Full Drainless TT with Muscle Tightening and Lipo - Cary, NC

I've been wearing a Spanx tank top since I stopped wearing my binder at two weeks PO. I was hoping that it would help with the swelling, but I seem to swell even in the Spanx. So I decided today to go without it. It feels very weird to be at work without wearing it. I feel a bit squishy and delicate if that makes sense.

Actually, this is a bigger deal to me then just the last few weeks. I've worn Spanx every day for the last four years. Every single day. I hated the way my body looked and Spanx helped smooth everything out. So my Spanx have been my security blanket so to speak. Its harder going without them than I thought it would be, but I'm excited to get to a place where I can feel comfortable in my own skin without the help of shapewear.

So it's five weeks P.O. now, and the last few days I've been very swollen and extremely tired. All I want to do when I get home is sleep. I feel like I've hit a wall all the sudden..has anyone else had this happen to them? I'm not any more active this week than I have been, in fact I've probably been less active. I hope this feeling goes away soon because I'd like to start slowly working out again. I noticed that walking up the stairs leaves me winded and that is just sad! Also, being swollen around the clock for the third day in a row sucks! I'm glad I took pics of my flat days, if I hadn't I would swear that it was all in my head based off of these last three days of swell hell.

So as I mentioned before, I had some spitting stitches that my PS removed last Thursday. They caused my scar to open which sucks because most of my scar is very flat and thin. I'm hoping they will heal and not be too bad. I know I really shouldn't care since I still have some stretch marks and imperfections anyway, but I still do. I still have tape over all of the incision except for the places where the holes are (those have gauze). I see a lot of people don't keep their tape on very long but I think mine is supposed to stay on until my three month check up. I only change it once a week.

The last two days have been awful for swelling. I'm so swollen that it actually hurts. I wish the swelling would stay down already! I'm adding pics of the incision and the swelling.