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So I had my surgery on 12/30. Since then I have been walking and keeping up on my Fluid intake. I’m in pain. Standing up straight is nearly impossible because it feels like I’m pulling at my incisions. Bending over is also impossible so it’s really hard to dress. My belly is also swollen. Is all of this normal? I just want to read others experiences so I stop being so discouraged. I have lived an active life and it is killing me that I can’t even walk a mile right now.

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I had RNY on 12/31. My belly is definitely still swollen and I get tired very quickly. No way could I walk a mile right now. I’m just doing laps around the house right now. I hope to start outside in a couple of day’s.
my pain isn’t too bad and I can stand up straight. I can’t bend over easily due to the bloating but have picked things up,off the floor when I had too.

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On 01/04/2020 at 16:49, loridee11 said:



I had RNY on 12/31. My belly is definitely still swollen and I get tired very quickly. No way could I walk a mile right now. I’m just doing laps around the house right now. I hope to start outside in a couple of day’s.

my pain isn’t too bad and I can stand up straight. I can’t bend over easily due to the bloating but have picked things up,off the floor when I had too.


Thank you so much for your reply.

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I had my sleeve surgery on 12/31, 5 days later now, I cannot stand up straight or bend over due to the swelling. My wife set a timer on my phone to drink every 15 minutes. I still can’t drink the amount that I’m supposed to. The best thing to help with walking is going shopping. Like, when we go to a store, I push the cart and we go down every isle, even if we don’t need anything on that isle.

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On 01/05/2020 at 17:18, Jkm2019 said:

I had my sleeve surgery on 12/31, 5 days later now, I cannot stand up straight or bend over due to the swelling. My wife set a timer on my phone to drink every 15 minutes. I still can’t drink the amount that I’m supposed to. The best thing to help with walking is going shopping. Like, when we go to a store, I push the cart and we go down every isle, even if we don’t need anything on that isle.

Thank you!!!

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