Complication with gall bladder surgery...or just slow healing????

RN-PA: I have also cared for lap chole pts, but I only see them for about one day post op...and then they go home. I am still off work on sick leave...(there's no such thing as light duty at my hospital...if one can't lift, one can't work) so I haven't been able to talk to the other surgeons. I am going to call my surgeon again about my pain. If she does nothing I will go and seek another opinion.

ITSJUSTMEZOE: I also had stones, but I don't know how big they were. I do know that there were several stones and my gall bladder was inflamed and scarred. An ERCP was not done prior to my surgery. I had three incisions and there is no pain at all around the incision sites. When I twist my torso to the right, I get pain (an achey pain) that rates a 2-3. The pain ends when I stop twisting. This pain does not concern me. What does concern me is when I take a deep breath I get a sharp stabbing pain on the right lateral side of my torso, just under the ribs. The pain is 7-8 and goes away as my lung volume decreases. I also get the stabbing pain if I laugh or yawn. The pain starts sharp...and then decreases in intensity. Basically, if I am not breathing deeply...I am quite comfortable. I only hurt badly upon deep inspiration. The pain is always in the same location and pain medication does not help. It literally feels as though someone stabs me with a knife just under my rib. The pain is short lasting (lasts less than 45 seconds each time it occurs) and does not radiate. I have no referred pain elsewhere. The pain has decreased somewhat. Currently it rates about a six upon deep inspiration. The pain gets worse at night when I am fatigued (or perhaps I notice it more at night because I am yawning more at night). I was told by the surgeon on call that perhaps my diaphram got irritated during the procedure. I also notice that if I hiccup I also get the right sided pain. I am trying to be more faithful with my incentive spirometer in hopes that it will help, it is just hard to want to do deep breathing exercises when it hurts to breathe deeply.

Thank you, everyone, for your replies.