Clothing Dilema

[Shari Lou 0]

Okay...I had my band put on the 17th. I have lost 20 lbs.

My clothes are starting to loosen on me.

My problem is my tummy. When will the swelling go down?

When does the port stop hurting when I wear jeans?

Is anyone else having this problem?

[fee 0]

im 12 days post op now and my port area is fine

but when i say that when i wear jeans it does seem to hurt

my jeans are still a little tight though

[shanna 0]

It took me a good 3-4 weeks before I was comfortable wearing jeans. I had to go out and buy a couple of elastic waist cords to make due until I was comfortable again. It took about that long for my swelling, too. I have heard other's say that they had little swelling and no problem with jeans. I think everyone is different, but what you're going through sounds just like what I went through.

Good luck on a quick recovery!

[paula 4]

I think a flat tummy is only in a bandsters dream.

From what Ive heard, all bandsters suffers from a "swollen" mid section - regardless how much weight we lose.

[liannatx 897]

Shari Lou, My jeans arent bothering since they are a little looser now, but it did take me about 2 weeks to wear them without that pressure and discomfort. I couldnt even wear them at all the first week or two due to the bloating and swelling. My dress clothes were never a problem, I had to buy all new pants/skirts in August (in a bigger size) for this school year and they werent tight at all. Hang in there, already you are 20 lbs down....they will be falling off soon!

Paula, just curious...why would all bandsters have swollen tummies no matter how much weight they lost?