'm 6 days out and feeling generally pretty good. I can tell that my stomach, or rather belly is still swollen. My suture sites are just fine and healing nicely. I can tell though that my belly is swollen inside as it is rock hard. I get that I just had major surgery but just wonder when others noticed their belly wasn't swollen any longer. How far out were you?

Excellent question...I was wondering the dame thing..

I would say the first week for me but I am a super fast healer.

Lol..well I guess I m slow...I'm 9 days out and still a little swollen

Mine is still a little swollen but not hard. I'm 10 days out.

It was a couple of weeks for me.

had mine Monday and yes swollen, but to horribly. I want to know if anyone gained wt while in the hospital?

I gained 16 lbs. while in the hospital. I had lumps under my skin that did not match my incision sites for probably three months. The worst of the swelling was gone in about three weeks.

Lynda

I have a theory that it swells occcasionally if irriteted, etc...it will still get hard and feel bloated sometimes, even if I have ate nothing but small mushies and even just protein. george (mah sleeve) has a mind of his own...

Thanks for your replies everyone. I have my post-op follow-up with my surgeon on Friday so I'm sure he'll tell me if it's unusual or something.

To answer the question about gaining weight in after the surgery. I don't know exactly how much I gained, but I know it was a good amount. They pumped me full of fluids by IV before, during, and after the surgery. I also went in the day after surgery for two more bags of fluids. My wedding rings would not fit back on my hand until 4 days after surgery.