Swelling!

by Gem76 9th January 2013, 3:43 pm

Hi ladies,

Its 24 hours since I went down for my op, I'm now at home feeling alot better than I thought I would. However, the swelling is horrendous, I'm bursting out from everywhere, I am sat with two bags of frozen peas on my boobs, actually cant believe they are balancing on my big boobies, lol. Am I okay to hold them onto the sides of my boobs coz they are really swollen there too?

Also, how the hell do you remember to not reach for stuff or lift your arms up?? I keep forgetting I'm not supposed to do certain things, then I get a pain or hear a squelch and it reminds me Ive overstretched. Think I need my arms taping to my sides!

x

by alice111 9th January 2013, 3:49 pm

Lol Gem you are funny bless. You just have to remember hun not to strain yourself. Im 7 days post op. Just make sure you sitting up to help the swelling with lots of pillows. The swelling will take time to go down, its a natural process xxx

by alice111 9th January 2013, 3:51 pm

Congrats btw hun! Xx

by Gem76 9th January 2013, 4:01 pm

They seem to be swelling by the minute! Hope they dont explode haha. Thank you Alice x

How are you recovering? x

by vickeysmith 9th January 2013, 4:06 pm

i too am very swollen especially on my sides and rib cage. i am still sleeping quite upright at night which i think is making a masive difference because i feel great in the mornings. wish i could offer more help but apart from this and the ice packs i dont know what elae to do. my issue is my insicions they are soooo sore especially in the evenings x

by Gem76 9th January 2013, 4:16 pm

Hi Vickey, I know where your coming from, my incisions are the most painful bit too they are so sore, the co-codamol Ive been given helps to take the edge off the pain a bit x

by vickeysmith 9th January 2013, 4:21 pm

yes im on codrydamol it helps with all the bruising and swelling and heavy feeling but doesnt really touch the pain of the insicions. still its all for a good cause lol x

by Gem76 9th January 2013, 4:29 pm

Haha! Absolutely! I'm trying so hard not to complain but it's nice to know I'm not the only one going through self-inflicted aches and pain x

by tinkerbell24 9th January 2013, 5:10 pm

my swelling was so bad at the beginning i looked like i had one massive boob but by day 10 there was a huge diff

have youu tried arnica gel, not the cream, that helps with the bruising and it is so cooling it feels great xx

by **COOKIE** 9th January 2013, 5:13 pm

You're fine to move the peas to the side hun but definitely no were near your incisions babe. Xx

by Gem76 9th January 2013, 8:56 pm

Thanks Tinkerbell, I have been taking arnica pills for a week, havent tried the gel tho, I'll see if someone will get me some and give it a try x

Thank you Cookie, I'll get my peas back out of the freezer, haha! x

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