Swelling?

[The Preacher 161]

Did did anyone else's belly where are the incisions were seem to be swollen after surgery? It has been 7 days now since my surgery and the pants that I was wearing before surgery seems to be tighter then they were, did anyone else noticed this?

Thanks very much!

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[photogirl70 142]

Yes, I was swollen for around 2 weeks or a bit longer.

[MargoCL 677]

Yes, I was swollen about two weeks even with weightloss. I wore loose clothing to avoid the tightness of clothing.

[Matt Z 4,139]

Yup. Invasive surgery where gasses are pumped into your abdominal cavity to inflate it will do that LOL. Use your Incentive Spirometer every hour to help reduce the gasses. The rest of the swelling will subside as you heal.

[J San 1,071]

Definitely swollen for some time after.

[Spellbound 48]

Yes. Had VSG 9/19 and swollen and lumpy.

[Frustr8 7,886]

Had RNY- no gas to process out- my tummy as flat afterwards as before. 😋😆😛SAYL my friends!

[JustMeInCleveland 1]

3 hours ago, Frustr8 said:

Had RNY- no gas to process out- my tummy as flat afterwards as before. 😋😆😛SAYL my friends

What did your surgeon use to inflate your abdomen, then? Whipped cream? 🤔☺️🎈

[Frustr8 7,886]

Hot air from the Ohio Statehouse, they sure generate enough in Columbus! Seriously I think they inflated and then pumped it out at the end. Weird, when I got to my patient room, I expected to be FATTENED UP, I was not. I expected ABD and such, nope 4 criss cross steristrips , 1 in top of navel, 1 lengthwise steriStrip 7/8 inch,long on right, Big Red the main one, RNY are on the right, sleevers on the left because that is where they pull the stomach remnant out. Anyway he had 5 up and down steri-strips on him. And 1 little one at the bottom of my sternum. But all small critters. Hardly any swelling/bruising on them.Barely slashed, barely gashed and no signs of bashed. My guy does quality work!

[The Preacher 161]

On 9/25/2018 at 1:45 PM, Matt Z said:

Yup. Invasive surgery where gasses are pumped into your abdominal cavity to inflate it will do that LOL. Use your Incentive Spirometer every hour to help reduce the gasses. The rest of the swelling will subside as you heal.

It's a shame they didn't use helium gas, that way I would have weighed less when I got on the scales.< img alt=":D" data-emoticon="" height="20" src="https://s.bariatricpal.com/uploads/emoticons/default_biggrin.png" srcset="https://s.bariatricpal.com/uploads/emoticons/biggrin@2x.png 2x" title=":D" width="20" />