swelling question

It's so cool to not have the loose skin on my tummy..it is flat but not flat, make sense? No loose skin at all but my tummy as a whole looks like its protruding..is this normal? I didn't know if its that it is protruding or its the lower back swelling..

Hey girlie!   I got on here just to see how you are doing.     I'm hoping I can make it to the next meeting and get to see you!

How are you doing with not being able to exercise?

Hope you are doing wonderful!
Amy

Hey! The no-exercise thing hadn't bothered me much until we got the snowy weather last week--dont ask me why, but I love to go to the gym when its like that--im a freak! I go to the dr at 2 today to get the last drain out (had 4)...

All is well-just way swollen!!

Yes - I know exactly what you mean!  I have a "pooch" - but when I questioned the Dr about it he gave me a very funny look.

I've discovered when it pooches a lot, its usually when I need to go pee - I've never before had my bladder make a difference in my tummy pooch or not.  I've had skin or fat covering it for so long, I didn't know what I looked like without it...

Did you have the muscle tightening done?

Yes, I had the muscles tightened--they were a hot mess after being so obese for years. I go the dr at 2 today and will ask!

YOu had surgery just 10 days ago so it is most likely swelling -which is expected!  I was reading and some people can get swelling for oer a year and normally it slows around 6 months.

I am 17 days out from breast lift, muscle tightening, hernia repair, panniculectomy.  My mid-abdomen is definitely swollen.  When tightly bound, it gets better.  At the end of the day, it definitely bulges, feels taut and hurts more.  I don't have a good sense of what it will look like in the end or how long it will take to get there.

All I know is DEFINTELY swollen here - they tell me they took 7 pounds of skin out, and yet my waist is 5 inches bigger around than pre-op. That's GOTTA be swelling,because I don't think they took it off my hips and filled in my abdomen!