A few days post laparoscopy - how normal is this pain?
Posted , 3 users are following.
After a traumatic build up of weeks and several last minute emergencies taking precedence over my operation I was finally taken through to theatre at 4.30pm on Tuesday - been waiting from 7.30 and postponed by a week too.
The op went well - almost no bleeding the locum surgeon explained - just
0 likes, 6 replies
Tumtum1963
Posted
Tumtum1963
Posted
Today I woke a lot better - apart from a huge mouth ulcer under my top lip - which looks like someone's thumped me in the mouth- presumably where the overworked anaesthetist put a tube.
Since the op 2 days ago I'd been getting spasms of excruciating pain on and off - like cramp - just under my ribs. I'm terribly swollen and bloated and my pee is very slow despite drinking lots - however my four incisions are very neat with no sign of bleeding or infection.
After eating a light meal tonight the pain in my upper abdomen intensified to the point I could barely move without help. I'm in bed but can't get comfy and moving at all is like a kind of hell. I have rheumatoid arthritis so am used to pain and taking Tramadol slow release - they gave me Oramorph three times in hospital because I can't take NSAIDs which aggravate gastritis. I came home next morning and am not expected to go back - stiches are disolvable.
So what point should I go and see the GP or is this sharp and severe upper abdominal pain still quite normal in the 48 hours after surgery? Worried because it's Friday tomorrow and I really don't want to bother hospital staff as they will just think I'm being a hypochondriac.
heepee Tumtum1963
Posted
i can't say if it's the same , but about 3 days post op I also got awful pain under right ribs . The pain got worse and worse . I had tramadol , codine , paracetomol and oromorph at home , but I couldn't control the pain . I hung on about 12 more hours as I had an appointment with my consultant to check on jaundice . So I went back to the hospital and as soon as they took my bp and heart rate they re admitted me for 3 days . I'm glad they did as it was only IV morphine that controlled the pain . Scans and X-rays showed little , but the consultant said it was either a post op " collection " or I was bleeding in to the muscles .
If the pain is really bad , then it's not what you should be getting just off surgery . To try and avoid a& e delays , I'd ring up the ward you were on and speak to them . Hope some of this helps . You have my sympathys , as I found this pain worse than biliary colic or even accute colongitus
Tumtum1963
Posted
Tumtum1963
Posted
Tom_Peters Tumtum1963
Posted