The pain is different for everybody, but they should give you medication that will keep in under control. For me, while I was in the hospital, I had morphine by IV. I could push a button whenever I needed more. It worked well. After I came home, I had pain pills. I took them for the first few days and then I was OK without them. I slept propped up on the couch the first week or so because it was uncomfortable to lie down in bed, and it was a while before I was comfortable sleeping on my side again. But the pain was not too bad.
Kelly
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RNY 11/4/08
surgery/current/goal
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