Third day since surgery....

DonnaMaria
on 9/3/17 9:07 am

On Thursday I had a revision to the gastric bypass. I have now had the band, the sleeve and the bypass.

My question is, did anyone experience a lot of pain after the surgery? My surgery took an hour and a half so my husband feels they probably had to do a lot of manipulation.

I have six incisions and four of them are giving me searing pain.

Thanks for reading.

Donna

 

peachpie
on 9/3/17 10:15 am - Philadelphia, PA
RNY on 04/28/15

You had surgery, there will be pain. Pain is subjective- what is searing to you may be a dull ache to me. Are you taking pain meds?

of course there was ' a lot of manipulation' your intestines were rearranged. My surgery took a whole lot longer time wise (not a revision), so I'm not sure what the time frame has to do with it.

5'6.5" High weight:337 Lowest weight:193/31 BMI: Goal: 195-205/31-32 BMI

Librarian67
on 9/3/17 10:38 am
RNY on 02/28/17

Pain definitely varies by the person. I took my meds for the first few days whether I thought I needed them or not. It kept me more comfortable and I was able to walk more.

HW: 248+, SW (RNY: 2/28/17): 244, GW (10/17): 125; LW: 115; 45# regain (19-20); CW: 135.6; new goal: 135; Plastics: Ext mastopexy, Ext abdominoplasty-5/18/2018; diagnosed w/ gastroparesis 11/20.

Sylvia G.
on 9/3/17 1:19 pm
RNY on 07/26/17

My RNY took an hour and a half also. Of my 6 incisions, the bottom 2 on the left and the highest one were all so very painful! I found that wearing an abdominal binder helped a lot! Also, I used an icebag on the lower incisions. It gets better, but you've just undergone major surgery and need to heal. I decided to only focus on a few things...water, protein and walking. If I did only these 3 things and nothing else, fine.

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