I will be having SRS in the next couple of months and was wondering how the pain compares to breast augmentation, or any other pain.

When I had breast augmentation, it was the worst pain that I've ever experienced. I am a little scarred of the SRS because of the pain. My doctor will be using the penile inversion technique.

If anyone could tell me what they experienced and what I am likely to experience myself, I would be very thankful.

I guess I am trying to mentally prepare myself so that I don't get a big surprise in the form of excruciating pain, like I had with my breasts implants.

It will be different for everyone. Mine only hurts the first night after and the rest was a breeze.

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I had more discomfort than pain. I had the morphine pump to start. I admit to using it in the beginning to just get sleep. After they took that away, I tried some pain pills for a while but it wasn't too bad. I really only started feeling better (less nausea) after losing the pain pills. The thing I noticed was being wiped out, no energy. FFS was worse for me. YMMV
Moni

The pain for me was awful. My body doesn't seem to want to allow morphine to work so my morphine pump did absolutely nothing. The pain was an almost constant throbbing ache, as well as just plain stinging. For some reason, it was amplified by about 10 during the mornings for the first week or so. I had two urethral bleeds which they had to pinch and push on my urethral area to stop the bleeding, and that was the worst pain I've ever experienced in my life, but bleeding and not stopping isn't a common thing, I must just have stubborn vessels.

I'd say, don't worry yourself about the pain, because it's varies drastically from person to person. 

I have a high pain tolerance and I did everything without pain medication. To me it felt like somebody was trying to shove a baseball up between my legs. While it's common to use morphine after surgery in the US, other locations may use other medications. If a pain medication isn't working for you, ask for something else. Pain control has vastly improved so there is no reason for you to feel excessive pain.

For me, post op was good. I only had a shot on the day of surgery. I was told that everyone did. I do not handle morphine well so I was very please that all I needed from that point onward was extra strength Tylenol. Everyone is different. There were nine of us at the recovery centre and everyone manage the pain in different ways. All the Best with your surgery! Hugs

I think everyone is different... I was in a lot of pain... constant pain for at least a month... BA only hurt for a day and that's it!

Everyone I know that has had both GCS and breast augmentation told me that breast augmentation had the most pain, but GCS had a longer recovery time. I've never had breast augmentation but had GCS just 9 days ago. Pain wise it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and Tylenol is the only pain meds I have taken. Oxycodone was available to me, but I have a high pain tolerance and didn't take it since I hate the side effects of it. I have had some discomfort and doing simple things around the house is very tiring to me dealing with the discomfort. Standing or sitting for more than 10-15 min gets very uncomfortable, but lying down there is very little pain of discomfort. However everyday seems to get a little bit better.

Quote from: Dena on October 25, 2017, 09:14:19 PM
I have a high pain tolerance and I did everything without pain medication. To me it felt like somebody was trying to shove a baseball up between my legs. While it's common to use morphine after surgery in the US, other locations may use other medications. If a pain medication isn't working for you, ask for something else. Pain control has vastly improved so there is no reason for you to feel excessive pain.

Ow.  Way too accurate a description!

I had a morphine pump and 'on demand' button the first few days, but only made light use of it, according to the nurses.  About pos-op day 4 I was off of the IV rig, and had finally been moved to solid food and pills.  (I promptly inhaled every bit of protein on every meal tray.)

Percocet was available, and I used it a couple of times at night when I had trouble sleeping and the catheter and packing were becoming uncomfortable.

I took a Percocet on Day 6 an hour before the drains and packing were removed at the suggestion of a floor nurse.  That was the last until I was at home.

I went home with a catheter, and a couple nights in the last two weeks were pretty uncomfortable and I used a painkiller, but most of the time is pain-free, just a minor ache courtesy of the slowly retreating swelling down there.

At this point, three weeks and one day past surgery, I'm sleeping well, walking 3,000-5,000 steps (a couple miles) a day no problem, and no pain medication is needed.  There is a slight sensation of soreness, and urination is something I am still getting the hang of, as I'm only a few days off the catheter and it feels like I have to re-learn muscle controls.

I'm using an ice pack a couple times a day to help with the swelling.

In terms of post-op discomfort, having four wisdom teeth pulled in one day was worse for peak discomfort.  GCS healing time is longer, of course.


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If I do ever reach the point of SRS I would want to be all drugged up because I am a pain wimp.

Quote from: GrayKat on November 14, 2017, 10:00:50 PM
If I do ever reach the point of SRS I would want to be all drugged up because I am a pain wimp.

The less pain meds you take the better and faster recovery. One of the side effects of oxycodone and morphine is they both slow the digestive system down and cause severe constipation. Unfortunately those drugs don't do anything for the pain of gas and/or constipation. Sometimes you have to be on them, but if you can get away with not taking them, you are better off. Evidently I have a high pain tolerance so I may be the exception to most people on only having to take Tylenol for pain relief from GCS.

Quote from: GrayKat on November 14, 2017, 10:00:50 PM
If I do ever reach the point of SRS I would want to be all drugged up because I am a pain wimp.

Me too. It will be one of the criteria I'll be using to select surgeons.

As someone who is on regular medications for pain I will hopefully be able to use some supplemental pain relief next year when I have my GCS done. I have had my share of Oxycodone in slow release and short acting forms, so will be taking it very sparingly for my future surgery. It is one nasty drug and you can develop a dependence(not addiction) on it very quickly.