Hi everyone! I'm coming up to a month post-op now - it's gone so fast! I have Some questions!
1) I had my dressing taken off today and they said I could start applying creams to reduce the scar. I hadn't known about this previously, so what should I use and for how long for?! I have heard of bio-oil and palmer's cocoa butter - are these any good?!
2) ALSO I think I read somewhere about staying out of the sun in the summer... Is this true and if so, why??!
3) I'm a bit annoyed that I haven't lost any weight! Loads of people have said they lost up to 30lbs and I have lost about 4!!!! I was hoping to have a nice little side effect from this operation! Anyone else not lose weight??!
4) I have noticed that one of my hips still juts out more, even though my back is nice and straight now. It's actually my other hip (I think). Is this because it was compensating for the other one sticking out by getting bigger to balance it? Will it go down eventually?
5) What sort of excercises can I do? I feel like such a couch potato but obviously physical stuff is off limits. What about balancing excercises like yoga? I have a Wii Fit, can I use that? are there any excercises I can do to strengthen the stomach muscles, as I have heard this is important to keep the back strong?!
Thank you for your advice! God bless this forum! xxxx
1) I had my dressing taken off today and they said I could start applying creams to reduce the scar. I hadn't known about this previously, so what should I use and for how long for?! I have heard of bio-oil and palmer's cocoa butter - are these any good?!
2) ALSO I think I read somewhere about staying out of the sun in the summer... Is this true and if so, why??!
3) I'm a bit annoyed that I haven't lost any weight! Loads of people have said they lost up to 30lbs and I have lost about 4!!!! I was hoping to have a nice little side effect from this operation! Anyone else not lose weight??!
4) I have noticed that one of my hips still juts out more, even though my back is nice and straight now. It's actually my other hip (I think). Is this because it was compensating for the other one sticking out by getting bigger to balance it? Will it go down eventually?
5) What sort of excercises can I do? I feel like such a couch potato but obviously physical stuff is off limits. What about balancing excercises like yoga? I have a Wii Fit, can I use that? are there any excercises I can do to strengthen the stomach muscles, as I have heard this is important to keep the back strong?!
Thank you for your advice! God bless this forum! xxxx
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