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Pain after liver resection, only when sleeping

Posted by martin77 @martin77, Dec 2 10:32am

Having made a very good recovery from a liver resection and gall bladder removal on 16 August, the only issue I have is that sleeping on my right hand side is becoming increasingly painful in the area of the horizontal incision. As soon as I stand up the pain disappears and I lead a normal active life during the day - walking, cycling, gardening and going to the gym. Has anyone had a similar experience?

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dantina777 | @dantina777 | Dec 2 8:25pm

@martin77 is it ok to ask who did your liver resection?

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martin77 | @martin77 | Dec 4 2:40pm
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@martin77 is it ok to ask who did your liver resection?

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Hello @dantina777
My resection was done by a great team in Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge UK. It followed a CT scan in May (surveillance after bowel cancer surgery in November 2022), a CT PET scan in June and an MRI also in June. These identified 3 small tumours on the liver that needed removing but, sadly, a healthy gall bladder needed removing too to enable access.

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Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor | @rosemarya | 6 days ago
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Hello @dantina777
My resection was done by a great team in Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge UK. It followed a CT scan in May (surveillance after bowel cancer surgery in November 2022), a CT PET scan in June and an MRI also in June. These identified 3 small tumours on the liver that needed removing but, sadly, a healthy gall bladder needed removing too to enable access.

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Hi, @martin77. I hope that your pain is easing as time passed. It sure sounds as if you are active with gardening, walking, cycling, going to the gym! Although I did not have a resection, I did experience some pain in my lower left abdomen where my transplanted kidney is located. In my situation, I had apparently been getting too ambitious and overdoing my gym exercises. In my case it was determined to be scar tissue, and after reducing my exercise level, it did go away. I also received a liver transplant at the same time, and my gall bladder was removed along with the damaged liver. To my understanding, it is the norm to do that.

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martin77 | @martin77 | 6 days ago
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Hi, @martin77. I hope that your pain is easing as time passed. It sure sounds as if you are active with gardening, walking, cycling, going to the gym! Although I did not have a resection, I did experience some pain in my lower left abdomen where my transplanted kidney is located. In my situation, I had apparently been getting too ambitious and overdoing my gym exercises. In my case it was determined to be scar tissue, and after reducing my exercise level, it did go away. I also received a liver transplant at the same time, and my gall bladder was removed along with the damaged liver. To my understanding, it is the norm to do that.

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Hello Rosemary. Thanks for your comments. It sounds like you have had more to cope with than I have but good to hear you also have a keep fit lifestyle. It is indeed easy to overdo it despite medical advice to take things steadily after an op but that's not going to stop me going skiing over Christmas!
The pain has eased a bit when sleeping and disappears quickly when I stand up. Having an X-ray in January to determine if it is just scar tissue. Take care, and Season's Greetings.

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