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Written by Jason at 03 Mar 2005 00:19:56: Re: swelling
As an answer to: Re: swelling written by josim at 26 Feb 2005 20:43:29:
>>>>Hello all
>>>>Day 2 after the surgery now, no pain or bleeding, but a lot of swelling. How much is normal? Is there any way to minimize the swelling?
>>>>Thanks, yet again
>>>Swelling is normal. It should go down drastically over the next few days and then gradually over the next few weeks.
>Ha ha ha...we're trying to make the swelling go down...Swelling is a good sign of a normal recovery, and without swelling it would have a slower recovery time. Just let nature's balance take it from here, and just be alert for infection, he'll be fine.