5 Weeks PO!!!!!! Slow Progress,But Still Worth It!!!!

Hello ladies it's been a few weeks since I last updated so let me start off by saying this has been one hell of a ride. I was doing pretty good until about two weeks ago my incision started to open up. I thought I had an infection but my Dr. said that sometimes happens with the larger tummy tucks. I was ok with that until a hole started to open up and now you can see right into my incision I can even see some of the dissolvable stitches inside of me. I called my Dr. and he had me to come in to check it out. He told me that everything is ok and my incision has to heal from the inside out,so now I'm walking around with a huge hole in my incision. My stomach is still numb so there is no pain I just have to keep the wound clean and dry which is hard because it's draining and i have to keep guaze on it. On a good note I am back sleeping in my bed and I now wear spanx during the day and my CG at night. The swelling comes and goes. my Dr. says I still have lots of swelling so I'm patiently waiting for my final results.All in all I am still very satisfied with my decision to do this and I did a lot of research and read lots of posts on this site so I was prepared for anything. I am posting some new photos of the good and the bad to help someonelse who may need it.Laides keep you head up and be prepared for anything because through all of this I'm still loving my new tummy and the I look in my clothes even with all the swelling and guaze on my incision.....It's still WORTH IT!!!!

Hello ladies.... Today is day 15 PO and I have been having this fluid draining and running down my legs. I thought it was normal until it started to have a foul odor to it. This has been going on for a couple of days now. I emailed the photos of the wound to my Dr so I have to go see him at 2:00pm today. Other than that I have been doing ok I guess. I try not to do to much because I get tired really fast. I started driving of Friday and did some Arrands with my mom on Tuesday. I think that I may doing to much to soon so I'm going to try to slow down and relax. I am also in the swell hell stage of my recovery. It seems like my progress is at a stand still but I don't regret any of this. I'm just going to keep my eyes on the prize, which is a flat belly. Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better!!!!!!! This is still worth all the suffering for me!!!!!!! Happy Healing to all:)

Hello ladies. Today makes day 10 PO and I finally starting to feel a little normal. I had a little scare yesterday when one of my drains started leaking fluid all down my leg. I called my Dr and he told to calm down and come in the morning and he will remove them,so as of 9:00 this morning I'm drain free!!!!!! Yayyyyyyyyy!!!! I'm moving around a lot better without those darn drains.. After my Dr's appt my hubby took me to lunch and we hung out a little,but boy was I tired when I got home. It's like my body goes into shut down everyday at the same time. Is that normal? I'm still real swollen but you can see a big difference in my figure. My tummy is no longer sitting on my lap... Lol!!! I'm tired of sleeping in this recliner so I may try to sleep in my bed tonight. I miss having his warm body next to me,among other things:) but I'm not ready for that yet!!! Lol!!! Any whoo I'm just taking it easy and trying to do what the Dr says so that I can have excellent results, don't want to rush it. I retired from my job in January so I don't have to rush back to work so I'm just going to relax and heal!!!! Happy Healing to all!!!!!!!!