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It's been a while since I updated this! I am 9.5...
It's been a while since I updated this! I am 9.5 weeks post-op and doing quite well. I am still swollen in the evenings these days, but in the morning I'm hardly swollen at all. It kind of builds throughout the day, and by evening I'm pretty swollen.
I'm feeling good these days. No more pain or muscle spasms. I'm still numb in areas, though. I started cardio exercise last week, which for me is swimming (I can't stand the feeling of being sweaty, so I do my cardio in the pool). It felt really good to get back to exercising (not just walking on the treadmill!). I did about half of my usual time, so just 30 minutes. I didn't swim the entire time. I could do about 4-6 laps at a time, then I needed to take a break and do 4-6 with a kickboard, then laps again, then kickboard. I'm swollen after swimming (I jump from the pool to the shower to my CG) as well as the next day, and last week felt a little bit sore Friday night. I'm not sure if that's normal or an indication I'm over-doing it. It feels really good to be back in the water and able to swim again. I'm also lifting hand weights up to 10 lbs. I can lift my daughter again in less than a month! I'm very excited about that!!
These days I'm finding I'm doing alright wearing regular clothes, such as my skinny jeans, in the morning until around 2 or 3pm (unless I went swimming the previous day...in which case, it's yoga pants). I start to swell a lot by mid-afternoon, so I need to put on looser clothes then. But in the morning I can wear my skinny jeans again!!! That's a major accomplishment. :) I have lost 16 lbs since the morning of my surgery, and I'm finding my size has changed slightly. Some of my very skinny jeans I still need my old pre-surgery size, but other styles I'm needing a size (or even two!) smaller, which is a great feeling.
I'm still wearing my CG 24/7 (except swimming and showering). I can stop wearing it (except in the evenings) at 12 weeks post-op (which is when I can lift my daughter as well). I also have to keep wearing the tape over my incision areas until 12 weeks post-op, at which time I'll be able to start wearing the silicone sheets. I'm excited for that. :)
Adding a few new pictures I took today. Those are jeans I never would have even thought of wearing in the privacy of my own closet prior to the surgery! I bought them on a whim a few days ago.
I'm feeling good these days. No more pain or muscle spasms. I'm still numb in areas, though. I started cardio exercise last week, which for me is swimming (I can't stand the feeling of being sweaty, so I do my cardio in the pool). It felt really good to get back to exercising (not just walking on the treadmill!). I did about half of my usual time, so just 30 minutes. I didn't swim the entire time. I could do about 4-6 laps at a time, then I needed to take a break and do 4-6 with a kickboard, then laps again, then kickboard. I'm swollen after swimming (I jump from the pool to the shower to my CG) as well as the next day, and last week felt a little bit sore Friday night. I'm not sure if that's normal or an indication I'm over-doing it. It feels really good to be back in the water and able to swim again. I'm also lifting hand weights up to 10 lbs. I can lift my daughter again in less than a month! I'm very excited about that!!
These days I'm finding I'm doing alright wearing regular clothes, such as my skinny jeans, in the morning until around 2 or 3pm (unless I went swimming the previous day...in which case, it's yoga pants). I start to swell a lot by mid-afternoon, so I need to put on looser clothes then. But in the morning I can wear my skinny jeans again!!! That's a major accomplishment. :) I have lost 16 lbs since the morning of my surgery, and I'm finding my size has changed slightly. Some of my very skinny jeans I still need my old pre-surgery size, but other styles I'm needing a size (or even two!) smaller, which is a great feeling.
I'm still wearing my CG 24/7 (except swimming and showering). I can stop wearing it (except in the evenings) at 12 weeks post-op (which is when I can lift my daughter as well). I also have to keep wearing the tape over my incision areas until 12 weeks post-op, at which time I'll be able to start wearing the silicone sheets. I'm excited for that. :)
Adding a few new pictures I took today. Those are jeans I never would have even thought of wearing in the privacy of my own closet prior to the surgery! I bought them on a whim a few days ago.
I'll be 6 weeks post-op tomorrow. Last night I was...
I'll be 6 weeks post-op tomorrow. Last night I was finally able to sleep comfortably (very!) in my bed for the first time since I had the surgery. YAY!! It was a blissful 8 hours. :) I'm so happy to be out of that recliner and back in my bed again.
Today was a big day. I accomplished a lot. In addition to waking up in my bed, today I also officially gave up the shower seat (I've been showering without it for about 2 weeks, but today I officially moved it out of my shower). This was also the first time since my surgery that I styled hair. My hair is very long (halfway down my back) and curly. Since my surgery, I've been wearing it up in a bun, but today I styled it straight again. This is a very long process-- takes me nearly an hour between blowdrying and using the flat iron, and I haven't felt like I've had the stamina to straighten my hair until now. I also had my first glass of wine since about December 20th tonight! I figured after all of those accomplishments, I deserved to celebrate a little bit. :)
Tomorrow I go back for my 6 week post-op visit. I'm sure they'll tell me I need to start giving up my CG, which I don't intend to do. I love wearing it, and right now I'm still having quite a bit of swelling in my thighs and hips that starts around noon. At least the CG contains the swelling a little bit; without out it, I imagine I'd swell up like a balloon. I'm definitely not ready to give it up quite yet. Last night I had to wash my favorite CG. I didn't feel like myself until this morning when I could put it back on (I had to sleep in a different, less comfortable one).
Today was a big day. I accomplished a lot. In addition to waking up in my bed, today I also officially gave up the shower seat (I've been showering without it for about 2 weeks, but today I officially moved it out of my shower). This was also the first time since my surgery that I styled hair. My hair is very long (halfway down my back) and curly. Since my surgery, I've been wearing it up in a bun, but today I styled it straight again. This is a very long process-- takes me nearly an hour between blowdrying and using the flat iron, and I haven't felt like I've had the stamina to straighten my hair until now. I also had my first glass of wine since about December 20th tonight! I figured after all of those accomplishments, I deserved to celebrate a little bit. :)
Tomorrow I go back for my 6 week post-op visit. I'm sure they'll tell me I need to start giving up my CG, which I don't intend to do. I love wearing it, and right now I'm still having quite a bit of swelling in my thighs and hips that starts around noon. At least the CG contains the swelling a little bit; without out it, I imagine I'd swell up like a balloon. I'm definitely not ready to give it up quite yet. Last night I had to wash my favorite CG. I didn't feel like myself until this morning when I could put it back on (I had to sleep in a different, less comfortable one).
So I posted another update in the comments...
So I posted another update in the comments section, lol. I just discovered it. Here it is:
Yesterday (2/2), I was officially one month post-op, and my PS said I had to wait to sleep on my side until one month out. I was so excited last night to sleep in my own bed! I've been sleeping in the recliner (which is quite comfortable) I rented out of fear I would roll onto my side in my sleep. Last night was a major FAIL. My incision is up pretty high (almost to my waist) and on one side, wraps around almost to my back. Sleeping in my bed was very uncomfortable. It was painful lying on my incision, and the lipo sites are still quite tender. I woke up probably every 90 minutes needing to roll to my other side (which made my stomach muscles burn) and reposition my pillows. Around 4am I gave up on the back and forth rolling and decided to just sleep on my back with a pillow under my knees, but it was still nowhere near as comfortable as the recliner. Tonight I will get my beauty rest in the recliner!! After the fail last night, I can't wait to get back into the recliner tonight. I won't be trying my bed again anytime soon, lol. I'll rent the recliner clear until June if I have to (although I really hope I'll be sleeping in my bed long before then!). The recliner might even top the walker on my list of must-have items for recovery following this surgery, lol. A few hours after the massage on Friday, I started to have strange tingling sensations on areas of my stomach and hips that were numb. Since then, I've noticed I have sensation in those areas! I'm not completely numb (certain areas still are numb, though)! It's pretty exciting. I'm sure it's from the massage because until then, I was almost completely numb everywhere (stomach, hips and thighs). Yay! :) Massaging my belly button with a marble doesn't seem to be doing anything. I can only tolerate it for 5 minutes max until it starts to get painful so I stop. I'm tempted to just tape the marble in there. I feel like that would do a lot more to open my belly button up than just massaging it with a marble 5 minutes a day (I supposed I could add another 5 minutes, but it just doesn't seem to do anything except get painful from all of the movement across my bellybutton). I'm tempted to just give it a try.
Yesterday (2/2), I was officially one month post-op, and my PS said I had to wait to sleep on my side until one month out. I was so excited last night to sleep in my own bed! I've been sleeping in the recliner (which is quite comfortable) I rented out of fear I would roll onto my side in my sleep. Last night was a major FAIL. My incision is up pretty high (almost to my waist) and on one side, wraps around almost to my back. Sleeping in my bed was very uncomfortable. It was painful lying on my incision, and the lipo sites are still quite tender. I woke up probably every 90 minutes needing to roll to my other side (which made my stomach muscles burn) and reposition my pillows. Around 4am I gave up on the back and forth rolling and decided to just sleep on my back with a pillow under my knees, but it was still nowhere near as comfortable as the recliner. Tonight I will get my beauty rest in the recliner!! After the fail last night, I can't wait to get back into the recliner tonight. I won't be trying my bed again anytime soon, lol. I'll rent the recliner clear until June if I have to (although I really hope I'll be sleeping in my bed long before then!). The recliner might even top the walker on my list of must-have items for recovery following this surgery, lol. A few hours after the massage on Friday, I started to have strange tingling sensations on areas of my stomach and hips that were numb. Since then, I've noticed I have sensation in those areas! I'm not completely numb (certain areas still are numb, though)! It's pretty exciting. I'm sure it's from the massage because until then, I was almost completely numb everywhere (stomach, hips and thighs). Yay! :) Massaging my belly button with a marble doesn't seem to be doing anything. I can only tolerate it for 5 minutes max until it starts to get painful so I stop. I'm tempted to just tape the marble in there. I feel like that would do a lot more to open my belly button up than just massaging it with a marble 5 minutes a day (I supposed I could add another 5 minutes, but it just doesn't seem to do anything except get painful from all of the movement across my bellybutton). I'm tempted to just give it a try.