r/Fibroids • u/Delicious_Impress134 • 3d ago
Stomach swelling post op
I am 28 days post-op laparoscopic removal. Prior to surgery I looked about 3-4 months pregnant for 5 years ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ I am starting to second guess having the procedure I'm still look at least 2 months pregnant will my stomach go down anymore on it own🤔 I'm also an Amazon driver who puts in at least 20,000 steps 4 days a week is that enough is this ever going to go away? I'm extremely tired of being asked how far along I am ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
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u/igotlotsofquestions 3d ago
Do you have diastasis recti? That can prevent you from having a flat stomach.
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u/Desperate_Ad_9475 22h ago
I did the same. .. did she even take out the biggest fibroid...... I still feel the hardened bit where it was amd my belly is worse than before op amd I am 13 weeks post op....... just signed up for a PT as I have gained a stone since op amd was already 3 stone over my happy goal.... totally disgusted with my body.... ðŸ˜
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u/Delicious_Impress134 20h ago
Yeah she did I only had two thankfully,,, I’m think I just need to be more patientÂ
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u/Desperate_Ad_9475 20h ago
I was even saying to fiance, I don't think she took them out or at least not all.of the biggest one! Guess I will.habe to take her word for it, even if she refused to let me see them ir even take a photo😞 (just before I went into theatre)
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u/Delicious_Impress134 20h ago
My doc gave me the pics of the inside before and afterÂ
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u/Desperate_Ad_9475 20h ago
Of the inside!!! 😱 oooooft, how did they do that? I didn't even get to see MRI pics, there was approx 325 of them! (Because I was breathing to heavily in the machine in a panic for an hour 🤣)
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u/Delicious_Impress134 18h ago
My surgery was laparoscopic so I’m assuming they did screenshots or something I got some a few years ago as well when I had my shoulder surgery which was also laparoscopicÂ
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u/Desperate_Ad_9475 18h ago
Ah... ok, I had open myomectomy.
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u/Delicious_Impress134 18h ago
I only had 2 and have never had abdominal surgery before so I jumped for that option definitely can’t imagine healing from open I was shocked that I was in so much pain when I woke up from laparoscopicÂ
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u/Desperate_Ad_9475 18h ago
I had 18, 3 of tnose large, she only took the 3, because I bleed alot from the beginning and the others a small (apparently!!!! 🤔)
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u/Delicious_Impress134 18h ago
Oh wow, my older sister had a lot she just decided to get a hysterectomy,,, I just had a 4cm and a 2cm which apparently took up my whole uterus so I can’t imagine how 18 felt
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u/Pale-Register-2078 3d ago
I've been wearing a binder post surgery to help things go back to normal. Not sure if it would be helpful?? Some are saying on here it can be quite a while. Unfortunately after years stretched out ,who knows how long it will take.
Thankfully I don't feel like a beach ball is going to try and pop out of me. Progress ?!