Waking up in pain after surgery

[MargoCL 677]

And thanks to everyone's responses I would much rather be prepared than surprised [emoji177]

I had surgery Monday. When I awoke, I wasn't in pain, but they gave me plenty of meds pre-op.

The worst is the port where they pull your stomach through. I have tightness and low to moderate pain (maybe a 3) the has pains haven't been bad either.

I was released at noon yesterday and haven't touched tylenol or the prescribed meds.

I've had some difficulty breathing, taking nice deep breaths, but they give you breathing treatments and a spirometer to get your lunch capacity and breathing. Useit, it helps with the post op coughs and sneezes. ,

[ChellNC 162]

My pain hasn't been excruciating thankfully. There's definitely some pain there but nothing terrifying. I am experiencing more pain than I had with my hysterectomy but these incisions are larger.

[kaleeshab 38]

I was in terrible pain afterwards. I kept asking myself why I did this and just fell back asleep from all the meds. This was my first surgery so maybe that’s why it hurt so much? My pain went down significantly the next day. By day three it was tolerable.

[FloweryNYC 7]

I've had 2 c-sections which I tolerated well and this (bypass) was nothing compared to that. I was sore but not excruciating-the hardest thing is getting up the 1st time when you don't know how much it will hurt. But walking is the best way to get on w/your recovery! It was slow going and grabbing onto the nurses hand to get up, but not horrible. Obviously everyone is different but being realistic and expecting some pain hopefully means you'll pleasantly surprise yourself. Be honest about your pain scale and speak up if the meds aren't helping. Good luck!