MrsQueeZ

Hi all! It has been about 11 weeks since my hysterectomy/colon resection. I thought things were going pretty well. I went back to teaching last week, and although I was tired and had some pain, it wasn't too bad. On Sunday, I started getting some abdominal pain, like a sideache on both sides. And horizontally all the way across, above my belly button, I was getting heavy cramping, like diarrhea was on the way. That kind of let up, but the pain is still there, with some tenderness to the touch around the bellybutton area. I feel like I am back to the first week post surgery! It hurts to get up, like my guts are falling. It hurts to walk, like things are loose and jiggling. It hurts to cough and drive in the car, with the sudden jars. I am trying to give it a couple of days because the pain is steady, not growing worse, and I thought maybe I had caught a bug or something, or things were settling in new ways, I don't know. I am also worried that I may have an accumulation of fluid, like a hematoma, brewing, and that worries me some. Every once in awhile, I get a sharper stab of pain, anywhere from the bladder, straight down, to just about anywhere in the abdominal area. BMs are normal, not really any constipation. I feel like something is in a knot, or there is a lot of pressure building. Hard to describe exactly. And I swear I am a little more swollen than I was! I know, I need to call the doctor. I am not sure which doctor to call, and I just wondered if anything like this has happened to anyone else.

Renata