I can’t tell you how relieved I am to hear that I’m not the only one using compression to reduce the pain after surgery! I did the same thing and told the doctors how it helped and they just looked at me like whatever. I feel like once the surgery was done, they just didn’t care about the long term consequences and individual experiences. I still have pain and this feeling of fullness and discomfort nearly 10 months later, but it especially worse when I’m ill or have been sitting too long.