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PAIN Pain and sickness are normal reaction to major surgery.
Pain and/or discomfort can be felt
when breathing or coughing. This can be in both your chest and your back.
Your leg will also be tender and painful and I found that the discomfort in
this area lasted the longest. However, as deep breathing is an important part of the
recovery process, it is the aim that pain be kept as low as possible.
Medication will be given which should keep discomfort to the minimum. It is usual that a scale of 0 to 5 be used for you to
describe your pain. 0 = No pain and 5 = Worst possible pain. Try and use this
to describe your condition to staff. They will be anxious that all assistance
is given to make you as comfortable as possible.
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