Still swelling after 2 years

I had my LBL almost 2 years ago and I still swell almost daily is this normal do you guys still swell after all of this time?  Thanks for your input I am starting to worry that this has not stopped by now.

 

Stephanie

I had my extended abdominoplasty with hernia repair a year and two months ago and I still swell, especially in that pubic area below the incision.  It also still itches like a son of a gun too!

You're scaring me now.  I have seen people post about swelling up to 18 months but can't say I recall 2 years.  I'm 8 months out from my LBL and still swell almost daily too.  I just had lipo so that is only going to add to the length of swelling because I hear you won't see the results from that until almost 6 months to a year. So that will definitly put me up to the 18 month mark if that's true.  I really have to work hard not to let it bother me because it does.

Do you wear some type of shapewear or something that might help with that?  Maybe you should ask your dr about it.  I wouldn't be surprised if a small percentage of people do swell after the 18 month mark but we just don't hear from them. 

The reason this scares me a little is because I want to go back to being active as soon after surgery as possible!  This makes me think that walking a half marathon or doing a triathlon is going to swell me up like a balloon.  I don't want to give up my new found lifestyle, it's how I keep from gaining back weight :(

I don't swell daily - but there are times when I still have swelling issues.  My LBL will be 2 years in June, but in all fairness, I had to have some revisions due to infected seromas, so I really count from the final surgery for those issues, which was in September.  Lately, I've had more swelling than I'd like.