visible welling...when does it go down?

Jenne · 10-18-2007, 12:25 AM

Hey, I'm sure this has been addressed before, but can I ask the more experienced folk -- when did your belly swelling go down? My port is on the left side of my belly button and I am pretty swollen still ( 7th day). I call it my little alien growing insided me... :) When did this go down for you guys? I have to go back to work on Monday, and I dread people checking out my lopsided belly, most of them don't know about my surgery. Thanks!!

Jenne

Tulip · 10-18-2007, 12:46 AM

I think it took about 2 weeks for my swelling to go completely down. I couldn't bend much at the waist for at least 2 weeks. My port is in a different location (centered between my bra line and waist), so I just looked fat, not lopsided.

Have patience, it will get better

delaunte · 10-18-2007, 01:22 AM

Youve lost 18.5 pounds in 6 days, and that is with swelling. I am scheduled for Oct 31st. that is exciting

babs0101 · 10-18-2007, 08:56 AM

I was banded on the 5th. I too am still swollen. Not as much as I was, but swollen. My port is like Tulip, between the bra line and the waist and centered a bit.

Jenne · 10-18-2007, 11:05 AM

Actually, I lost 16 lbs on the pre-op diet and the other couple since my surgery. Which is another aggravating thing to me...for the last 3 days, the scale hasn't budged!! I am eating about 300-400 cals per day and everyone else loses like 10 lbs the first week or whatever, and I am at a standstill. I know it could be the swelling, or starvation mode, or whatever, but it seems at SOME point the body would start to give up the pounds. My DH laughs at me and my impatience, but it would feel so good to see some results when I am eating less than a bird! *sigh* Well, at least the swelling seems a little better today....

Jenne (feeling a little blue at the moment)

babs0101 · 10-18-2007, 01:24 PM

Chin up Jenne! You are not alone. If you are only taking in 600 cal. per day your body is hanging on to what it has. You have to increase your calories so your body knows it is not being starved and will start to lose the weight. Good luck!