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Finally a bit of relief
Update to day 5
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.
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.
Provider Review
The nurse was very nice but when I started to have difficulty with the procedure they started to rush me through it. And when the machine kicked off the third time they called the company and said that I was either moving too much (which I wasn't, because I was terrified they'd have to put the applicator back on, and I didn't want to be there any longer than I had to at that point!) or that the machine was getting interference from moisture or other machines. The nurse checked the applicator and said it was dry, and so she said it was either the other machines or that I was moving too much....I got the feeling they were trying to blame me.