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Hi, I’m 7 weeks post op and for three days my stomach hurts. I had zero gas of pain since surgery until now.

When I breathe in, it feels like a stitch. I can feel a tension but feels just a stitch.

Is this gas pain??

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7 hours ago, lottie2021 said:

Hi, I’m 7 weeks post op and for three days my stomach hurts. I had zero gas of pain since surgery until now.

When I breathe in, it feels like a stitch. I can feel a tension but feels just a stitch.

Is this gas pain??

What is a stitch? LOL

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A stitch is like a crampy spasm that runs down your side. I used to get them when I ran (well that jogging thing I used to pretend to do). Best way to alleviate them is to stretch the muscle (raise the arm on the stitch side, stretch it out) & breathe slowly & deeply into the stretch.

Wouldn't be surgical gas pain this far out from your surgery @lottie2021 but you could have excess digestive gas. When I had a abdominal scan at 9 months out I was apparently full of digestive gas though I wasn’t at all windy or bloated so 🤷🏻‍♀️. Maybe try some gas-X or similar - won’t hurt.

Some surgeons use a long tethering stitch so it could be that pulling a bit as it’s dissolving.

Guve your medical team a call to be sure.

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Thank you!!

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12 hours ago, Arabesque said:

A stitch is like a crampy spasm that runs down your side. I used to get them when I ran (well that jogging thing I used to pretend to do). Best way to alleviate them is to stretch the muscle (raise the arm on the stitch side, stretch it out) & breathe slowly & deeply into the stretch.

Wouldn't be surgical gas pain this far out from your surgery @lottie2021 but you could have excess digestive gas. When I had a abdominal scan at 9 months out I was apparently full of digestive gas though I wasn’t at all windy or bloated so 🤷🏻‍♀️. Maybe try some gas-X or similar - won’t hurt.

Some surgeons use a long tethering stitch so it could be that pulling a bit as it’s dissolving.

Guve your medical team a call to be sure.

TY for clearing that up. I have never heard of a cramp being called a stitch before.

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It actually just feels like a sharp pain. Like something is stretching as I breathe in, really bad when I eat and when I drink I can feel and hear it gurgling around.

It feels like something is restricted and pulling.

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