7 days post-op (LSH)....still having pain in abdomon...is this ok?

I guess I just don't know what to expect - I still have pain in my abdomon..almost like period cramping...and then also, not on, but near the largest incision...it's like the muscle is tearing around it when i move, walk, roll over - it even cramps up when i talk too much - lol....

It is definately getting better every day...and maybe i am just being impatient.....but i just wanted to make sure this is normal. I find myself waking up many times each night.....from dreams, in which i am having the aching...how wierd.....

I had the exact same symptoms & it's part of the healing. You probably have stitching internally which is healing & you will be bruised. Think of how long a bruise on your skin takes to heal. Your body will take time to recover from traumatic surgery. Every time I moved a certain way I felt like I was tearing something. I ended up taking a motrin before going to sleep which helped. Now in my third week, it's so much better, I can move much more easily although I still get tired & crampy if I move around too much. I made a decision for myself to limit my painkillers early on as long as it was tolerable because it allowed my body to tell me when to stop which for me is a good thing. I tend to push myself & have found this recovery time is a lesson in disciplining myself to relax & not feel like there's 1000 things to do. Your mind becomes ready to move on much faster than your body.

Hi.. my worst week for that "achy crampiness" was week 3 actually. It's below both lower side incisions in the groin area. Feels alot like a ligament pulling, so I assume its the stitches. I still get that feeling when I'm being a bit active so I take it as my body saying "hey, your still healing, you can't play wonder woman yet" =)

coughing and sneezing really really bites!!! LOL!!!! I sneezed once on day three...and it WILL NOT happen again!!!

I think I am just so aware of it all right now and looking too hard at every detail of this....my dad told me last night that i need to 'chill out' and just let myself heal!!

Sneezing & coughing were the worst! I found it helpful to bend a little & hold my hands there or a pillow (if you can get one fast enough) in front of my abdomen when I had to do either. One of the hospital nurses told me getting stomach sick after a hyst was hell. I made a mental note NOT to do that...

It seems that each day is just a little different from the one before. I had a couple of days previous to today where I hardly had much pain. Then I needed something for pain in the evening.
Today when I woke, I had pain. Things on the left side of abdomen felt sort of tight and pulling. Crampiness in abdomen. I finally gave up at noon and took at pain pill. Much better!
This seems to be such a slow process, for the healing inside to be accomplished.

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Originally Posted by mellbell Sneezing & coughing were the worst! I found it helpful to bend a little & hold my hands there or a pillow (if you can get one fast enough) in front of my abdomen when I had to do either. One of the hospital nurses told me getting stomach sick after a hyst was hell. I made a mental note NOT to do that...

something funny...and not so funny...all at the same time...A friend came by today to bring our family dinner...and she brought her sick daughter (stomach flu) with her~!!!!!! AGH!! All I could think about was catching it and barfing while healing....ugh!!!