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seelessofme    63

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Im 12 days post op and my incisions are driving me insane! They itch so bad I would love to be able to just scratch away. What can I do? I have no stitches or butterfly tape on them. I put on hydrocortisone cream on the areas surrounding the incisions but the itchiness does not go away. Oh, I also rub my belly with Vitamin e lotion too. I'm desperate, please help!

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jh5497    105

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I've been using tea tree oil on mine since I stopped putting polysporin and bandages on them and haven't had any itching. Remember though, itching means healing!

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seelessofme    63

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I know, my husband keeps telling me. But wow these bad boys itch!

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Lilee84    648

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Im 12 days post op and my incisions are driving me insane! They itch so bad I would love to be able to just scratch away. What can I do? I have no stitches or butterfly tape on them. I put on hydrocortisone cream on the areas surrounding the incisions but the itchiness does not go away. Oh, I also rub my belly with Vitamin e lotion too. I'm desperate, please help!

Try rubbing alcohol over the itchy parts, or benadryl. Even the Benadryl that you drink will work if you don't have the topical stuff. If that doesn't work, calamine lotion should do the trick.

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Lilee84    648

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Im 12 days post op and my incisions are driving me insane! They itch so bad I would love to be able to just scratch away. What can I do? I have no stitches or butterfly tape on them. I put on hydrocortisone cream on the areas surrounding the incisions but the itchiness does not go away. Oh, I also rub my belly with Vitamin e lotion too. I'm desperate, please help!

Also, be car3ful scratching... You could create an infection.

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seelessofme    63

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Thanks for the tip, the alcohol helped!

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puppyphat    397

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Thanks for the tip' date=' the alcohol helped![/quote']

Lol, I just had to say, I just read this post and thought "so if I have a vodka and oj my tummy will stop itching?? SCORE!!!" must admit, if something seems too good to be true, it often is.

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seelessofme    63

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I wish! Although I don't drink alcohol, I would have started that is how bad the itching gets.

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Angelmom    30

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Mine have been driving me crazy also...8 days out, here. Itching and hurting...and little droplets of blood here and there. I would think putting anything on them would be bad. I have this white salve that is supposed to take pain away on booboo's. I thought about using a teeny bit of that.

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alex&zsmom    33

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I use a little neosporin and a bandaid to soften them up when they start to itch. It has helped when they get too dry and start to pull. That's what makes them itch in me.

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seelessofme    63

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I still get some irritation even 6 weeks post op, but the problem is that I'm sensitive to the glue on band aids and surgical tape. So glad that part is over.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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