Severe left side pain directly after surgery?

[DavidAndRebecca 0]

So my wife had VSG surgery yesterday 7/14/21 afternoon. She immediately had excruciating pain (on the left side incision where the stomach was pulled out) when getting out of or in the hospital bed, sitting on the toilet or standing up. Pain so bad she is screaming and crying from it. Can't even scoot back into a chair without crying out in pain.

We are still in the hospital, she is on as much pain meds as they can give her so she is knocked out most of the time. The nurse and surgeon say this pain is completely normal.

I have read alot of the groups where many say VSG surgery is less painful than a C-section. My wife has been through 2 C-sections and a emergency appendectomy with no problem at all, she has a pretty high pain tolerance.

I say all this to ask is this normal? Anyone here have this pain level immediately?

[Girlfriday70 26]

I has surgery yesterday and my pain in on right side for drain tube. I had exact symptoms as her but today they removed the tube and the pressure released. I had out patient so last night was a doozie. But I'm slowly getting back to me.


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[Bluebonnetgirl 63]

On 7/15/2021 at 4:22 PM, DavidAndRebecca said:

So my wife had VSG surgery yesterday 7/14/21 afternoon. She immediately had excruciating pain (on the left side incision where the stomach was pulled out) when getting out of or in the hospital bed, sitting on the toilet or standing up. Pain so bad she is screaming and crying from it. Can't even scoot back into a chair without crying out in pain.

We are still in the hospital, she is on as much pain meds as they can give her so she is knocked out most of the time. The nurse and surgeon say this pain is completely normal.

I have read alot of the groups where many say VSG surgery is less painful than a C-section. My wife has been through 2 C-sections and a emergency appendectomy with no problem at all, she has a pretty high pain tolerance.

I say all this to ask is this normal? Anyone here have this pain level immediately?

Yes, I had/have the same thing. I woke up in the recovery room and that was the first thing I was saying. It has gotten better (I am on day three).

My doctor says it's normal and will resolve in a few days.

[DavidAndRebecca 0]

Yes, I had/have the same thing. I woke up in the recovery room and that was the first thing I was saying. It has gotten better (I am on day three).
My doctor says it's normal and will resolve in a few days.

We are about on the same timeline. My wife's pain is somewhat better as well.

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[Bluebonnetgirl 63]

3 minutes ago, DavidAndRebecca said:

We are about on the same timeline. My wife's pain is somewhat better as well.

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I am so glad she is feeling better. Looking forward to seeing/hearing about her journey.

[Monique1123 28]

I had surgery on the same day . The pain is in the same exact spot and in the mornings are the worse assuming it’s cause I haven’t moved all night . I’m having my first Pre-op appointment tomorrow and planned on asking if this level of pain is normal from that incision but I guess it is . The incision is super sore and that exact location feels super hard when I touch around it . I hope it goes away soon because it’s affecting literally everything move i make .Especially when caring for my 4 year old 😞

[Bluebonnetgirl 63]

19 hours ago, Monique1123 said:

I had surgery on the same day . The pain is in the same exact spot and in the mornings are the worse assuming it’s cause I haven’t moved all night . I’m having my first Pre-op appointment tomorrow and planned on asking if this level of pain is normal from that incision but I guess it is . The incision is super sore and that exact location feels super hard when I touch around it . I hope it goes away soon because it’s affecting literally everything move i make .Especially when caring for my 4 year old 😞

I am still having the pain also. I think it's better and then wham. Waves and waves of it. I walk and move as much as possible. Ready for that part to be gone.

[Christina Phillips 9]

I had the bypass on June 14th. Ohhh I know exactly how she feels though. I was in so much pain all I could do is cry but yet that hurt too lol I however don't deal with pain well. I was miserable till probably almost 3 weeks. Walking a little bit each day really did help though..well in a weird way lol it hurt yet felt good lol. I so had nooo support from my husband so trust me just be patient with her and be as helpful as possible. Worrying about her and posting this is how it should be. That's awesome of you! Just help her as much as possible. Make her foods etc well when she starts pureed and stuff. Good luck to you both:)

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