Originally Posted by
orange lightning
3 days after having open surgery on my appendix and now i'm in worse pain than before the appendix was removed. The pain radiates across my whole body, especially my dides and chest. Everything hurts; every position i sit or stand it, everything i eat and even breathing or talking which cause the worst pains of all. Did i get a blood clot without realising or is this just gas? Apparantly i should've cleared ny bowels by now but i still can't pass gas or anything other than urine. I belched at one point but this caused horrid pain simlar to when i... Well, breath! What can i do? It's hard to distract myself when painkillers do nothing and i'm being forced to hyperventilate. :(