Muscle tightening

I had a LBL with anchor cut on April 16th of this year.  I had belly muscles tightened also.  I am still sore in the stomach muscle area. When I sneeze or cough it is pretty painful can anyone tell me how long this lasts. I know everyone is different but just a general ideal wondering if something might not be just right?  I have pretty good pain tolerance,I only took the pain med for less than a week.  Please feel free to comment. Thanks.

Had my tt done in mid march and still hate the idea of a sneeze.
They aren't as bad now but when I feel it about to happen I try to hold my lower muscle with both hands to lessen the stress on it

Thanks so much for the rely. Have you been able to really start exercising yet? do you still swell? Do you feel like you have a string tried around your hips and waist that are tied to tight?

Hi there- I'm almost 4 wks out from my lbl. I had the muscle repair, also. I was cleared to start exercising at week 2 for 10 min. of cardio. I'm up to 30 min. a day now of cardio, and I go at it hard, although I still don't hop or jump like I did presurgery. I feel like my heart rate is just now starting to get up where I want it to be for exercise. My dr. also says I can't do any core work (due to the muscle repair) for 6 months. That includes abs, planks, and push-ups.

Have you been able to start your exercising yet? If so, have you found anything that particularly painful to do yet? 

I had mine April 16th I have been walking but that is all. It hurts me really bad to cough or heaven for bid I sneeze it hurts so bad. I have a hard time getting out of bed by myself sometimes getting out of a chair is really bad too.  I don't feel like I am much of a wimp on most things but this has sure shut me down.  Do you feel like you have a string tied around your hips and it is pulled tight? just wondering thanks for the reply

Yes, there is a tightness around my hips, but I seem not to be noticing it as much this week. I have had some sneezing spells that I thought would be the end of me. That's been the worst for me so far. Listen to your body. If you're still hurting, you don't want to pu**** and make it worse. Walking is good as it keeps you moving. Hope your pain lessens soon!

No issue with swelling and I'm starting really slow with returning to exercise. I feel as it still hurts to sneeze everything inside isn't finished healing
No issue with feelings other than feeling my bones more
My one hip gets sore as my incision ends on each side

I had my LBL on April 22nd. He did ab muscle tightening and butt auto-augmentation. My ab muscles are still a little tender to touch and some days are worse than others, especially if I've been very active. When they get too sore I try to take it easy for a few days. You DO sound like you are in a lot more pain than I am. I see you are a RNY'er so you aren't supposed to take any NSAIDs but you might want to ask your PS about trying them for a few days. My PS told me to take them when the stitch up near my breastbone was so tender.

I DO still grab my belly if I sneeze but it's not real bad pain, just more of an ouch and then it's gone.

As to a string around the hips, I feel like I'm wearing a butt pack on my backside but I figure that's the auto-aug. Also, my hip muscles are very tender and the skin is very tight and feels kind of funny but I think that's normal.

PS: I still swell every day by the afternoon and notice that the numb areas get much larger when the swelling is up. When it's down I have almost all of my feeling beck, just not under the belly button area, but when I'm swollen my butt and thigh skin go numb too.