Waking up in The Binder

[Creekimp13 5,838]

There seem to be polarized opinions on the big Velcro elastic binder you wake up wearing post surgically.

Lot of people love this thing and wear it for weeks...saying the support helps and makes them feel better.

I got up after surgery to use the bathroom, asked to take it off and when they tried to help me put it back on, I asked to leave it off.

Nurses were like....it's entirely for your comfort...so if off it better, that's fine. Let us know if you want to try it again.

I really hated it. Never put it on again.

I could see using it for skin surgery to kinda keep the incisions lined up and protect them from movement....but after laparoscopic sleeve, for me anywho...the benefits were not worth the discomfort. I'm one of those people who whips my bra off as soon as I walk through the door at night. LOL. Not into bindy things, they make me itch.

Anyone else have a strong love or hate of the binder? How long did you wear it?

[Joe88 5]

I wore mine off and on for like 3 weeks. It helped some what early on with movement, but now I find it very uncomfortable and toss it aside.

[Diahanna 9]

Interesting; I wasn't given one of those.

[JLT281 13]

I didn't have a "binder" either. I don't really see the purpose. My incisions were very small. They pulled my stomach out through my navel and I didn't really even know I had an incision there until the FNP told me.

[Sullie06 1,013]

My surgeon does not use binders. If you want one you have to purchase it youself. I hated it when I had it on during my cesarean so I had no interest in wearing one post sleeve.

[Healthy_life2 8,319]

never had one. Did fine without it

[abefroman329 704]

Never even heard of it. I did have the plastic inflaters on my legs to prevent blood clots - I was happy when they took those off the morning after surgery.

[BigAussieGirl 162]

Never even heard of these before.

[Creekimp13 5,838]

They're standard at my hospital.

They look like this:

https://www.braceability.com/plus-size-abdominal-binder?utm_source=google_shopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhunQwpWw2AIVnrbACh1lrg0MEAYYAiABEgKAjvD_BwE

[KarenOR 180]

Never even heard of them until I started reading here. It occurred to me to be a good thing for my bruised rib after surgery, not the surgery itself. Never got one, it all passed quickly.

[Losebig 508]

Didn't have one of those (or even knew they existed)! So far no issues that it would have helped.

[abefroman329 704]

2 hours ago, Creekimp13 said:

They're standard at my hospital.

They look like this:

https://www.braceability.com/plus-size-abdominal-binder?utm_source=google_shopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhunQwpWw2AIVnrbACh1lrg0MEAYYAiABEgKAjvD_BwE

Looks awful.

[naturallyzee 292]

I didn't have one for my gastric bypass surgery but had one for a cesarean in 2012. The pressure felt good on that incision.

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