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I'm a week out and still extremely bloated and feel very heavy and bogged down in my stomach area. I never had this feeling before surgery, is this normal and if so how much longer will it last??

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I'm a week out and still extremely bloated and feel very heavy and bogged down in my stomach area. I never had this feeling before surgery' date=' is this normal and if so how much longer will it last??[/quote']

I felt the same way. It took me about 2 weeks to hake the feeling!

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it is normal, your stomach is still swollen and healing up. as time goes on it will go away. mine lasted about 2 weeks, take smal sips get your Water and protien in and you'll be fine Congrats and good luck..

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The more you heal, the better you will feel. The first week was the worst for me, then things got much better very quickly.

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Ok thanks for letting me know. Most people seem to lose a lot of weight their first week and I just lost the weight I gained from the IV fluids during surgery and feeling this bloated makes me feel like I'm never going to go down on the scale! Not to mention its very uncomfortable.

I have a couple more days before I start my Protein Drinks but I've been managing to get my 64 oz of fluids a day down, however, that makes me feel even more bloated.

Hopefully I'm like ya'll and feeling better by next week!

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