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How long after surgery should pain last? Its abdominal surgery, 4th this year, open and approx 8" in length. This time was 2 hernia removals and replacement of intestines as they were sitting in wrong place on upper abdominal wall is what i was told, flipped? My surgeon gave me a weeks worth of pills but im still hurting. Is it okay to ask for more pain pills or should i tough it out? I'm 10 days post op.

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Pain is variable. It is not uncommon for patients to request pain medicine up to 2 weeks after surgery, by then doctors try to get the patients to handle the problems with lower levels of narcotics, then antiinflammatories.

Richard J. Greco

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