What can split open your stomach?

To those medically inclined vets:

When I get full I sneeze or cough. This is new since starting soft foods after surgery (yesterday). I hold my stomach when I do it, but can something like that split open my internal incisions? Maybe I'm being paranoid but I just want to do everything I can to avoid complications.

Thanks!

It's not likely to happen but it can be painful.  Try holding a pillow to your stomach.

Make sure you don't hold your sneezes inside you.  I used to do that.  Since the surgery, I take that deep breathe and sneeze out into a tissue.  Needless to say, take a tissue with you to the table with your food - it's there if you need it.

Nah...I dry heaved for ten minutes after surgery and it did nothing but hurt me. THey did not seemed worried about it either. 

yes it will hurt. i used to hold a pillow to my tummy. and no you wont rip or tear. just painful. sometimes when i sneeze i still hurt. im 11 weeks post op ds'er. i thought by now the pain would be gone.  good luck!!

Also listen to these signs that you ate too much.  I still can get a vagal nerve reaction, sneezing mostly and I am happy because it reminds me that I cannot eat as much as I think I can.  I have been pretty successful at avoidinig this because I really hate it and will not overeat to avoid it.

It hurts, yeah.

~Becky