my abdominal area does.

[anna9/15 93]

surprisingly my drain site and other incisions dont hurt only this one

[ttdish 315]

Do you have pain meds? Or even Tylenol? No sense in being a hero and fighting through the pain, that's what the meds are for I definitely had one spot on my left side (actually a little below an incision) that has been giving me trouble. I'm just over three weeks out, and the last two days have been the first days when I've been almost completely pain free.

Good luck, and I hope you feel better soon!

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[anna9/15 93]

I do they weren't working, i live close to the surgeon he allowed me to come and get some stronger medicine, totally apart of the healing phase..just dont deal with pain well (im a big baby) lol

[slvarltx 332]

Big incision site hurt pretty badly for seven days, a lot less the next 5, and then gone around day 14

[HeidiA 31]

The big incision is usually the site where they pull the stomach through and that causes a good deal of trams, pain, swelling and bruising; the stomach is pretty big, so that incision site usually takes the longest to heal and hurts the most.

[anna9/15 93]

Wow thanks for the visual, makes total sense