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OK I am 1 day shy of being 1 week post-op. I having this horrible pain that starts from one side of my chest and goes to the other end of my chest. It kinda feels like it is a little under my ribs but im not totally sure.

I do know that it is a little under my breast. For a few seconds its really bad and then it eases up a little then right back to hurting bad. Today is the first day this has happened. Can someone please advice me on what this is. Is it gas pains or what?

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Being as you are only one week post-op, that could really be anything- your port settling in, gas, pain from the muscles in your stomach healing. I would call your surgeon just to see what he/she says, but I wouldn't panic just yet :(

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I'm so glad you're feeling better. My surgery is scheduled for Tuesday - 8/26 and I've been reading a lot about the gas pain. It sounds like what I went through after a hernia repair. Nobody warned me about it and I thought I was having a heart attack the first time I stood up.

Pretty scarry but it passed within a couple of hours. I'm having Dr. Lopez Corvala at Hospital Angeles in TJ. Ishi is my facilitator - she's so encouraging. I'll be back in a few days.........

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