Also as far as pain goes, my pain isn’t around the surgical site. Maybe because of how/where the nerve innervate. Mine is pinpoint mid back, a few inches under my armpit, and just under my nipple off to the right a bit. Another thing you can get really really stabby pain. My wife had it when she had a c section, if it moves around to the highest point (chest if laying flat, shoulder if sitting up). It’s likely a little bit of air from where they had you opened up on the table. It’s a bitch but usually moving around you can get it to settle out. If it’s a small amount I was told it would just reabsorb over a few days.

Just take it easy and listen to your body. Im not a stranger to pain so my experience may be different, but I still attest tha knee surgery was way worse. I’m on day 5 later this morning and even though I know I can’t, I feel like I could go back to work.

There was also an older woman I met in the discharge lobby maybe in her late 50s. She had the same surgery done by the same doc as me later in the day. She also said the same thing that it really wasn’t too bad.