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Hello all...i am feeling better these days .Down 42 lbs since surgery on 3/18/19. I had some stomach swelling on the right side of my stomach along the front that should have gone down after surgery but now since im slimming down the bulge is more pronounced. It doesn't hurt just looks like a large fatty know. I know this was the side where they cut through the muscle but i thought it would be healing more by now. When i pinch it or push on it it just feels like a large amount of subcutaneous fat that has collected in this one spot. Has anyone else experienced this and if so, what did you do shrink this area?

But i thought hernias cause pain and swelling or some sort of discomfort. My uncle had one and it was painful. This causes no pain its like my stomach is still fat in that area but only where my muscle was cut on the right side. When i push it it feels like normal fatty flesh but its still very much visual.

Update everyone...first of all thanks for all of the positive feedback. I actually went back into the hospital on Monday. All of my vitamin levels were low and I will still extremely dehydrated. They ended up giving me more fluids with all of the vitamins added. They could not find any usable veins since i was so dehydrated so after what felt like a thousand attempts... they were able to get my IV started with the use of an ultrasound machine. I feel a thousand times better today. I hope to never be in that situation again. Im taking alllll of my vitamins as scheduled and ive actually been able to keep down some things like small pieces of fruit, baby food, approx. 2 to 3 teaspoons of oatmel and about 40 ounces of water throughout the day 😊😁😎😍 i hope my good days are here to stay

I had my surgery..gastric sleeve on 3/18/19. I have barely been able to stomach applesauce. I've tried foods based on my bariatric timeline but nothing seems to work long term. Im basically living on ice water. Everything causes discomfort, gas, pain, or diarrhea. Now im having some abdominal pain upper left side. I know im dehydrated due to my lack of water consumption but i get physically sick when i try to drink to much. I am beginning to regret that i did this. 😭 can anyone shed some light on these issues?

Well guys i was in so much pain i went to the ER friday night. They kept me until early Saturday morning of course I was dehydrated so they gave me two bags of fluid they also did a cat-scan and there were no apparent issues that they could see. I also have a kidney infection. They sent me home with antibiotics and pain meds. Both are so big i can barely swallow. Then the antibiotic doesnt do well with the zofran (nausea med) so i cant take them together. Still not tolerating anything well. Just got a couple of spoons of cream of chicken soup to stay down but even it tasted gross. Nothing tastes good anymore. 😭😭😢 i go to a follow up appt with my surgeon tomorrow. Hope i dont have to get a feeding tube or anything. And i guess trying to look on the bright side.. im down 60 pounds 🤷‍♀️. 25 during my 2 week liquid pre-op and the other 35 since surgery.