kassie, I’m glad to read you are up and posting after the surgery. Follow doctor’s orders (I know you are) and you’ll be fine.
Cholycystectomy (GB removal) used to involve a 5-6 inch incision, a drain, twice daily dressing changes and a week in the hospital before one was released to recuperate and heal at home for the rest of the month.
I tried to google an image for a scultetus binder, a multi-tailed wrapping that we applied to post-surgical gall bladder patients, but wasn’t able to find exactly what I was looking to post. It extended from hips to breast line and offered support for the incision and abdominal area, which the patients almost always appreciated.
I haven’t seen that contraption for years and years, there’s probably little to no use for them anymore. I’m showing my age to remember using such an item.
Thank goodness endoscopic surgery has made that whole procedure a LOT less invasive and much easier to recover from.
I have four small slits. The three under my ribs are not painful at all. In fact, I have forgotten they are there. The one in my mid-section is the largest probably 1 inch to 1 1/2 inch long and it is painful. But I am only taking Tylenol Extra Strength so I feel pretty good.