Binder?

Kfreeman4
on 8/8/11 12:23 am

HELP!!!
Im only a couple days post op,do you guys think it would be ok to remove my binder for like 20-30 mins for a little break?...im feeling like a "pig in a blanket" this morning...

mkbeany
on 8/8/11 1:39 am

I've got no words of advice as I am still pre-op...and my surgeon does not use binder or compression of any sort.

I just had to say that I spit my coffee out on my keyboard when I saw the "pig in a blanket".

Very funny!

Hope it keeps getting better for you!

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. " -- Anais Nin

Revised from Band to Bypass 10/26/09
High Wt 355/ Surgery Wt 343 (BMI 61) / Current Wt 190 on 3/17/12

TT/Fleur De Lis 8/22/11
Mastopexy and Brachioplasty 12/14/11

Kfreeman4
on 8/8/11 1:45 am

Glad I could give you a morning laugh. So how is healing for you with no binder of any sort? Do you swell really bad or is it one of those it depends on how you feel day by day type things? I took it off for like 30 mins and feel a little better. That might be what I have to do...take it off 2 times a day for like 20-30 mins. Thanks

Laura in Texas
on 8/8/11 1:58 am

RNY on 09/17/08

I was told i could take mine off for an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening to air out my incisions.

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."

lbaetz
on 8/8/11 3:55 am - St. Thomas, Canada

RNY on 06/26/09

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lbaetz
on 8/8/11 3:55 am - St. Thomas, Canada

RNY on 06/26/09

Hi there

I only took mine off to have a shower and when I did the stomch muscles actually hurt till I was about 4 weeks out. I love wearing the binder...lol

Lori

Still Fawn
on 8/8/11 4:09 am - SIERRA MADRE, CA

I never feel better than when I have mine off for the shower. I have a full garment, goes from boobs to thighs, and I call it the torture device! Four weeks cannot come quick enough!

I am still loving life with my sleeve! Been maintaining at or below goal for over 4 years!
"People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within." - Ramona L. Anderson

LadyJwb
on 8/8/11 5:32 am - Philadelphia, PA

RNY on 05/29/08

For me actualy after 10 min of my binder being off it start to feel really uncomfortable (like my gut are falling out or swelling up or somethinhg) My ps says off only to shower. But to air every thing out I guess you could just don't get crazy start walking around and stuff.

Kfreeman4
on 8/8/11 6:06 am

Thanks ladies. I figured out why I felt so stuffed this morning..."mother nature" decided to show up a couple of days early

. So I decided I will sit with the binder off 15mins and then put it back on until shower time. The binder I went home in is what I wear now but my PS advised I could wear just a compression garments so during this "time" i'll go that route instead of my binder(which i actually love)

Good day...K.Free

jtsmom02
on 8/8/11 9:08 am - Mineola, TX

RNY on 09/09/03

I took mine off sometimes, but not for long. I'd also loosen it when it woke me up at night.

Laina B.
250 / 160
9/9/03 Lap RNY
(Dr Charles Beall, Tyler TX - AWESOME!!!)
5/13/11 Cholecystectomy, extended abdominoplasty (anchor cut), and mastopexy
(Dr Charles Beall and Dr James Saar, Tyler TX - AWESOME!!!)
8/26/11 Abdominoplasty revision
(Dr James Saar, Tyler TX - AWESOME!!!)

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