Question:
Felt great up until 3 weeks post-op. Reached for something and since then, my

abdomen feels worse than after surgery. I now feel as if my insides are falling out. I was told I probably pulled an abdominal muscle. Also, my incision is starting to sink in a bit and the sides of my incision are still swollen. Anybody else experience anything like this? I did call the dr. They're the ones who told me I probably pulled a muscle.    — Donna106 (posted on July 16, 2003)

July 16, 2003
Hello. This same thing happen to me during my second week post-op. I bent over to pick up a sock and pulled a muscle. And I was doing great pain-wise before this. It was so bad, I couldn't hardly get in and out of the car for about a month afterward (you don't realize how much you use those muscles until they are hurting!). But it will feel better eventually. I am now 13 months post-op (VBG, down 105 pounds) and I don't believe I suffered any ill-effects from the pulled muscle, other than a lot of pain while it was healing. Best of luck on your journey to a new you!
   — KRISTI K.

July 16, 2003
The same thing happened to me after surgery, except that I was exerting myself in ummmmm a different kind of way. Anyway, the surgeon told me the same thing. He said it was probably a pulled muscle, even after examining me. It was not until I had lost down almost to goal that it was discovered that I had an incisional hernia. I had the same kind of indention that you mentioned in your post. After I had my tummy tuck/hernia repair, the surgeon said that I had about 4 hernias, the largest being the size of the top of a coke can. Please just be certain to keep a watch on it. I never had any pain after about the second week after the "pulled muscle" incident. Still, hernias are nothing to play with, and if you do indeed have one, it will need to be addressed at some point, even if you have no pain. You can read my profile for more details. Best of luck to you!
   — Lori B.