Well one expects to be a bit sore after this sort of thing, BUT ...
As well as the obvious tenderness/numbness near the actual scar, I've had INCREDIBLY sensitive and sore skin all the way up my abdomen. It's gradually receded downwards, now only sore below the navel. But it's really a nuisance, it hurts when I rub moisturiser on it or do other silly things like WEAR CLOTHES. It feels very much like sunburn. I cannot find underwear that isn't desperately uncomfotable, chaffing away - EVEN the famed NCT netty pants.
Has anyone else experienced this, and/or can anyone tell my WHY it hurts and what might help? I had a horrible itchy rash, mostly all over legs, tummy, chest but very bad on tummy, for a few days after the op - is this connected?
I also have a swollen lump just above the scar, I was told this was a haematoma (sp?) - a gathering of blood and fluid that would absorb in a few days, but clearly it HASN'T ...