Pain in incisions

great to hear your going well after op and are off the liquids
I didn't do any house work for almost 1 month after and didn't lift for 2 months ( hubby fed all the animals) actually only just got back into pushing the wheelbarrow to feed them all and have had this op and hubby has to do it all on his own again
I didnt drive for 10days after op but we have power steering so I am sure if we didn't have that I wouldn't of been able to turn the wheel.
the bigger insion is for the tool to move your liver I think mine is about 4cm long when I had the staples removed I made them put steri strips over all cuts he had made to make the scares less , no water to get near them no chance of stretching the wounds.
Is the pain decressing or increasing?
This should be a indercation on the healing process
take care

mine didnt give me any problems either.
Im glad you cleared up about your wound site i thought the same as chris....woooo what a big cut.....but 2cm sounds about the same as mine.

About housework etc...i was told not to drive for a week after surgery....but if your still sore maybe you should wait a little longer....and the housework thing...milk it for as long as you can...lol No not really....i think i started to do little jobs at about 10 days to 2 weeks and just built up from there.....your body normally tells you. I think the biggest thing is to not lift anything heavy.

that does sound a little odd - definitely ask on thursday when you see your surgeon

I didn't have any problems at all with mine although the one where the drain was removed from I knocked the scab off while dressing one day and it bled a little but I had no pain from any of them.

steph

Sorry guys, wasn't very clear about the site of my incision. It's one of the bigger cuts but it's only about 2 cm long and healing well. It's the indent that sits 'around' this site and the associated pain. I'm glad to hear it does take a bit to stop feeling sore.

So glad you're all here to ask questions of.

Take care.

Hi Xena
Glad to hear that you're doing well, but OHG - that wound is huge!
Did you guys have open surgery?
I had mine done laparoscopally and there were 5 wounds, but the longest is about 2cm!
I wasn't sure of one of mine, either, at about the same time and got the GP to take a look, and had to have it dressed a couple of times before it came good.
I say, if in doubt, get it checked.
Chris

Hi Everyone,

Hoping you can help me out, maybe set my mind at ease a bit. It'll be 2 weeks tomorrow since I was Sleeved. Things seem to be going well food wise. I'm off liquids and have started the mushies phase. I see my Dietician on Thursday where I think I'll be given information around the transition to unmashed/unblended food. I'm really trying to take good care of myself and eat well. So far, so good.

My question is around my incision sites. I realise that it's only 2 weeks post op (10 days actually) but one of my incision sites is still very sore and it hurts to sit up and do any bending at the waist. It's the top incision on my right. Is it normal for the incision sites to still be sore and where the sore incision is, it is indented, almost like some of the fat has been removed - it's about 10cm across and 2 cm wide.

Also, were you given a timeframe that you weren't allowed to drive, do housework etc? My Surgeon hasn't said anything and my Hubby says I should take it easy and not do anything until it doesn't hurt anymore.

Thanks heaps,

Take care.