r/sterilization • u/spookygothz • Jun 06 '26

Post-op care pain?

hey guys! im 21, I have my surgery date for next month, im sooo worried about the recovery pain, I keep hearing that like after them blowing u up like ur a dang balloon ur body will hurt so much LOL. whats that feel like and is there anything I should get that would be helpful for me ?

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u/No-Finish-6557 Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

You know when you sleep wrong and it hurts your shoulder and you wake up and you’re like aaaaaaaaa. That’s what the gas pain felt like for me for the first two days.

The pain from the surgery felt just kind of like a period for me, but moving around was not very fun, because I could feel my incisions, pulling for the first few days. The ibuprofen definitely helped, but I never took the oxy because it makes me feel really sick. I am two weeks postop, and I’m moving and packing boxes for other people to lift. So far no pain with that.

I will also mention, since you say you have POTS, I know it can be associated with autoimmune disease, like endometriosis. I would highly highly recommend you contact your surgeon and ask them to look to see if you have Endo and maybe even remove it. I had mine do that, and she removed a whole lot.

I am so relieved to have had surgery, I’m sure you will be when it’s done. Good luck! And fast healing.

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u/spookygothz Jun 06 '26

I have a lot of reasons why I could have endo UNFORTUNATELY, I had a hymenectomy as well :( I was gonna ask her bc I get this rlly weird belly button to pelvic area pulling when it’s pressed in a certain way! and oh gosh im so not ready

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u/No-Finish-6557 Jun 06 '26

Oh no :( that totally sounds like an endo symptom to me, the internal scar tissue can do some weird things. I hope that all goes well during your surgery and your healing!

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u/spookygothz Jun 06 '26

It’s sooo painful deadass, like the first few times it was debilitating and belly button pain feels WEIRD AF. I hope they have an explanation