TAH Swelling

I had my TAH back on Nov 3 2011 and am still having trouble with swelling at the end of the day. I stand alot doing my job and by the end of the day I am swollen and buttoning my pants is a little hard to do...leaves marks on my skin at the end of the day from having them buttoned all day. Is anyone else still having the same problems or do I need to be concerned and go back to my gyno. Also still having a little bit of pain after I urinate not too sure if this is a normal thing either.....HELP !

Oh Dear, I'm depressed now!! lol. I still have swelly belly ( April 4 surgery) and was hoping it would be over soon.As your 5 months further along than me I'm guessing this may take a while. I don't have any pain after urinating anymore though. haven't had that for weeks. I'd give your doctor a call about that just in case you have a UTI or some other issue going on!
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Not to make you feel any worse but I still have some swelling by the end of the day.

Its worse after I exercise. I've cut even out gluten, wheats, breads, dairy, soy & trying an IBS kinda diet. Nothing has helped so I now assume its still swelly belly.

I am 2 years post op and it took me over a year before I finally quit swelling on a regular basis. Around the 18 month mark I started to feel so much better!

Now, I still swell but not so often and more after I have been eating a bunch of junk food or too many carbs.

oh my goodness. I am freaking out because I am still swollen after 2 weeks. To think I have to deal with this for months even a year is overwhelming. Why didn't I know this before my surgery?

Not everyone has severe swelling for months, but some of us did. Everyone is different and hopefully you won't have to deal with it.

About the pain hen urinating, I missed that on the first read through, do call your doctor about that, it could be the start of a UTI.

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Originally Posted by TamBol oh my goodness. I am freaking out because I am still swollen after 2 weeks. To think I have to deal with this for months even a year is overwhelming. Why didn't I know this before my surgery?

Don't panic. My swelly belly at 3 months is much much less than it was at 2 weeks.It's still here, but doesn't get as big as it used to get.What your seeing now will go way down in a few more weeks. Even if you keep swelly belly for a year, it most likely won't be as huge as it is the first 8 weeks.