Pain?

I was on pain meds for the first 4-6 hours. After that I was golden. I was easily back at work on day 8.

Very little pain at all. I took nothing stronger than regularge tylenol and was only in the hospital one night. No problems whatsoever.

It varies from person to person.  I read replies like these before my surgery and was all prepared to bounce right back and be feeling good a few days after surgery. 

In the hospital, they'd always ask my pain level on a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being the worst pain you've ever felt).  I was pretty consistently at a 3 or 4 and feeling OK at home too.  Until a week after surgery and now the past few days I'm in a quite a bit more pain than that. I cope by resting a lot in whatever position I can manage.  It's not fun but it's not the end of the world.  I am sure I'll heal up eventually.   I got super nauseated last night and I'd rather the the pain than the nausea!

Don't be afraid though -- in the hospital they'll probably give you Dilaudid on a self-serve button (hydromorphine) and you'll be fine.  They'll likely send you home with a small amount of oxycontin or some other narcotic to take as needed if you are still hurting.  Unless you have complications, your pain will be manageable.

people are all across the board on this, but I think I can fairly say that the majority of us experienced little to no pain. The only pain I felt was sore abs, which felt like I'd done 500 crunches.  It only bothered me when I was transitioning in and out of bed.  Otherwise, if I was just lying there, I didn't feel any pain.

I thought the pain was horrible!  When I was in recovery they couldn't get my pain under control, I was a 7 out of 10.  I am not a weenie when it comes to pain either.  I had a c-section about 2 years earlier and that was easy as could be, I stopped pain meds after 12 hours.  RNY was my 3rd abdominal surgery so that likely contributed to the pain from the scar tissue from previous surgeries. I also had my lap band removed and they said that they couldn't get the port out so they had to cut muscle out.  I'm 9 weeks out and that area is still tender.  I took my pain mess for 4 days after RNY and I could have benefited from a few more days.  

oh my goodness you poor thing! Hope you get to feeling better soon. ?

Easy...there's drugs for that

The worst pain for me was the gas pain I felt in my shoulder. It felt as if someone hit me as hard as they could with a hammer. Dilaudid definitely helped take the edge off while I was in the hospital. That pain lasted for about 2 days. Once I went home, the gas pain was gone. When I got home, I laid down and took a 6 hour nap. When I woke up, I felt as if I had the flu; body aches, extreme fatigue, tender skin. But I knew that was normal because my body was responding to the surgery. I got up after my nap, drank some fluids, and took a B12 vitamin; then I went back to bed. When I woke up the next day, I felt absolutely no pain. The pain just disappeared completely. I couldn't believe that I went from feeling like I had been beaten up in an alley, to feeling no pain at all. 

I was not afraid before the surgery. But that is normal for me. I'm not afraid of much. Some people tell me that's not a good thing, haha. 

This surgery was so much easier than I expected.