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Post operative pain
My wife is 40 and had her ovaries removed through open incision (vertical, from belly button to pelvis, about 12 cm) 8 weeks back. The recovery was good and on 6th day she was released from hospital. Presently, she is on HRT and Calcium doses.
The surgery took about 5 hours as there was lot of adhesion, presumably after-effect of another open surgery she had last year to remove the uterus (ovaries were all right then). Now she has resumed normal activity since last 2 weeks as per advice of the surgeon. However, since last few days she is having a pain on right side of the incision. It feels like rubbing a sore wound. It aggravates when she bends or walks or changes position while in bed. The surgeon has started pain killer and advised to visit him if the pain continues even after 3-4 days. Although with the pain killer the pain has not become unbearable, it is just refusing to leave her.
My question is what may be the reason for such a pain now and what may be its consequence? Is there anything to worry about?
The surgery took about 5 hours as there was lot of adhesion, presumably after-effect of another open surgery she had last year to remove the uterus (ovaries were all right then). Now she has resumed normal activity since last 2 weeks as per advice of the surgeon. However, since last few days she is having a pain on right side of the incision. It feels like rubbing a sore wound. It aggravates when she bends or walks or changes position while in bed. The surgeon has started pain killer and advised to visit him if the pain continues even after 3-4 days. Although with the pain killer the pain has not become unbearable, it is just refusing to leave her.
My question is what may be the reason for such a pain now and what may be its consequence? Is there anything to worry about?
i have the same thing going on. ,a sharp pain to th right of the incision. the staples were removed 2 days ago and thats when it git really bad, i had a rough night after taking laxatives. i definitely don't recommend that. i'm worried it could have ruptured something.
Walking around a bit is ok, about toileting she doent want to get constipated. Most narcotic pain meds are binding, becoming constipated will hurt and stress the abdomen. Ask dr but most approve Colace stool softner. not a laxative , those are too harse. have her drink lots of water too.
Fluid was coming out from a suture area? thats ok,,as long as its not bloody, puss filled or infected looking like yellow or green.
By being inactive it simply means no house work, driving, excessive bending, stair climbing or lifting.
Fluid was coming out from a suture area? thats ok,,as long as its not bloody, puss filled or infected looking like yellow or green.
By being inactive it simply means no house work, driving, excessive bending, stair climbing or lifting.
She was active on the second day itself (after about 24 hours) when she went to toilet on her own and sterted roaming near the bed since third day.
Yes, it healed well, although fluid was coming out through one spot only, till 20th day, then it stopped.
sometimes the pain can return because the first three to four days she was probably very inactive...then the bending moving getting back to normal starts..shes using thise muscles tendons and ligaments that used to hole the uterus in place and no longer do..ther anatomy is adapting and she still needs to take things slow..every single day will get better, she had lots of internal incisions and cauterisations too besides the external sutures you can see.
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Is her incision healing properly? Does it look red or is it leaking fluid?
She had it on 29th Sep.
Can you throw some light as to why the pain, even after going away completely after 3-4 weeks post-op, returns?
Can you throw some light as to why the pain, even after going away completely after 3-4 weeks post-op, returns?
Pain is normal..to have the ovaries removed is a delicate and semi serious surgery there are a lot of vascular componetnts. It hurts because her body underwent trauma...
Its really important when taking narcotic pain meds post op to not become constipated..narcotics are binding...have her drink a 8 oz glass of water with each pill. Ask dr but if he has not already reccomended stool softners ( colace is best ) I would advise it for a week or so..they are non addictive and easy on the body..NOT LAXATIVES they are too harsh.
She simply should not be bending or lifting too much its normal to hurt when changing position a thin pillow under the belly while on side helps...walking is good.
how long ago was her operation...the removal of addhesions adds extra pain..normally its very bad pain for first week or two then it slowly gets better..takes most women 6-8 weeks to feel decent.
Its really important when taking narcotic pain meds post op to not become constipated..narcotics are binding...have her drink a 8 oz glass of water with each pill. Ask dr but if he has not already reccomended stool softners ( colace is best ) I would advise it for a week or so..they are non addictive and easy on the body..NOT LAXATIVES they are too harsh.
She simply should not be bending or lifting too much its normal to hurt when changing position a thin pillow under the belly while on side helps...walking is good.
how long ago was her operation...the removal of addhesions adds extra pain..normally its very bad pain for first week or two then it slowly gets better..takes most women 6-8 weeks to feel decent.
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