Brachio- is there an easy way to get compression garments on???

Laura in Texas
on 12/21/09 12:28 pm

I had brachioplasty 3 days ago. Is there an easy way to get the compression garment on?? Any tips?? I have the kind that is just the sleeves and I also have a bolero-type (but does not have velcro on the back so I don't think I can use that one yet). I went to my doctor today and his nurse changed the bandages and helped me put the compression garment back on. It just about killed me while she was putting it back on. Do I need a larger size? It fits snugly, but I think it does fit.

Help!!

Laura
lap RNY 9-17-08
brachioplasty 12-18-09

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

Iam_with_the_Band
on 12/21/09 3:05 pm

Lap Band

Try turning it inside out and the slide it on bringing each part up slowly. I put mine on this way and it's the way I put my support hose on for work. The snugger (is that a word?) the better. I just ordered a smaller one.

12/09 and 6/11, 9 skin removal procedures with Dr. Sauceda in Monterrey Mexico
Revised to the Sleeve after losing 271 lbs with the LapBand.

Jupiter6
on 12/22/09 12:20 pm - Near Media, Pa- South of Philly, NJ

RNY on 07/16/07

Mine was too tight so I never wore it (my doc gave his blessings.) Instead I wrapped my arms twice a day and used hypafix tape, slitted at short intervals, to support the scar line.

"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
     Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U.   Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift
     12/08
     Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09  -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
     Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
     6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
     Total Cost: $33,500   Start wt: 368   RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150   Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7

Kim J.
on 12/22/09 1:07 pm - Claremore, OK

RNY on 12/16/08

Mine hurt too! Bad! I used Ace Bandages (with Dr. Approval).
I had multiple surgeries at one time and my arms hurt WAAAAYYYY worse then anything else. But they do get better and its sooooo worth it!
Good Luck!

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." Erma Bombeck

19 lbs lost before surgery
9/3/09 Full TT, MR, BL, BA, Arm Reduction and Lipo 10-12 lbs skin/fat removed

Laura in Texas
on 12/22/09 9:41 pm

RNY on 09/17/08

Thanks, everyone. I ended up getting a larger compression garment and that is working. I figure when the swelling goes down a bit I'll switch back to the smaller one. For now, the larger one is tight but not as super tight as the other one. I think the bruising that you can see in my post-op pics was from fighting to get the smaller compression garment on. Yuck.

Right now I'm thrilled with my results. My arms were 12" around pre-op and I just measured tham with bandages, compression garment, and swelling, they are 11" around. I am going to have tiny arms!!

Laura

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 12/25/09 8:57 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

I gave up on the garmenbt, partly because it was so difficult and painful to get on and off and partly because the seam in the armpit was causing my incision to bleed. I used the wide Ace wraps that were on my arms right after surgery instead. That was SO much easier!!!!!

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

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