Nervous and Excited to Get to the Flat Side - Anchorage, AK

August 3rd will be 3 years since my mommy makeover. I have been a bit unhappy with the amount of extra skin that has been showing up around my middle. I decided to have some more skin removed. I don't really know yet if it was worth it since I'm bound and taped. Tomorrow I'm supposed to have the drain removed (only one this time, YAY). It will be so nice to have a shower. Some people think I'm just crazy for having another surgery but the way I look at it, I paid a lot for it and want to be happy with the result.

Tomorrow will be 6 weeks since my surgery! It's hard to believe that much time has passed. I just took my last antibiotic pill (round 3) and am hoping things just keep improving. I started lifting heavier items today at work and everything seemed fine. I weighed myself first thing today and was at 155. My weight before everything was about 165 so I'm happy. I'm just really enjoying my new body.

So this coming Friday will be week 6 for me! Wow time flies! I cannot believe it's been that long already. I have a couple of seeping wounds along my incision sights. I have 2 very small ones on my tummy scar near my right hip and one larger one at the T scar on my left breast that's oozing green pus. I spoke to the Doc about it on Tuesday and she put me back on antibiotics and explained that the sutures are supposed to come up to the surface on their own but a few of mine didn't and were festering. She pulled them out with tweezers (no it didn't hurt) and asked that I don't use the scar tape until they close. So I've been putting peroxide and band aids on them. The two on my hip look much better but the other one is still a little sore and seepy. I was under an unusual amount of stress the past two weeks and she said that my immune system was compromised and that's probably why this has happened. I just hope that this doesn't affect the scarring.
I still have the swelling in my lower belly from the drains coming out too early. Doc said to keep wearing the compression garments which is fine with me since I like the way they hold me in anyway. I'm having a hard time finding bras that give me the support I want without rubbing on the wound. UGH.