Distended Abdomen?

[psalm20 2]

My surgery was just less than a week ago. All is well, and no pain or discomfort at this point, but my abdomen is seriously distended. I look like I'm about 8 months pregnant. If I had to guess, I'd say this is Fluid, but I wonder if anyone else had this experience, and how long it took to go away. Did you have to do anything to get rid of the swelling?

Kristine

Texas

[Longhorn 1]

Yes, that's exactly how I looked! I believe it was gas and mine only lasted a couple of days.

[bandster_1007 1]

i had the same problem and mine has lasted for more than a month. my dh keeps saying "your stomach is still so swollen", i'm p.o. about it.

[nume130 0]

My stomach is just now getting back to size (6 wks out)

[bandster_1007 1]

My stomach is just now getting back to size (6 wks out)

thank goodness, i truly thought i was a freak. i was lying on the bed last night, and my belly is sticking up like i'm pregnant. i mean, it usually flattens out when i lie down, but not today.

i think it is all of this gas that i have been having...man...

[bebers 0]

I think it's definetly gas and or fluids. My husband was noticing my stomach and said it looks a bit bigger. And it shows by the scale; I was up four pounds right after surgery and it's certainly not due to food this time!

[Moviejunkie32 0]

I'm a month out and still looking distended; I think it has to do with the location of the port. Mine is dead center. Also at my first post-surgery check-up my doctor drained some Fluid from by abdomen to give me a "head-start" before I was back on my Water pill.

Lori

[Longhorn 1]

thank goodness, i truly thought i was a freak. i was lying on the bed last night, and my belly is sticking up like i'm pregnant. i mean, it usually flattens out when i lie down, but not today.

i think it is all of this gas that i have been having...man...

There are a couple of things about this experience that remind me of being pregnant -- and it's been more than 23 years since the last time I was pregnant! But besides the pumped up belly, the port feels like a baby's foot pushing against the inside of my abdomen.

[bandster_1007 1]

There are a couple of things about this experience that remind me of being pregnant -- and it's been more than 23 years since the last time I was pregnant! But besides the pumped up belly, the port feels like a baby's foot pushing against the inside of my abdomen.

..........LOL.......... you are right

[Kristin1031 0]

There are a couple of things about this experience that remind me of being pregnant -- and it's been more than 23 years since the last time I was pregnant! But besides the pumped up belly, the port feels like a baby's foot pushing against the inside of my abdomen.

Longhorn I just told my daughter that I felt like I was being kicked slightly.....LOL

[kacee 3]

Yep, probably the gas. I watched a video of a procedure being done and I was amazed to watch the surgeons go in and fill the entire abdominal cavity with air just before starting the procedure...the stomach blew up like a balloon!