Awful Side Pain
on 7/13/16 5:47 am
After flip-flopping back and forth for months, I had RNY on July 7. Everything went well and I only stayed 2 nights in the hospital. But now I have a lot of pain on my right side that it hurts to breathe. I called the doctor and they said it is a normal side effect. Has anyone else had this pain and if so, how long did it last? I'm not walking like I should be because of this. Thanks!
you are not even a week out- your left and right side will hurt. sometimes my right hurt more and I had more bruising there also.
it also hurt bad when I tried to sleep- couldn't get comfortable. i slept in recliner or propped up in bed.
HW 305 SW 278 Surgery weight 225 GW 160 LW: 118.8
RNY 12/15/2015,
GB removal 09/2016,
Twisted bowel/hernia repair 08/2017
M1 Dec 2015-13.0, M2-7.0, M3-14.5, M4-9.4, M5-7.1, M6 9.8, M7-7.6 ,M8- 7.6, M-9 5.5, M10-6.4, M11- 2.2, M12 Dec 2016- 5.8
After flip-flopping back and forth for months, I had RNY on July 7. Everything went well and I only stayed 2 nights in the hospital. But now I have a lot of pain on my right side that it hurts to breathe. I called the doctor and they said it is a normal side effect. Has anyone else had this pain and if so, how long did it last? I'm not walking like I should be because of this. Thanks!
this is typical incision pain a week after surgery. Are you taking your pain pills?
I have been taking my pain meds but not on a regular basis like when I first got home. I need to get back on that schedule. I thought I could try to go without them for longer stretches of time.
yes it might be too early to space them out of you are having terrible pain,where you can't breathe.
I know the pain you are talking about. Mine was on the left side and it scared me but I called the Dr and they said it was normal. I'm 5 weeks out today and I've had a pain in my left side all day. You kinda get used to the aches and pains. I've heard you start to feel really good at month 4. Stay strong I know how hard those first couple weeks were for me.
