SWELLING POST OP TT

shoegirl1023
on 5/27/09 5:19 am - Solon, OH

I am just over 4 months post op full tummy tuck and doing great, but still have a little swelling, is this normal? I am going for another follow up this week, but just wanted to get some input from my fellow tummy tuckers!!

Thanks

JOANNE
OH Support Group Leader
My local support group meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month - please message me for further information

We are on a continuous journey without a destination

Tee M.
on 5/27/09 5:30 am - CT

I'm 3 months out tomorrow and I do get swelling if I've been moving around alot all day or if I don't get in a lot of liquids (sound ironic, but true). So if I KNOW I'm gonna have one of those busy days, I wear a tight body shaper to keep me sucked in.

Tee

Why is it we all know how to use our tool, but refuse to do it?

RHONDA FROM KY
on 5/28/09 2:35 am - ALEXANDRIA, KY

RNY on 05/05/04

On May 27, 2009 at 12:30 PM Pacific Time, Rerun wrote:

I'm 3 months out tomorrow and I do get swelling if I've been moving around alot all day or if I don't get in a lot of liquids (sound ironic, but true). So if I KNOW I'm gonna have one of those busy days, I wear a tight body shaper to keep me sucked in.

Tee

hey cutie..

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin

cleos_mom
on 5/27/09 7:26 am - phila., PA

RNY on 06/18/07

I am almost 6 months post TT & still get some swelling especially in the mons area, I still look like the Ken doll my PS and others have told me you can swell up to a year

Honeyblonde
on 5/27/09 9:55 pm - MN

RNY on 09/10/07

I'm almost 6 months out and still swell and feel a lot of tightness on a daily basis.

Yes, it's very normal to feel that way and from what I understand, it's not unusual to swell for up to a year.

~ BJ

RHONDA FROM KY
on 5/28/09 2:34 am - ALEXANDRIA, KY

RNY on 05/05/04

I'm almost 6 months out and DITTO.. what the others said. Swelling .. tightness right under the new belly button incisional line area and mons area.

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin

islander
on 5/28/09 2:38 am - Middletown, RI

Yup. Sometimes I fear a massive explosion may occur anytime in the lower abdominal area. I, too, find that a one piece body shaper helps. Sometimes, I sleep in the darn thing. Swelling is definitely better with it than without though. Hate that darn swelling!

Cindy C.
on 5/28/09 7:51 am

RNY on 12/05/07

I had to wear my binder for four weeks. I just took it off on Monday. Ironically, MY swelling has been better since taking it off. The mons area is still swollen - a lot. I hate that. Lower belly is still swollen, just not near as bad as it had been.

It is possible that I was wearing my binder too tight? I'd love some input.

Cindy

Height 5' 1" WLS on 12/05/07 Plastics on 04/27/09

totalfreedom
on 5/28/09 9:19 am - Northern CA

RNY on 07/16/07

My surgery was 12/29/08. I am still swelling. Can't wait for it to go away!

Kelli
5' 1, 221pds to 120pds, BMI: 42.5 to 22.8, Size 22WP to 2P.
Dr. Agha-Newport Beach, CA:
12.29.08:TT/LBL/UTL/BL/Butt Aug!
5.10.09: Face/Neck Lift,Implants,lipo, lower eyelids,fat transfer

shoegirl1023
on 5/29/09 1:16 am - Solon, OH

RNY on 12/16/05

Hi there,

I hear this swelling can last up to a year, OH JOY!! how are u doing with it though otherwise, have u been excersising and getting back to normal. Are u still sore also?

JOANNE
OH Support Group Leader
My local support group meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month - please message me for further information

We are on a continuous journey without a destination

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