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They Don't Tell You Everything... - Raleigh
UPDATED FROM archamb64
9 days post
Finally a bit of relief
archamb64May 27, 2016
$6,450
Today I almost feel like me again. I still have a small stabbing pain in my lower left abdomen that is a little disruptive to my sleep, and bending over at the waist is extremely painful still, but for the most part I am able to sleep through the night. I'm no longer wearing the compression shorts, although I'm still swollen, so in order to fit into anything other than sweats or workout pants I have to wear them, and buttoning my jeans is still painful so I've opted to take it easy still and not going anywhere that would require me to be "dressy".
To date, I have only received one follow-up call from my provider a few days after my procedure. Since then they haven't contacted me to check on me. Thankfully I have my own physician that I can utilize to help me through this, but not everyone is so fortunate and so this may make a case to have the procedure done through a cosmetic surgeon who offers the procedure. At least then, if you didn't have your own doctor, you could see your physician for after-care if you were in pain.
To date, I've lost 4 pounds, but that could be due to the illness I picked up immediately after the procedure (still unable to establish a connection between the two, but my physician believes the procedure and the illness to be unrelated).
I hope all of you who've had this procedure done, or those of you who are considering this procedure, are finding this review helpful. I will continue to update with any significant changes to my condition or results.
-Yours Truly
UPDATED FROM archamb64
6 days post
Update to day 5
archamb64May 25, 2016
So back to square 1. The vomiting and diarrhea is back, but again, I can't necessarily link this to the procedure. It could be just bad timing that I caught a flu bug during all this.
Bottom line is though it isn't helping the recovery. The shooting pain in my left lower abdomen is exacerbated by the vomiting. (I had a pregnancy test done when I went to my doctors appointment on Monday so I can rule that out). All I can say is that the bloating is difficult to differentiate from the swelling at this point. This may muddy the review a bit (no diarrhea pun intended). I'll still post about how things are going though. Here are a few pictures of today.
Bottom line is though it isn't helping the recovery. The shooting pain in my left lower abdomen is exacerbated by the vomiting. (I had a pregnancy test done when I went to my doctors appointment on Monday so I can rule that out). All I can say is that the bloating is difficult to differentiate from the swelling at this point. This may muddy the review a bit (no diarrhea pun intended). I'll still post about how things are going though. Here are a few pictures of today.
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May 25, 2016
I am a nurse practitioner in the uk and have been performing this procedure for three years, I had the procedure myself 8 weeks ago and like you I had experienced terrible pain, the representative from Zelitiq had carried out my procedure and when I discussed this with her I was informed that I should have been prescribed Gabapentin to prevent the nerve pain. I had never been made aware of this as a practitioner and have now changed my practice I prescribed a titrated dose of Gabapentin day 1 100mg and day 2 200mg day 3-7 300mg which seems to be working for my patients. More honesty from practitioners required like you I was unprepared. On a positive not already have 60% reduction on my lower abs
May 27, 2016
Thank you for your honesty and I'm glad this review and your own experience has helped improve your own practice.
June 13, 2016
God you poor thing!! I've been doing alot of research on this as I'm thinking about it myself as i have bad prosthetic hips and can't work out in any way at all so my weight is getting up there&keeping my stomach weight down is most important to help the extreme pain i feel everyday, plus to help keep the prosts from suddenly failing faster. Anyway I've read many woman seem to have the extreme diarrhea&vomiting around the same time of healing you had. So i think your Dr may be wrong on the not related diagnosis. I hope all the suffering is worth it. At least I'm already on gabapentin,so.....
UPDATED FROM archamb64
6 days post
Day 5
archamb64May 24, 2016
This is really just a reply to cew111 but also serves as an update:
Thank you for your concern. Saturday I could barely move, and Sunday I was sick and vomiting and diarrhea. I called my own physician on Sunday and he made me an appointment to see him Monday morning. He perscribed me medication for the nausea and diarrhea which he said was likely unrelated to the procedure-so that's a point for coolsculpting I suppose; it doesn't make you violently ill, just causes severe pain!! Aside from that he treated my abdominal pain with 800mg Gabapentin. This significantly reduced my abdominal pain, but I am still unable to button my pants all the way up because my lower abdomen is still incredibly sensitive. I'll reiterate here that aspercream (with lidocaine) helps reduce the pain even further. I'd say if you worked an office job you could be back to work on day 5.
Thank you for your concern. Saturday I could barely move, and Sunday I was sick and vomiting and diarrhea. I called my own physician on Sunday and he made me an appointment to see him Monday morning. He perscribed me medication for the nausea and diarrhea which he said was likely unrelated to the procedure-so that's a point for coolsculpting I suppose; it doesn't make you violently ill, just causes severe pain!! Aside from that he treated my abdominal pain with 800mg Gabapentin. This significantly reduced my abdominal pain, but I am still unable to button my pants all the way up because my lower abdomen is still incredibly sensitive. I'll reiterate here that aspercream (with lidocaine) helps reduce the pain even further. I'd say if you worked an office job you could be back to work on day 5.
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May 24, 2016
I hope you're feeling better and that the results are worth all of this agony. I am going in for my consultation at Ideal Image here in Alpharetta Ga and and very interested in your experience!
May 24, 2016
Here is what I recommend. Do only one area at a time. Don't get abdomen and flanks done at the same treatment.
May 25, 2016
Today is day 5 of recovery on two sections of my lower abs, it's been some what uncomfortable but tolerable. I return in two days for my upper and, my feeling is if the results are permanent this experience is nothing compared to surgery. A small price to pay for significant difference in body shape.
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