Low back pain anyone?

I had a TVH on Thursday. My pelvic pain and cramping is now gone completely but I have horrible low back pain. I've been using my heating pad and taking Advil around the clock and I take Vicodin before bed at night and the back pain is not budging. The only thing that helps it is those Thermacare heat wraps but they are getting expensive.

Is this even related to the surgery itself or am I hurting b/c I've just been sitting around and my back is stiff?

It is probably because of the way you are holding yourself to protect your stomach & from sitting around. It could also be from the way you were positioned during the surgery. My back was very sore & even my hip from sitting around. Just know that as you recover from the surgery & are able to move around more it will go away. It doesn't help with the pain now but it helps me to stay positive knowing that one day you will be better. & It is very normal. Best wishes to you.

Had terrible lower back pain as well. My sympathies!!!!! Does your husband do backrubs??? That helped me a bit - even the temporary reprieve was something.

I hung out in a recliner chair with an electric heating pad on my back and took those pain meds 'round the clock, exactly on time.

I'm at 12 days post-op now and doing much, much better. For me at least, as Seabutterfly said, it was probably from the way I was holding myself to compensate for abdominal pain and also the general immobility. I'd been on my back for almost 3 days prior to surgery (and that is not a position I'm comfortable in for very long anyway). Still can't sleep on my side yet - but the recliner chair helps me shift position a little to take some pressure off.

It helped me to move around a little - but not too much! If I walk around the backyard "too much" even now (and that is a hard definition to figure out until later in the evening, it seems), I pay for it in back pain.

I've also found that the least bit of constipation or slowed-down digestion just adds to the pain in that whole general area. One more reason to avoid that at all costs!!!

I'm ordering an abdominal binder. Really wish I'd had it sooner. I think the support is going to help with the back pain too.

It does get better ... hold onto that thought!

YES! Horrible back pain especially with standing. I am nine weeks post op now and It doesn't seem to be getting better. Revisited Dr and he has no idea....he assumes its something I had before surgery. Not helpful....and no I didn't have it before. So, I know what you are going through. As you, I Been taking a lot of advil. ...be careful advil can be bad on your stomach if taken too often. Have food in your stomach when u do take them. I also been using heating bad and a back rest on my chair at work. Seems to help a bit. ......i hope it gets better for you.

I do to! I use a heating pad and it GREATLY helps , I have decided that it has to be from A.) Sitting constantly B.) Not bending very much to work those muscles and C.) Us hunching forward as we walk and move to protect our tummies and just because it feels better...

Hi I had terrible back pain so bad I felt like sobbing- hot water bottles really helped and pain meds and resting. I had TVH - I think it was all the trauma of surgery and and laying on the op table and then laying on our backs and how we hold our selves for a while after, the muscles are traumatised!
It does get better xxxxxx