Severe Pain - Need Advice

ElizaP
on 7/12/17 8:43 am

Hi Everyone,

I had my RNY surgery on June 19th and have been home for three weeks today. In all honesty, I have had a really easy recovery. My pain was not bad at all and eating has been much better than expected.

Last Friday, I noticed that my main incision was looking a little infected. They cut off the remaining surgical glue in the office, put me on antibiotics, and sent me on my way. The infection cleared up quickly, but I began having severe pain in the area around my incision. It is definitely muscular feeling, but so much worse than anything I experienced after surgery. It is a stabbing pain. I have literally done nothing but rest since last Friday

When I went in to be seen about this yesterday, I was told that I am just constipated (which, wowzers! I sure was). So last night, I was finally able to get some relief from constipation, but today, the pain around my incision is SO MUCH WORSE! I can barely move. It is 100% worse than my pain in the hospital or even when I came home.

I am really concerned that something is wrong, but also aware that maybe straining to poop could have possibly cause this. It's just so confusing, because after surgery, I never rated my pain higher than a 3 when I move wrong today, I would easily rate this pain a 7.

Any advice?

Thank you for taking the time to read all of that!

yvranx42
on 7/12/17 10:05 am

VSG on 02/01/17

If you're in that much pain, I would say you need to get your doctor involved right away, again. I know you were just there yesterday, but they need to know what is going on so they can help.

(deactivated member)
on 7/12/17 10:30 am, edited 7/12/17 7:40 am

RNY on 04/18/17

Sorry.

White Dove
on 7/12/17 10:31 am - Warren, OH

RNY on 10/16/07

That kind of pain is not normal. Get back to the doctor.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

ElizaP
on 7/12/17 11:19 am

Thank you. :)

Sparklekitty, Science-Loving Derby Hag
on 7/12/17 10:58 am

RNY on 08/05/19

"Severe pain" should be treated by a doctor, not random strangers on the Internet.

Call your surgeon's office ASAP.

Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!

ElizaP
on 7/12/17 11:18 am

Thanks. I posted while waiting for the office to return my call, hoping that someone might have experienced the something similar. I definitely wasn't looking for a crowd-sourced diagnosis.

Gwen M.
on 7/12/17 3:11 pm

VSG on 03/13/14

I hope that, by this point, you have heard from your surgeon!

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