Hi Alex, it’s good to see you! Sorry that you’re having pain and discomfort. I had a laparoscopic hysterectomy and didn’t have any packing. Do you have a catheter? It’s not I’m possible that some of the pain/discomfort could be coming from that - it did with me. Have you been offered any pain relief? Have you asked what time the packing will be removed?
With my catheter, it was so uncomfortable that I got probably no more than 2 hours sleep in total that night - but every time they came round to do my checks I asked what was the earliest time it could come out, and then when I was told I could choose 6am or 8.30am, I chose 6am and just gritted my teeth to endure it till then. So if you could get a time out of them for your packing to come out, it might help you. There’s often a shift changeover from night to day staff at around 8 ish, so you might want to try asking if it can be removed by night staff at the end of their shift.
Hey Alex, hope you’re home soon if not already. My night in hospital wasn’t great either, but once my catheter was out and then again once I was home, I went from strength to strength and so will you I’m sure!
