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Has anyone had an appendectomy?
I had a laparoscopic appendectomy with 3 incisions a month ago. Everything is healing well and I'm slowly going back to my normal routine. The stitches are still there but the outer skin is almost fully healed. Doc said it's going to take about 2 months for the inner tissue to reattach. This morning, I stretched my opposite arm up subconsciously and felt a snap on one of the incisions underneath the skin. It was painful. I called my doctor. He said to take some motrin and take it easy for the rest of the day. I did what he said and took a nap. I moved a little there was the snapping feeling again. It's not painful now but I am a little worried.
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The stitches used to close the interior part of the incision are self-dissolving and are usually gone within a month no more than two. What you are probably feeling and why the doctor told you to take Motrin is scar tissue tearing. Scar tissue forms anytime we cut ourselves including on the inside during an operation.
Things had to be moved in order to get to the appendix. To do so sometimes the doctor needs to cut things so they can gain access to where they need to be. This causes scar tissue when these cuts heal. This scar tissue is sometimes is called adhesion because it causes something to adhere to something else.
You stretching may have caused one of the adhesions to tear which is not usually a problem. If your doctor thought it was he would have told you to come to the office or to go to a hospital Emergency room. If the pain returns or persists call the doctor back or dial 911 and have them take you to the nearest ER.
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