Darn swelling! (whining ahead)

MarilynT
on 5/13/10 12:34 am

I'm back in my surgical compression garment after a miserable day of swelling yesterday! I absolutely HATE this thing. Memories of it will keep me from seeking any further PS, I'm quite sure.

Every day I have high hopes that it will get better; and every day I'm disappointed. I actually feel WORSE today than I did immediately post-op!! I wish I could go back to April 8th....or actually, March 5th. That's the day I laid our hard-earned money out to torture myself in this way. We could all be lying on a beach somewhere very exotic with that money and STILL have some left over. As it is, I'm afraid I won't feel well enough to enjoy our planned visit to the inlaws in the Philippines in June, where I was HOPING to do some SCUBA diving. Oh, well.....

Ugh! I'm not usually such a whiney baby....I had natural childbirth, after all. But it's becoming clear that my family is tired of listening to me complain. The doctor, of course, says it's all "normal" and will get better "with time".

If I had only known....

Marilyn (now in NM)
RNY 10/2/01
262(HW)/150-155(GW)/159(CW)
(updated March 2012)

mom2everyone
on 5/13/10 12:43 am

VSG on 08/12/08

I'm sorry things are not going well with you. I hope and pray that you will feel much, much better soon.
Tara

Tara

Melissa M.
on 5/13/10 1:26 am - Seabrook, TX

DS on 07/03/06

I totally understand what you mean about the swelling. I hate the compression garments too but I have to use them. On June 16th it will be ONE YEAR that I have worn some type of garment or shapewear every single day. Yep, a whole year. It's my darn abdomen that insisted on swelling after my LBL and now that I've had this second round it continues. Not as bad as the first round but it continues. I did have a little lipo done there plus a revision to my anchor cut which I'm sure added to it but I think I would still have been swelling whether I had anything done or not. At least I'm not wearing the long garments that go to my calves!

Do you think maybe your garment is too tight? Maybe you can switch to a flexees type where at least it only focuses on your abdomen. I do that at night and when I'm home. I wear a cincher type garment so at least I feel I have some freedom from it. Sometimes you have to try different ones to see what works best and feels the least constricting.

You know, I bet no one notices the swelling but me. As much as I hate the swelling, I have to keep telling myself that l look MUCH better than I did before.

Duodenal Switch - July 2006
Baylor Residency Program - Houston, TX - June 2009/March 2010

MarilynT
on 5/13/10 2:08 am

RNY on 10/02/01

Thank you for your replies. I had a bit of a cry and feel somewhat better. These emotional things are complicated....it is all mixed up with missing my Mom (3 years since her death and Mothers Day), missing my friends (recent relocation), not feeling well enough to do my hobbies (hiking, photography, scrapbooking), feeling stuck in the house. Hell, I can't even do HOUSEWORK!

I have a flexies type garment but it really isn't any more comfortable. I want to go shopping for another style but don't even feel well enough to do THAT. But I'm gonna.....I got dressed. Going to treat myself to a starbucks coffee run while I"m out.

Thanks again, ladies. I know EVENTUALLY I will be happy I did this....I just want eventually to come!

Marilyn (now in NM)
RNY 10/2/01
262(HW)/150-155(GW)/159(CW)
(updated March 2012)

Despinasdream
on 5/13/10 5:15 am - Lakeville, MA

RNY on 09/02/08

Hey Marilyn cheer up it will be fine...in time you will heal and love your new improved body baby !!!

so Cheer up and enjoy your down time put on a good movie find a good book...it won't be like this for long..

well take care and if you need some encouragement call on me..and I'll uplift you..after all we are all going threw this together..my Dad passed away 13 yrs ago