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My Tummy Tuck - Colorado Springs, CO
UPDATED FROM BobbiDoll
1 year post
Wow it has BEEN A WHILE!!
WORTH IT$5,950
It has been over a year since I have had my surgery. I keep gaining weight.. ugh! I have a little shelf over my scar. My scar acts kind of as a belt that squeezes around the front and I have a little top hang... that is mostly because I have gained almost 20 lbs since my surgery. I had a mishap with a seroma building up fluid, about 2 to 3 months in and my primary care doc ( not the surgeon) kept procrastinating on getting help for this issue. It was red and swollen then the skin outside started to die where the seroma was. I had to have surgery and now have a 3 inch scar across my stomach above my tt scar. It was really disappointing. I guess it just happens to some people. I got a tattoo over my scar since it had been over a year and the scar was healed of a peacock. I love it but it was PAINFUL even though I still have a little bit of numbing. All in all I am happy, just need to loose some of these lbs : /
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UPDATED FROM BobbiDoll
7 days post
Went to another post op appt today and my doc said...
Went to another post op appt today and my doc said I was good to get those drains removed. I was sooooo happy!! When ever I went out in public with those things I would always try to hide them and called them my "testicles". That got a pretty good laugh at the doctor's office. Everything is coming along nicely, although I do feel as if my scar has raised... it probably has, that comes with the territory I suppose. I am just going to keep massaging my stomach and hope that helps :)
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S
March 16, 2012
Good for you on getting the drains out. I, unfortunately, have to wait until Monday. This is pure torture :-(
B
March 16, 2012
Aww Kay! It will come before you know it! It was pretty gnarly feeling, but over with so quickly. The gross thing was where the holes were from the drains squirted a little when I put on my compression garment.
M
UPDATED FROM BobbiDoll
5 days post
Tomorrow will officially be one week post op! I...
Tomorrow will officially be one week post op! I still have my drains in and have swelling but each day really has gotten a little better. I didn't have my first bowel movement until day 5 from the drugs I had been given. It was probably the hardest thing I have had to do since the surgery. I am so glad that's over with. Sleeping is a little but easier, but I feel that my sleeping is off. For some reason at two in the morning I want to put on a movie. Lol. I still hate how hard it is to breath, but it has gotten easier. I truely think the tightness from my muscles in my back has affected my breathing, so I try to get a massage when I can.
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M
March 13, 2012
You look fantastic. Soak it up! Let your body heal at its own pace. I hope that I will be able to take my own advice come May 3rd :-). Happy Healing and keep us posted on your progress.
H
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