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Posted 7/12/2016 12:37 AM (GMT 0)
So for the last few days I've been having sharp pain (pain scale maybe 2-3) low down on the left side of my abdomen, just above the pelvic bone. It's probably muscle pain, but I'm just paranoid enough to wonder if something else is going on. It's on the wrong side for appendicitis..and besides, I don't have an appendix. It's centered almost directly under one of my RALP incisions, so my brain races to....did something open up in there, over a year after surgery?

I don't usually climb up on this ledge....but here I am.
Posted 7/12/2016 1:29 AM (GMT 0)
Could be almost anything - joint, muscle, pinched nerve in your back. I'd be surprised to hear it had anything to do with the RALP.

A call to your doctor might be in order. Pain is your body's way of saying, "ouch."

Take two of something (aspirin, ibuprofen, beer, scotch, etc.) and call the doc in the morning.

Dr. Andrew
Posted 7/12/2016 2:40 AM (GMT 0)
I've got a similar rabbit I'm chasing @ about a 3-4.

Diverticulitis? Small stone in a ureter? A tiny tear? Maybe one of those those things that'll "fix itself"? (A few days isn't all that long)

It can be hard to know even with tests. They can show all of the above. lol

Im with Andrew...Just go in and get a quick opinion. That's been known to fix some of my aches and pains right on the spot.

It always tempting for "the surgery" to get front row seating in my self-diagnostic precesses).

Welcome to over 50...

Good luck halbert
Posted 7/12/2016 2:43 PM (GMT 0)
Halbert, I've had similar pain in the area of the incisions. My surgeon told me it's just scar tissue and massaging the area would help, break it up somehow. That was 6 months ago, and I no longer have the pain. I wouldn't worry about it (well, actually, I would, because of who I am, but you shouldn't because there's no reason to LOL. WITH THAT SAID OF COURSE, ITS WORTH MENTIONING TO THE DR if it continues
Posted 7/12/2016 6:54 PM (GMT 0)
I've had a few little pains in my abdominal area as well from time to time since my surgery 12 weeks ago. Had I not had surgery I doubt that I would ever give them much thought. I seem to be feeling/noticing them less and less as I get further out from my surgery. I attribute them to adhesions since they seem to be getting better the more I work my abdomen doing crunches and stretching so I tend to agree with Halbert's doc. My incisions are still a tad tender when I poke around on them especially the big one over my belly button. Also if I plop my butt down on something like a hard picnic table bench I tend to feel a little tenderness deep inside where I assume my prostate used to live. That too is getting less noticeable as time goes on. I assume there are lots of little muscles and nerves and vessels that are still mending. But other than those little occurrences I feel fantastic physically and emotionally. I guess like they say, "Time heals all wounds" or something to that affect.
Posted 7/12/2016 7:29 PM (GMT 0)
Halbert,
I experienced the same thing. Initially thought it was a hernia... Resolved itself over time. Keep in mind they did a fair amount of cutting on you... While I did a fair amount of walking after surgery I didn't do any real strenuous exercise and when I did likely tore scar tissue... Which in turn needed time to heal. You are likely doing most everything now that you did prior to surgery. Gardening, mowing, weekend warrior kind of stuff. Probably tore some scar tissue but IF it doesn't feel better within a week certainly talk with your Dr.
Good luck with the job search.
All the best.

Samster
Posted 7/13/2016 3:02 PM (GMT 0)
I get pains like that now and then....usually gas I.ve found
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