Caring for your Abdominal Hysterectomy Incision and Tummy
If your hysterectomy was through an abdominal incision, you might be home and wondering how to care for your incision and tender tummy.
First of all, keep your incision dry. If you take a quick shower, pat your incision completely dry. Usually its best not to wear under garments that may rub against the incision, irritating it. Be sure and rest and do not do any lifting. Overdoing things can stress your incision. (Note: If your incision is hot, running a fever, is oozing liquid, its important to call your doctor’s office right away.)
 Right after surgery you will find the “Swelly Belly Band” to be the most comfy thing in the world. Its cold and snug against your incision and feels oh-so-good! Helps to stop the itching! Helps speed healing! The HysterSisters keep this product’s manufacuturer very, very busy! Read through the instructions as this is a cold/damp product and should be wrapped in kitchen wrap while your incision needs to remain dry.
After your incision is healing and you need extra support, the abdominal binder is a perfect product to wrap around your tummy to give you the added support you need!
And once you are back on your feet and carrying on with your normal activities, we’ve found the best light-weight control panties just for you! We carry two different styles and we think they are both perfect for after abdominal surgery. Try our best seller style and the cotton style! Both are perfectly comfy on your tummy for your back to life activities while your tummy still needs a bit of support!
May 23rd, 2009 at 9:49 am
This may be a silly question but when you say that the swelley belly band must be wrapped in kitchen wrap, what is kitchen wrap? Do you mean like plastic cling wrap you wrap food in?
August 18th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
I’m wondering if the swelly belly band will work for me. I’m a size 26 and I have the hanging belly often referred to as an “apron”. I’m picturing the band rolling down (if it would even go around me). Does this happen to some people? Would an ice pack do the same job?