Tell me about that 1st full day you were home

Angie4b1g · January 5, 2008

Thanks everyone for your candor. It's good to see the varying degrees of pain so I can go in with an open mind!

CandiOPanda · January 6, 2008

i am now 1o days out, still having a lot of incisional pain where the port is, i still burp a lot and that is a whole new definition of pain at times.......i had to miss the last two days of work due to being weak, but am eating more.
one week out i was down 11 lbs!

so we forge ahead!

I am also 10 days out and having a lot of incision pain where the port is I'm glad to relieved to hear I'm not the only one. I wonder if this is common? I was starting to get really worried. I'm still burping a lot, too but the gas is not nearly as bad as it was 5 days ago, thank God. I thought I was going to explode!

gkeyt · January 6, 2008

Hmm, I was very different than most of the posters here. I stayed overnight in the hospital, but stopped using the pain medicine in the hospital because it made me itchy and I didn't really need it. I was up walking a lot in the hospital. My first full day home was the day after my surgery, I got home early afternoon and had tons of energy. The worst day for me was post op day 4, I felt achy and really bloated. But overall I'd say my pain was minimal and it helped to walk. I did spend a lot of time on the couch when I wasn't walking around, and I got tired pretty easily for the first few days. I ended up taking about 4 doses of the lortab before I gave up on that and just took Tylenol. But pain was not a big issue for me, hopefully it won't be for you either. HTH.

candy8360 · January 7, 2008

I had a lot of redness around my incision port and around the Christmas holiday was unable to get in touch with my doctor and was worrying myself sick. I was over analysing, and telling myself, "What if it is infected", and "What if your body is rejecting the port", and "What if they have to take it out?"

I finally got back to the doctor's office the day after Christmas. He did say it was redder than usual, but it was not anything to worry about, and that I looked fine. He gave me 5 days of antibiotic, and the redness degree went down a lot. It still has not completely gone away, and when I went for my fill last thursday he said it still had some redness, but it was not infection. Mostly inflammation and my body just has to get used to it. He still gave me my fill and did not seem overly concerned. Believe me, I have slept SO much better since then, and haven't been worried like I was.

Just get in touch with your doctor if it persists and find out for sure your circumstances. Everybody can react differently, and only the doctor can say what needs to happen, but don't lose sleep over it and worry too much like I did!!! You need your energy.

candy8360 · January 7, 2008

I had a lot of redness around my incision port and around the Christmas holiday was unable to get in touch with my doctor and was worrying myself sick. I was over analysing, and telling myself, "What if it is infected", and "What if your body is rejecting the port", and "What if they have to take it out?"

I finally got back to the doctor's office the day after Christmas. He did say it was redder than usual, but it was not anything to worry about, and that I looked fine. He gave me 5 days of antibiotic, and the redness degree went down a lot. It still has not completely gone away, and when I went for my fill last thursday he said it still had some redness, but it was not infection. Mostly inflammation and my body just has to get used to it. He still gave me my fill and did not seem overly concerned. Believe me, I have slept SO much better since then, and haven't been worried like I was.

Just get in touch with your doctor if it persists and find out for sure your circumstances. Everybody can react differently, and only the doctor can say what needs to happen, but don't lose sleep over it and worry too much like I did!!! You need your energy.