Finally Doing This for Me! - Monterey, CA

So I started working yesterday and holy swelling! I'm still really happy with my results tho even with all the swelling going on. I bought some pants for work and was able to go from an 8/10 to a 6! One pair from old navy was even a 4! Today I worked out for the first time and it was .... Hard! I'm def starting over and I was exhausted after about 15 minutes! As of today I'm told not to wear my binder anymore except to bed if I choose. I think I swell more without the binder tho. My stomach just feels wierd throughout the day. All in all tho I feel pretty good! So I'm hoping to feel more normal soon!

Well I'm feeling pretty good minus the swelling and the fact I've randomly gained 4 pounds! Lets hope that goes away soon!

This [RS bleep] is no joke! I was told "oh you're gonna swell and be uncomfortable between weeks 3-6" but I figured yea yea how bad can it be. Holy crap dude! Sometimes I look down and feel like the Michelin man! My hips are insanely swollen around the back of my incision and I am still all puffy and soft now around the center, right above my incision but below my belly button. It was nice and tight last week and this week - BAM! poofy! It's crazy! I have a follow up tomorrow at my doctors and I'm praying that the small fluid pocket I had is gone because if he whips out that needle again to drain it - I will most likely hit the floor... again. Plus I'm ready to just move forward and stop being in the "couch potato" stage of all of this. I'll be 1 month PO in 3 more days. There's so much more to healing then I imagined!