I’d imagine it depends on the person. I don’t remember much if anything about the pain from the surgery itself, just the discomfort from the post-op bandages they had me in, but what pain there was definitely didn’t get worse after the first 1-2 days for me.

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Definitely varies from person to person, but yes in my experience I was pretty okay pain wise for days 0-3 but I woke up in the worst pain day 4, so definitely have your meds on board or at the ready!

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unless your surgeon told you not to take them, keeping extremely on top of tracking your ibuprofen/acetaminophen (tylenol) doses and making sure you take them at the right times will help. for me it didn't peak, but i didn't try to exert myself a lot nor did i take opiates the first few days that would make the pain lesser than when they ran out.

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