Lower stomach is still very swollen and sore. Anyone had this?

[twrightner36 0]

Hi I had surgery Dec 18th. Rny. Everything is going great. My only concern is that I'm feet and legs and still retaining Water. Which I understand due to how much Fluid they gave me at the hospital. But the werid part is my lower stomach is swollen still. Under my belly button. It's slowly going down. But uncomfortable like I'm pregnant. Has this happened to anyone elese?

[Golflady 19]

Yes it happened to me but is now gone (12 days out) - there were parts that were very large and sore. I had to laugh about it -who knew!

[maggie0210 117]

Once you heal and the stitches are out the swelling will go down. You had major surgery and it takes time.

[blackonynx 27]

I had the lap band removed 5 months ago and it left me with a protruding large upper belly. My surgeon said that he moved some scar tissue out of the way as to not interfere when he do RNY on me. I really look 8 mos pregnant. I was having second thoughts about the second surgery, but now I can't wait. Hopefully he will remove all of the scar tissue. Good Luck with your tummy, I'm sure that it will go down in time. I think that not totally removing all of the scar tissue would mean that I will definitely come back for part two

Edited December 28, 2014 by blackonynx