My surgery was just less than a week ago. All is well, and no pain or discomfort at this point, but my abdomen is seriously distended. I look like I'm about 8 months pregnant. If I had to guess, I'd say this is Fluid, but I wonder if anyone else had this experience, and how long it took to go away. Did you have to do anything to get rid of the swelling?

Kristine

Texas

Yes, that's exactly how I looked! I believe it was gas and mine only lasted a couple of days.

i had the same problem and mine has lasted for more than a month. my dh keeps saying "your stomach is still so swollen", i'm p.o. about it.

My stomach is just now getting back to size (6 wks out)

My stomach is just now getting back to size (6 wks out)

thank goodness, i truly thought i was a freak. i was lying on the bed last night, and my belly is sticking up like i'm pregnant. i mean, it usually flattens out when i lie down, but not today.

i think it is all of this gas that i have been having...man...

I think it's definetly gas and or fluids. My husband was noticing my stomach and said it looks a bit bigger. And it shows by the scale; I was up four pounds right after surgery and it's certainly not due to food this time!

I'm a month out and still looking distended; I think it has to do with the location of the port. Mine is dead center. Also at my first post-surgery check-up my doctor drained some fluid from by abdomen to give me a "head-start" before I was back on my water pill.

Lori

thank goodness, i truly thought i was a freak. i was lying on the bed last night, and my belly is sticking up like i'm pregnant. i mean, it usually flattens out when i lie down, but not today.

i think it is all of this gas that i have been having...man...

There are a couple of things about this experience that remind me of being pregnant -- and it's been more than 23 years since the last time I was pregnant! But besides the pumped up belly, the port feels like a baby's foot pushing against the inside of my abdomen.

There are a couple of things about this experience that remind me of being pregnant -- and it's been more than 23 years since the last time I was pregnant! But besides the pumped up belly, the port feels like a baby's foot pushing against the inside of my abdomen.

..........LOL.......... you are right

There are a couple of things about this experience that remind me of being pregnant -- and it's been more than 23 years since the last time I was pregnant! But besides the pumped up belly, the port feels like a baby's foot pushing against the inside of my abdomen.

Longhorn I just told my daughter that I felt like I was being kicked slightly.....LOL

Yep, probably the gas. I watched a video of a procedure being done and I was amazed to watch the surgeons go in and fill the entire abdominal cavity with air just before starting the procedure...the stomach blew up like a balloon!