Tummy Tuck with MR, Lipo on Flanks, Lower Back - Dallas, TX

As we all know, one of my drains fell out at day 4. On day 14, my PS decided to remove my second drain out even though the out put was still high (around 70-80cc) a day because my site started to be irritated and painful. My order was to still wear my compression garment that I've been wearing since day 1 and wear a stomach binder extra tight on top of it!! The pain from the compression of both 24/7 was killing me that I had to retake prescription pain meds again around the clock!! At the end of the day and especially in the middle of the night, my whole stomach gets so sore and painful from all the tightness that was compress on my body without any breaks!! At this point, I'm seeing him once a week still. At week 3, we found out I've developed seroma!!! The water bed, the wave, the sloshing inside my stomach below my incision and all! NOT FUN...So my ps had to aspirate the fluid out of me. I thought my stomach was still numb but I guess not. I have an amazing pain tolerance but to have a long needle poking around and turning all over in there trying to suck out fluid was PAINFUL!!! At one point he accidentally went too far to look for fluid that he accidentally hit my stomach wall! OUCH!!!!!!!...my stomach was swollen and so painful for the next two days with needle feeling and I could still 'feel' the needle sites. I will see him in a few more days for my week 4 post op and I know he will have to aspirate more out because I still have alot of water in there sloshing around. I still try my best to bear the pain as much as I could wearing two types of compression garment extra tight 24/7 to compress the fluid and prevent fluid build up but I feel that It does not help much!! The second I take off the binder, it looks like you just turn on the water faucet back on with gravity pulling all the water down under the incision that makes my stomach looks like a spare tire!!! I'm crossing my fingers he will not reinsert the drain back in me!!! Even after all that, I still love how much smaller my stomach looks without the extra fat/skin. I still can't wear any of my old jeans but at least I can work out and someday I can be in it again without the spare tires!! I'm still pretty swollen but I can't see or feel it but my ps said there's alot of it. That's it for today, please wish me luck that this seroma issue will get resolve soon!!!!!

I can't believe tomorrow will be two weeks, time seems to be flying when I get to be on vacation and pretty much do nothing at all! This journey has been amazing since I didn't feel any discomfort, pain, or any concern accept my second drain stayed a bit long but it was fine!! I try my best to take it easy at home but since I feel so good everyday with no pain that I feel a bit guilty just t doing nothing at home just to make sure not to pull any sultures off from the muscle repair from the inside. In all honesty, I could have gone back to work after day 5 if I wasn't been so sleepy for the first couple of days due to the medication but I chose not to. So girls, if you're wondering if you could just take two weeks off for this procedure and go back to work, I'd say it's doable! I didn't rent any hospital bed, no walker, NOTHING and it turned out that I did not need any of it. I have to say my doctor has been God's send and his staff were all EXCELLENT!! So if you are in DFW area or in Texas, please come see Dr. SAM JEJURIKAR in dallas. He has won Most compassionate doctor and best doctor in the D- Magazine for a reason!! I was not trusting all those things at first to be honest but after this journey I can say that I've made the right decision. I will sure up load pictures at one point to show you what an amazing job that he had done on me!!! Trust me he did not pay/ask me to say all this! Pictures will tell. I was just waiting for this last drain to be pull out before I upload the pictures for you guys to see. Even with lots of swelling, my results are already amazing. Since I didn't really get to my goal weight before deciding to get a tummy tuck, but due to my extra work on the lipo and an amazing skills that Dr. J has, I'm already feel like a barbie with a tiny waist (even only at week 2, along with tons of swollen) and my normal size D breast! I didn't really know what I would feel, or even excited since I'm not sure how things will turn out but I have to say my Doctor really did listen to my concern, my wish, and did all that I ever wish, hope, and more for me!!! My scar was very low, same line as my previous c-section and it was straight and super thin!! My thighs are still swollen so I can't really tell much yet but I already can tell that some areas are already improving drastically even with all the swelling at week 2! So I can tell you that I would do this again in a heart beat!!

Day 5: Still feeling fabulous!! very minimal pain but can't seem to stay awake. I'm still itching all over like crazy, has anyone had this problem?