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I have a silly question. I had my procedure the 27th of Aug. My stomach is very lopsided, I can expect this to cure itself right? Just need to give it time. Has anyone experienced anything like this. It is still pretty bruised as well.

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I have a silly question. I had my procedure the 27th of Aug. My stomach is very lopsided' date=' I can expect this to cure itself right? Just need to give it time. Has anyone experienced anything like this. It is still pretty bruised as well.[/quote']

Omg I noticed that my belly looks unbalanced too, I hope it goes away with time. I had surgery on 8/14. I hope some of the vets chime In on this one.

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I would say that its probably just still swollen a bit from surgery. I has my sleeve done on the 14. It took a bit for the swelling to go down. Don't worry. You won't be lop sided forever!!!! Lol Congrats on your surgery and good luck!

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I am 5 months post op and mine was lopsided for a couple weeks as well. It evened itself out with continued weight loss and just the muscles healing.

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I had mine sleeve done on the 26th of August and mine was terribly lopsided and I walk slouched over to the left but it worked its way out and is now normal. The surgeon told me the reason is because that is where the biggest hole is and where he pulled the excess stomach through so he has to put extra stitching into the inner muscle therefore more swollen and lopsided.

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I had mine sleeve done on the 26th of August and mine was terribly lopsided and I walk slouched over to the left but it worked its way out and is now normal. The surgeon told me the reason is because that is where the biggest hole is and where he pulled the excess stomach through so he has to put extra stitching into the inner muscle therefore more swollen and lopsided.

Ohhh makes sense. Thank you

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Thanks nelly for starting this thread

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I looked very off, my lower tummy was off by about 3 inches, tugged at the stitching too, but it fades fast, a few weeks max, if I recall.

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I had my sleeve done on Tuesday (27 Aug) and I have also noticed that theleft side of my tummy is distended and hurts when I cough, but the right side is ok. Of course, why didn't I think of that: they must have made the bigger hole there to remove the excess stomach tissue. Now I can stop worrying. Thank you for the info. Xx

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I was sleeved 6/18/13. I was so worried when I noticed that my stomach was lopsided, but the doctor stated it was swelling that would subside over time. About a month out, it was back to normal.

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