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Medical Forum / General / General / December 2006Persistence of post op hernia pain
Tomorrow will be 4 weeks from my bi-lateral laproscopic hernia surgery with mesh. I am feeling much better, but still have sharp pain, pulling at the two inciscion sites when I move around. Is this pretty much normal? The rest of the pain has gone away, although I am still downing 600 mg of Advil q 6 hr? > Tomorrow will be 4 weeks from my bi-lateral laproscopic hernia surgery > with mesh. I am feeling much better, but still have sharp pain, pulling > at the two inciscion sites when I move around. Is this pretty much > normal? The rest of the pain has gone away, although I am still downing > 600 mg of Advil q 6 hr? Are you referring to pain in the two 1/4 inch incisions in the midline between belly button and pubic bone? It seems a little unusual that those would still be hurting. HMc > . > > Tomorrow will be 4 weeks from my bi-lateral laproscopic hernia surgery [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > HMc I have three cuts (actually probably more accurately puncture wounds) right is a row. One in the bellybutton and one on each side. If I understood the doc right, the bellybutton was to introduce the gas and the other two were for the actual rooting around and the dirty work (grin). The belly button is okay, the puncture on the left hurts a bunch when I move around and the one on the right hurts, but much less. Can't bend over yet for instance. > I have three cuts (actually probably more accurately puncture wounds) > right is a row. One in the bellybutton and one on each side. If I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > when I move around and the one on the right hurts, but much less. Can't > bend over yet for instance. Sounds like he did that trans-peritoneally instead of in the pre-peritoneal space, so reasons for the pain might be either a port site hernia, a port site hematoma, or pain from the sutures used to close the muscle wall at the port site. If you feel any lump at either of the two port sides on either side, I'd go have it looked at. Otherwise, it's just taking an unusually long time to heal. If it's still hurting that much 4 weeks out, that is rather outside the norm. HMc > . > > I have three cuts (actually probably more accurately puncture wounds) [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > HMc Both sides have a bump, but they are both the same and only one side really hurts. The bumps are more scar tissue than anything else. The doc looked at it on the 14th, I don't see anything different in the way they look or feel since then. The bruising at both port sites was impressive for awhile, but that has resolved. Since the pain is pretty much centered on the port site, I would bet that the sutures used to close the wall are the culprits. Especially since it feels like pulling. I guess I'll call him anyway on Tuesday since I am getting ready to leave town for awhile. Thanks. Kurt
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