bruising & pain - bilateral salp
I am a little over 1 week post op from my laparoscopic bilateral salpingectomy. I had my check on Friday and everything was looking pretty good. Things have taken a turn since then though. I know I'm not supposed to lift anything heavy, but I had to lift some baskets full of laundry on Saturday and couldn't get anyone to help me. They didn't feel like much at the time and I carried them across the room a couple times. I ended up feeling some pain immediately after, and so I decided to weigh the laundry basket and it was about 35lbs... needless to say, more than my "no lifting more than 10lbs". Today, I am feeling pain above my incision and next to it on just one side. I'm also seeing some bruising in those painful spots. I'm planning to call the doctor office tomorrow, but I went down a Google rabbit hole and am very stressed that I tore my internal stitches. The external ones are still fully sealed. Does anyone have any experience with tearing their internal stitches post op? What did that look like and what was the recovery like for that? I know I messed up by carrying the heavy laundry baskets, so please be gentle with me... already beating myself up pretty hard.
Posted Dec 7, 2025, 11:48 PM UTC