Severe Medium Tuck Pain! How Long? - Cosmetic / Plastic Surgery Message Board

GymGuy22 · 10-04-2003, 03:05 PM

I lost over 130lbs serveral yrs ago. i went from 325lbs and a 46in waist down to a 34 waist. anyway, after having kep all the weight off over 5 years i discovered that the skin under my belly button would never go away.
yesterday i had a "medium tuck" and they also moved around my belly button to get skin from around there removed.
i was in so much pain last night they ordered me a shot of demoral.
my question is could anyone who has had this PLEASE tell me how long i will be in pain like this? its hurts very much to get up and go to the bathroom and back to bed.
i know men are more of whimps when it comes to pain but this is the worst pain i've ever had
Thanks for reading.

Splink · 10-05-2003, 06:31 AM

Hi,
Congrats on your weight loss and tt! I just had a mini tt on Oct. 1st. with a little work done on the muscles above my belly button also. Hang in there, it does get better. Last night I slept thruough the whole night for the first time!! I found that I had more pain from gas than anything else. I took gas-x and it helped a lot. I think you will find that when you get your drains out you will feel much better. When are they taking them out? They took mine out 2 days after surgery. I am down to only needing tylenol once or twice a day now. By the 3rd day you should be feeling human again. I have had 4 kids with no pain meds so maybe I was more prepared for this kind of pain, but the body is an amazing thing and you will heal, try to keep a positive attitude!!!!! Take care and update us on your progress!!!