Day 9 Post op... Drains out..YAY!

So I'm 9 days PO today and went in this morning to have my drains removed. I was so anxious and nervous as to what the sensation was going to be when they were taken out that I was making myself really worked up. The nurse took out some additional sutures and then cam the drains. OMG, yuck! That felt so weird, thank god I didn't look down to view this or would have probably totally passed out. So after all that fun-ness came the game of trying to get into the compression garment. Until today I was only wearing a waist cincher. So with the help of the nurse and another girl they managed to contort me into the garment finally. But my first and foremost thought after this was... "How in the hell am I gonna try and get this sucker back on myself"??? After my garment was on the nurse also put the waist cincher back on me too. You wanna talk about feeling like a stuffed sausage? Holy cow!

I haven't posted pics yet cuz I wasn't able to stomach taking them myself without feeling nauseous and when I was at the Dr's office I meant to ask them to take them for me but I got too side tracked with all the other stuff and questions I had. So hopefully within the next couple of days I can get something posted. I will say I have quite a bit of bruising on my butt and upper thigh area. I also had an allergic reaction to the antibiotic ointment they put on my stomach after surgery, so I have a ugly rash going on. I feel so puffy and swollen despite having taken all the stuff to prevent it... arnica, bromelain, etc. Guess I'll just have to just wait it out and hope it goes away like everyone else.

After the Dr appt I had been so sick of being cooped up in the hotel room I asked my friend to take me to Target to pick up a couple of things. Jeez what a project. I totally walking like Kwazimoto and it took me forever to get the two things I went for. So lesson learned from this little outing... I'm not going anywhere else till I go home on Tuesday. I felt so aggravated not being to move at the pace I wanted and I didn't particularly care for the stares I was getting.

I'm so homesick I really just want to look up a flight today and get on a plane out of here. I didn't think it would weigh on me as much as it has. I miss my husband and kids so much!! Oh and my dog, miss my doggy like crazy. Despite the fact that I am in amazingly great weather and all that, I really don't feel up to par to go out and do anything. I just want to go home ASAP.

Sorry for the ranting but I hadn't really hit my "low" til today. I can completely get what everyone talks about now when they talk about the roller coaster ride that this takes you.

Thank you and hope all you ladies that are post op are healing well. And to all you that are waiting to have your surgeries, best of luck to you all!

so things definitely got worse before they got better. The last couple of days where hell. Things are SLOWLY (very Slowly) getting better. Im bored out of my tree but I know this comes with the territory. Cant wait til I can look back and say that im glad that's over.

Im still really wondering/worries how this turned out since I haven't look at anything yet. All ive been able to see is that one side of my butt is for sure flatter than the other. My tt scar is beautifully low though, thank goodness.

My surgery went well i think, but i havent been able to see anything yet. Dying to check out my stomach and butt. My pain has been about a 7-8. I was walking around a couple of times yesterday and most of the day today. i feel much better moving around. My appetite has been good also, had a protein shake, some pineapple, oatmeal and tons of water. I was told the next couple of days are going to be more painful than the first day.