Pain 1 week post op

loridawn16701

My stomach was taken through an incision on the right. Last night mid sleep I awoke with stabbing pains on my left side rib cage area. It keeps coming and going! Is the normal???

jcavanna2

I would call your doctor - that doesn't seem normal to me. I would expect some pain but not like that

carpe_vinum

That is definitely NOT OK. Call your surgeon or head to the ER. Have you been having gas pain?

Tristaan

I thought gas, but you say it keeps coming and going. Call the surgeons office just to be sure. If it's gas, a walk will help.

metalmaiden63217

I had a lot of pain afterwards, and it was due to not using the breathing aspiration thingy. They said I had air trapped. But definitely get checked out because it could be a number of things. Better safe than sorry

Wonderwomanvik

I went through this post op. Unfortunately some people experience this as a side effect. It will go away. Mine took nearly three months. But, going through that pain motivated me to stick to my diet plan because I wanted the pain to be for a reason. To this day, when I remember the post op pain, I am able to reaffirm that I need to stay true to my plan so the pain wasn't in vain...
Having said that, you should follow up with your surgeon so they can confirm it isn't something serious.