Band must have gotten tighter

fort
on 8/14/11 2:30 pm - fort worth, TX
SO, I'm 12 days out from a FTT,MR and Lipo to the flanks and abdomen. Of course the first couple of days, I really was not hungry, but now geezzz. All day yesterday I could not hold anything down. I ate half of a boiled egg and half of a piece of toast and 20 min later I was looking at the toilet. I have had lap band for almost 5 years, so I know what I can and can't eat,

Has anyone else had this issue after TT? I wonder how long it will last or if I should see about getting some fluid out. Kinda don't want to mess with my port, since my PS moved it to right under my ribs so you could not see it with my new flat belly. Don't really know where it is, tell you the truth,,,that's where he was supposed to have put it. Need to go see my LAP BAND dr to see how it is doing.

Also I hear alot of women say how swollen they get. I have swelling, but not how I have heard them explain it. They have also expressed how they weigh alot more. Has anyone else had this issue. I went in 12 days ago at 167.5 and today I'm 159..Good on my part, cause I'm assuming that I have about 3-5 lbs of fluid im me too.

How much swelling do you have?

Still Fawn
on 8/14/11 10:58 pm, edited 8/14/11 10:58 pm - SIERRA MADRE, CA
I am very swollen also, but not in the way many describe it.. My whole abdomen is just very tight. I also have lost weight right out of surgery. I came home from the hospital a few lbs lighter and am now down 12 pounds. I don't have a band, but my sleeve is giving much more restriction- close to what I had originally a month out rather than now almost three years out..

Eta: I am 3 weeks post TT today..

 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

prek-3
on 8/15/11 7:06 am - Hollywood, FL
I have a BAND. Dr. took out 2 ccs because she didnt want me to get so tight that I wouldn't beable to get in fluids. The last thing I wanted to do was have an emergency with needing to get some out right after my lower body lift. I barely ate, just not interested. I just had a fill a week ago, I lost 10 lbs, and I am still swollen.

I hear around here that it can take months for our bodys to continue to change. I can't imagine it getting even better than now. I"d be fine with my shape even now!!!!!!!!

Carmen

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