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Finally Doing This for Me! - Monterey, CA
UPDATED FROM dlgulick
2 months post
5 weeks PO
$8,800
So I started working yesterday and holy swelling! I'm still really happy with my results tho even with all the swelling going on. I bought some pants for work and was able to go from an 8/10 to a 6! One pair from old navy was even a 4! Today I worked out for the first time and it was .... Hard! I'm def starting over and I was exhausted after about 15 minutes! As of today I'm told not to wear my binder anymore except to bed if I choose. I think I swell more without the binder tho. My stomach just feels wierd throughout the day. All in all tho I feel pretty good! So I'm hoping to feel more normal soon!
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UPDATED FROM dlgulick
28 days post
One month PO
Well I'm feeling pretty good minus the swelling and the fact I've randomly gained 4 pounds! Lets hope that goes away soon!
UPDATED FROM dlgulick
25 days post
Swell Hell!
This [RS bleep] is no joke! I was told "oh you're gonna swell and be uncomfortable between weeks 3-6" but I figured yea yea how bad can it be. Holy crap dude! Sometimes I look down and feel like the Michelin man! My hips are insanely swollen around the back of my incision and I am still all puffy and soft now around the center, right above my incision but below my belly button. It was nice and tight last week and this week - BAM! poofy! It's crazy! I have a follow up tomorrow at my doctors and I'm praying that the small fluid pocket I had is gone because if he whips out that needle again to drain it - I will most likely hit the floor... again. Plus I'm ready to just move forward and stop being in the "couch potato" stage of all of this. I'll be 1 month PO in 3 more days. There's so much more to healing then I imagined!
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Girl, I feel you, I am 6 weeks tomorrow and I thought I was developing that shelf scar you know where your incision looks like a shelf but no it was just my underwear so tight it was forming an indention. I measured cause I am a measurer (sp?) and I am 3.5 inches rounder than last week, all fluid. WTF?
Seriously! This swelling is no joke! Are you still wearing a binder??
No I took it off about week 4.
Did you find there was a difference in swelling once you stopped wearing it? I'm nervous to stop wearing mine!
I wear mine still and have the swelling so I wonder if it really makes a difference.
No I did not notice a difference. I am pretty sure time is the only cure. And it is summer and I am always more swollen in the summer, another reason besides the whole not going to the pool that I am not sure why I did not wait to do this until fall, lol. But if I eat to much I get swollen and so I stop, I actually eat half of what I used to, I kind of hope that part lasts to tell you the truth.
Glad To here its normal. I'm in my 5th week and was wondering what's going on with the swelling and you feel bloated and just ugh!!
Yes! I just had a PS appt today for my 4th week and he said the swelling is totally normal and will last at least until week 6. He told me next week to stop wearing my binder. Are you still wearing yours?
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