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Prostatectomy scheduled at Mayo: more questions about what to expect
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Glad you had a successful surgery. yes, abdominal pain is real, especially in the lower right quadrant area. Hurts the most when you cough or sneeze even if i tried to suppress them but it got better for me over the last six weeks. I had to sleep on a recliner as getting up from it was easier for me than the bed as i could use my arms to push off the recliner.
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Yes using the arms in slow movements seemed to help. For me the worst pain would move from right side of stomach to the left side. I had to learn to sleep on my back. I finally attached an old ski rope to the footboard of the bed to use my arms to pull myself up to a sitting position. Encouraging that you said it gets better over the weeks.