Healing

[BGOV1225 49]

How long does it take for us to heal both inside and out?

Sent from my SM-G935T using BariatricPal mobile app

[chynadoll619 247]

That's what I want to know as well, when's your surgery??

[gryffen 176]

Anything up-to 6 months for internal swelling, staple line and muscle repairs to heal.

Outside its more just bruises, surgical scars and any staples needing to come out.

I'm just shy of three weeks post op and am still bruised to hell and back from Clexane injections and my scars have pretty much totally healed. Internal I'm still a bit swollen but no issues eating or drinking.

As long as you listen to your body no matter who tells you what then you'll be fine.

Sent from my HTC One M9 using BariatricPal mobile app

[jillybeanRN 76]

Forever!!

But seriously, everyone is different. I'm 2 weeks post op and my incision where all the action happened is still not all the way closed, and finding a good sleep position is still challenging. The incisions themselves don't hurt, but all the pain from the internal manipulation. Getting back to work, though I'm exhausted, has helped take my mind off the hurt though!

Mentally, I feel like this is always going to be a challenge, at least for me.

[kins117 104]

I'm 3 weeks and 1 day post-op and I still have scabs on all of my incisions. I'm anxious for them to fall off and see what it feels like underneath. I'm sore, but much better than I was the first 2 weeks. I've very close to feeling back to normal. I started on soft foods yesterday to and have been handling everything really well so far.

[Meme_ 4]

I had my surgery on the 20th of April, from the out side most of my incisions looks fine except for the one I had the drain tube coming from, it is a bit less healed than the others, but from the inside, I feel like I went to the gym for the first day after a loooong time, the pace where they took out that part of my stomach from is the worst, even when I'm sleeping I can still feel the soreness when I move, but it is not that bad, I'm going to work and having an almost normal day .

hope yours gets better soon ..