Question:
Burning to the left of my incision scared..

I hAVE BURNIGN to the left of my incision, it stated after a big verbal argument, what could this be. I have a doc app. in 2 days I will ask then should I call him now?    — Sheila E. (posted on November 28, 2001)

November 27, 2001
I have had the same problem. Scared me to death. It was not a hernia, which I feared, but adhesions. As long as it is burning and not pain, you can probably wait until your appointment. My adhesions come & go as scar tissue forms and heals and the process continues. Mine are a little worse than most because I had some complications. I am 3 1/2 months post op from original surgery, 3 months from followup surgery. Try massaging the area - that helped me. Also a little heat helped. Good luck!
   — mskarns

November 27, 2001
Its probably nothing, I had those burning hurting come and go while things healed. It takes time to feel better. Try to take the long look at things, short term having surgery is stressful and anthestics can do a job on our minds and odies. Just try to take it easy in the mean time.
   — bob-haller

November 28, 2001
I had the same burning sensation just to the right of my incision next to my belly button. It would get progressively more painful as the day wore on. But by the time I was 8 or 9 weeks post-op, the burning pulling senation was gone. I attribute it to scar tissue forming during the healing process.
   — artistmama

November 30, 2001
Pain on the left side is really really common around the 3rd week post-op and a few weeks after. Do ask your Dr., but it is probably normal and one of those things I wished someone had warned me about when I was a newbie 'cause it is scary.
   — blank first name B.