Hi Sara

I am not a nurse, but I just wanted to say a quick hello and you are not alone.  I had a wedge liver resection on 6th August and was surprised that I am still in as much discomfort as I am.  I actually felt like I was getting worse rather than better!  Prior to the op I was confident that I would bounce back quickly, I am mid 50s, very fit and healthy.  The week after my op I wasnt too bad, other than pain from the incision, then last week I started getting sharp stabbing pains in my side (my tumour was removed from the front of my liver).  I was getting pretty worried, I rang my specialist nurse for advice, she was confident that it was just internal bruising and nerve pain from where they were moving everything around inside, you can also get irritation of the diaphram as well which can cause pain.

The last few days I have finally noticed a improvement, the stabbing pains have decreased and I now just have the general tight / pulling feeling, just painful if I sneeze, cough, laugh or twist myself.

If you dont feel better soon, maybe give your specialist nurse a call, they will be able to see your case history.

I hope that you start feeling better soon.

Best wishes

Annie

Hi Sara

I am not a nurse, but I just wanted to say a quick hello and you are not alone.  I had a wedge liver resection on 6th August and was surprised that I am still in as much discomfort as I am.  I actually felt like I was getting worse rather than better!  Prior to the op I was confident that I would bounce back quickly, I am mid 50s, very fit and healthy.  The week after my op I wasnt too bad, other than pain from the incision, then last week I started getting sharp stabbing pains in my side (my tumour was removed from the front of my liver).  I was getting pretty worried, I rang my specialist nurse for advice, she was confident that it was just internal bruising and nerve pain from where they were moving everything around inside, you can also get irritation of the diaphram as well which can cause pain.

The last few days I have finally noticed a improvement, the stabbing pains have decreased and I now just have the general tight / pulling feeling, just painful if I sneeze, cough, laugh or twist myself.

If you dont feel better soon, maybe give your specialist nurse a call, they will be able to see your case history.

I hope that you start feeling better soon.

Best wishes

Annie

Hi Annie, 

thank you for your response. I suspected the various twinges and sharp stabs were internal readjustments. I haven’t had response from my specialist nurse, which has been disappointing. This op has been much more traumatic than the one I had for colon cancer previously, and so I am less confident about longer term recovery. I do have follow up appointment next week.. so will see what the professionals say then ;)