Heathpt

Finally Exercising at 7 Weeks - Toronto, ON

Hi there Miander, the skin sensitivity is because of all the nerves cut at the time and the recovery varies from person to person. If you had a muscle repair knots are a reality as your body learns to move and use the newly tightened muscle. I am at about 7 months now and in reality I didn't feel back to almost myself until about 6 months. Whether that is "normal" or not I guess depends on how much repair was done and our age and fitness beforehand. My lower back problem is the main reason I had the surgery done (so that the abdominals would have a chance of working again) but if not careful my back will still get in trouble. As a physiotherapist going through this the best advice I can now give is to progress slowly with fitness and use compression for as long as you feel you need it. The surgeons give a serious lack of insight and guidance!

Hi there. I was up near Sunnybrook. My incision looks pretty good. I did get a vertical scar and a funny looking belly button, but it had a hernia before so I guess it is an improvement. AT what stage are you at post-op? I hit 6 months next week and hopefully will see better results with time. My main reason for doing was to arrest the progress of back pain with the muscle issue. I need to get my fitness up before I see if it was worthwhile.

Hi there, yes it was drain-free. I was told that it was a better technique but given that I STILL have swelling and a bulge above the incision it is hard to tell. I thought I would be perfect by now. When did you have it done? What part of Toronto? Did you have the muscle repair too? We should connect.

Hi there fellow Canadian! I am over 5 months post op and still have frustrating swelling. I had a major muscle repair top to bottom and he said he had trouble getting the lower part to come together (big babies for me!). I have tried to get back to graduated exercise (I am a physiotherapist) but struggling and wishing swelling would go away! The PS here is an hour away (in Toronto) and very unsupportive post - op. How has yours been?

Hi there. Yes the bulge is driving me crazy! I am a physiotherapist and have in the past been a competitive athlete. I have been so careful about movement and just progressing very slowly. I even still wear the compression tank a couple of times per week to keep things under control. I thought by now I would be totally back to normal. At least the jelly belly skin could compress into clothes lol and the swelling doesn't! He is so evasive and it is an hour's drive to get to his office plus the consult time and his closed demeanour....makes me miss more time from work and you and I know this was so expensive. I think it is so unfair that women have to have a stigma about these things.