Gallbladder surgery - post-op pain question?!


Question:

Gallbladder surgery - post-op pain question?

It's been 8 days since my gallbladder surgery and I have a lot of pain in the upper incision area (just right of the bottom of my breastbone), the pain is not the incision itself, but inside where the muscles are.

I have a call into my doctor's office, but in the meantime, did anyone else who has had the surgery experience this pain? It's an internal burning type pain that the pain killers don't do much to help with. It hurts worse when I stand or walk and the lack of using those muscles is making my hips hurt.

If you've had this pain, please tell me when it gets better? I've been resting lots, but it's been 8 days already and I have things to get done!


Answers:

It took about a month for it to stop hurting. I wasn't able to stretch or hold my son or anything like that for a month. If I tried to push it, it became even worse. My doctor said it was completely normal and the layers of muscle and tissue at the site of where your gallbladder used to be will take a while to heal from the inside out. Just have patience




The consumer health information on answer-health.com is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment for any medical conditions.
The answer content post by the user, if contains the copyright content please contact us, we will immediately remove it.
Copyright © 2007-2011 answer-health.com -   Terms of Use -   Contact us

Health Categories