Actually Feeling Better
I'm amazed how actually following good advice sometimes nets positive results.
I'm feeling good. Not great, but good. I'm afraid of feeling great too quickly, because then I'll revert to my old ways, so I'm really encouraged.
The swelly belly is finally disappating. I have to thank my husband for that, he carried every bit of luggage over the holidays. I've been doing a damn good job of not doing anything.
This morning I also took some photos of my incision. Yesterday marked 20 weeks since surgery.
january07a.jpg - this is a closeup. You can see the white scar forming at the center of the incision site. I tried getting a good shot of how there's a little ridge at the top, but it just doesn't show, it's only something I can feel.
For now I'm going to enjoy fitting into my old clothes and the lack of pressure on my abdomen!
Posted by Elizabeth M. on January 7, 2005 9:52 PM
Donna - I did have a ridge above the incision for quite some time. It was like a piece of clothesline or something was under the skin. It was hard but not tender or anything.
Eventually, slowly, it went away.
I've never had a "flat" stomach. The photos make it look flatter than it actually is, I've got a little pooch of a belly that has nothing to do with my hysterectomy or being overweight or anything ... it's just the way I'm built.
After 18 months since the surgery, you can't even see a trace of the incision when I wear clingy underwear. So time does heal most wounds.
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I have been searching the web for 3 weeks now hoping to find something to show me that this clif above my incision will go away and back to my flat stomach. Thank you so much for this photo it gives me hope I am 33 and had to have a hysterectomy due to high grade precancer cells. Anyway I don't mind the scar so much just this bump above it. It looks as tho yours is totally gone is it? Thanks again I hope you can respond to this Feel free to email me paymer@optonline.net thanks so much have a great weekend!