Am I supposed to feel this stiff? Yesterday I felt great. Today i feel like I"m being stretched. I don't think I'm swelled up but just stiff. I don't have a comfortable place to sit in my house. I have a crappy couch (I have not decided) and a wicker chair that looks pretty. I really planned for warm days where I could sit in the swing chair and sun....instead its cold and rainy and I froze when i went walking this morning.

Thanks for letting me vent. Celeste

Oh, wait. I am swelled. I just looked in the mirror and my belly button is a long tunnel...

Road Queen,

Yes, it is normal to feel stiff. I felt fine the first 2 days but on the 3rd day I felt like I had done too much exercise. You will be swollen for a little while, I think mine was about 4-5 days. Believe me it gets better. Try walking it will help with the stiffness and the swelling which is probably a result of gas.

Am I supposed to feel this stiff? Yesterday I felt great. Today i feel like I"m being stretched. I don't think I'm swelled up but just stiff. I don't have a comfortable place to sit in my house. I have a crappy couch (I have not decided) and a wicker chair that looks pretty. I really planned for warm days where I could sit in the swing chair and sun....instead its cold and rainy and I froze when i went walking this morning.

Trust me, no matter what you feel right now, there are 2 things:

1) You're normal.

2) It will get better. I saw a huge improvement on days 3-4, then at 1.5 weeks out, there were no issues!

I guess I'm lucky 3 days out and I'm feeling just sore not stiff but I am taking it all very very slow just in case.

Sleeping the first night was difficult since I was up to pee every 2 hrs (that was sore too). Now I can sleep 4 hrs with little or no discomfort. Hang in there

I am 1 week post-op and feel like crap. Can't wait to see my doc tomorrow for my first post-op visit and make sure all this is normal. Ugh! Think positive! Think Positive!

A lot of times "feeling like crap" is a blood sugar issue. If you can drink some Propel (sp?) water, that has just a verrrrry small amount of sugar so it won't make your blood sugar jump up and down like grape juice or something similar, yet it often times does the trick.

The older the bandster the more blood sugar might play a role in this.