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Thank you for the encouragement! Yes, other people's experience and my Dr. telling me it will resolve definitely keeps me hopeful, because the swelling is wicked crazy and almost defies logic! Did you ever feel like you might literally pop? As for coughing and sneezing, that was horrible!! LOL!

Cannot figure out how to get the after pics rotated clockwise. I'm very pleased with the side view, and can see the potential of the front--I just find all the dried blood in the belly button a bit gross, and with all the MASSIVE swelling the front just isn't there yet for me. I'm 3 weeks PO today and still have 1 drain in, but everything appears to be relatively healthy (no infections that I can tell), but really need to be able to fit into my pre-op pants. They are so tight I have to use one of my wife's hair ties to button them and then synch up with my belt--luckily we are business casual and can wear square bottom shirts without needing to tuck them in. What if find astonishing is the fact that I clearly shed some major skin and I'm down 6 pounds on the scales, but my pants don't fit--very odd. Thanks to this site and all of you who post I have confidence that I too will deflate some and get back into my pre-op pants.

Thank you!

Ok, so my wife took off the wrap to apply a cream my PS prescribed, and the upper left abdomen is swollen compared to the rest, is this normal? Also, my testicles are very swollen and red--Dr. And another website said this is common and not medically harmful? A bit distressed over these! Did anyone sleep in recliner rather than a bed? Sorry for all the questions!

24hrs later and I am very sore, sometimes extreme pain--but typically only when walking around or coughing. I'm told this is all normal. I would really like to see it, but then again afraid it will look terrible simply due to swelling--holding off for now.