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Has anyone else belly got really swollen, as in flabby swollen? I’m 6 days post-op, it’s not painful, it’s just FLABBY! It’s NOT MY belly, I am concerned something may be wrong, any insight, expirience would help

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I had the gastric sleeve, BTW. I have messaged my surgeon, they asked if I had fever or abdominal pain, I haven’t had either. I’m just in shock and awe at it

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23 minutes ago, blkhawk2380 said:

Has anyone else belly got really swollen, as in flabby swollen? I’m 6 days post-op, it’s not painful, it’s just FLABBY! It’s NOT MY belly, I am concerned something may be wrong, any insight, expirience would help

Yes, I had RNY and my belly got really swollen after especially after I had something with artificial sweeteners. They ran all the test CT scan nothing came up. I’m just really sensitive and had to wait for the swelling to go down and the sutures to heal. July 3rd I make 4 months out. Feeling fine now. It improved for me week 8.

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My belly was really swollen for a good week after my bypass. It might be more trapped air from your surgery, along with general surgical swelling. Best to check with your surgeon. 😊

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Do/did you have a drain post surgery? If not, you wouldn’t believe the amount of Fluid that comes out via the drain. If you don’t have one, the body will naturally absorb this over time, but this will sit in your abdomen and cause bloating and fluid build up initially.

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1 hour ago, Soon2bFit21 said:

Do/did you have a drain post surgery? If not, you wouldn’t believe the amount of Fluid that comes out via the drain. If you don’t have one, the body will naturally absorb this over time, but this will sit in your abdomen and cause bloating and Fluid build up initially.

I did not have drainage tubes post surgery. I'm glad for you all, I can't get an answer from my bariatric team. If this is normal, I can deal with it. It's just this "not knowing", if I look it up online, it directs me to "a leak". Which is SCARY. Does anyone know if there is something I can do to minimalize this? Extra fluids makes MUCH more sense than gas, I have NOT passed ALOT of gas since the surgery, just a "normal" amount.

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