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How can you tell if the muscle & skin have re-attached internally after a tummy tuck?

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Meghan486
I will be 3 wks post op on tues..I feel internally I'm not healing right? Ever since I had the surgery I've had an awful time with car rides. Tummy tenses up awful & when taking corners or stopping my lower abdomen feels like it is 'shifting'. I can't drive yet either it's very uncomfortable. Are these all signs I'm not healing internally?! I think I haven't been wearing my binder tight enough also so I tightened it today. Could that have caused the muscles to not meld back to the skin?? Help!!

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