Pain after surgery

Hi everyone I'm sure this was asked millions of times. But I'm on my iPad and for some reason I can't search old posts. My laptop is wiped out from a virus  I know everyone deals with pain differently. Some may not have pain. But I have a zero threshold for pain and I'm freaking out. What was your experience afterwards. Thanks for taking the time to read my post.

I felt like I'd done about a thousand sit-ups. It was an ache more than a stabbing pain. BUT, when I tried to roll over in the bed? OH, MAN.... PAIN. That is why they give us the GOOD meds :)

I had Dilaudid in my PCA pump for the first 24 hours after surgery.  I think I have a fairly high pain threshold but after I left recovery, I felt AMAZING.  Until they took the PCA pump away, then I just felt ok.  They gave me roxicet (liquid percocet) every 4 hours, and sent me home with 75 mL of it (the dose is 5-10 mL every 4-6 hours).  I had plenty left over. 

My abdomen started hurting pretty bad late on the second day.  I told the head surgeon I felt like I got run over; he said norally people told him they felt like they'd been in a knife fight.  It was not as bad as my c-sections as far as pain level (for instance coughing was more scary than painful). 

Pain-wise, this one was a breeze! You'll get pain meds right out of recovery. I got Dilaudid and Demerol for a few hours, which kept me pretty drowsy. After that, I was off them and onto oral pain meds and walking the halls. I did have some cramping and burning in my incisions a few days post-op which Tylenol and muscle relaxants helped. It was more annoying than anything. The first night home, I felt a little 'odd' in the belly when I turned over, but it didn't keep me from sleeping.

I've had worse pain stubbing my damn toe, honestly.

I thought I had a high pain tolerance. I've had 2 c-sections which were nothing. This surgery surprised me with how painful it was, and I just went of my prescription dialaudid yesterday. I'm just taking Tylenol now and am doing well. I had mine done a week ago today. I will say sleeping still sucks because I like sleeping on my side and that is not possible right now. So my nights have been pretty rough.

Thanks for your comment. Oh dear I'm a side sleeper and stomach sleeper :(. I could never sleep on my back. I'm hoping it's not painful for me. It's the afterwards I get really sick from the stuff they use to put you to sleep. Glad things are getting better. 

After release from hospital day after surgery......I took one pain pill from the script the surgeon gave me. 

I felt pain for a minute or two when I was semi awake in the recovery room and after I woke up in my room I never felt pain again.  I used a pain pump for another day in the hospital and the next day moved to ibuprofen.  By the time I was discharged I was not taking anything.  Good luck.

Are you sure it was ibuprofen?  Just asking because I was under the impression ibuprofen, like naproxen, was an NSAID which bariatric patients can't take any more.  I wish I could, since i have plantar fasciitis that doesn't respond well to acetominophen. 

I read that you can take NSAID with the gastric sleeve where the gastric bypass you can't. This just what I read.