When does the swelling go down?This is a discussion on When does the swelling go down? within the POST-Operation LAP-BAND® Surgery Questions & Answers (NEW) forums, part of the Basics for LAP-BAND® Surgery Beginners category; Just curious...I was banded on the 13th, have gone from 233 to 220.5, but my stomach area is still really ... | POST-Operation Lap-band Surgery Questions & Answers (NEW) Discussions about post LAP-BAND® surgery diets, testing, and other basic LAP-BAND® issues. | 
05-31-2008, 12:23 PM
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| When does the swelling go down?
Just curious...I was banded on the 13th, have gone from 233 to 220.5, but my stomach area is still really swolen, especially (I suspect, don't know) where my port is. When does the swelling start to got down? I'll be out of town for my first post-op support group, so won't be able to ask...
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05-31-2008, 12:28 PM
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u may still have a lot of gas...
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05-31-2008, 12:31 PM
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City: huntsville State: alabama |  Hi Burne, I also got banded on the 13th. All my swelling has gone down except at my port site. Not much swelling. But I understand that is normal. Good luck 
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05-31-2008, 12:34 PM
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My swelling is still going down....and I'm 40+ months postOp.
In fact, my swelling has gone down from size 56/58 to 42!!! HAR!!!
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05-31-2008, 12:39 PM
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I was banded on the 15th and I think my stomach is still swolen, especially around the port site. I have only gone down a few pounds since surgery but my clothes all are fitting better and my face looks less full -- but my stomach still feels bigger than it was before surgery (and my surgeon told me I'd lose weight first around my mid-section). I notice it in the waistband of my clothes, and when I was using Q-tips the other day to clean up the residue after removing my bandages - it really felt like there was more fullness to my stomach as I maneuvered around the incision sites, than there was before surgery.
I think I remember hearing somewhere before I had my surgery that this swelling can take a month or so to go down completely.
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05-31-2008, 01:35 PM
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I think it took about a month for the swelling to go down to where I was "normal" again. I still had a slightly larger bulge where the port site was at this point but I was a hair under 40 bmi at surgery so maybe it showed more. Now it looks pretty good.
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05-31-2008, 01:36 PM
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That was brilliant.
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05-31-2008, 01:37 PM
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how long after surgery can you drive
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05-31-2008, 04:48 PM
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We all heal so differently, myself it was a good month before my tummy resumed a "not swollen" look and about 2 months before my port site/inscision was healed and not puffy.
Good luck! 
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