over 6 weeks post op!!

I'm a little over 6 weeks post op and I think I'm 80% back to normal. The humidity in new York city is insane and does not help ! I love my new body but I have to admit that eating healthy all the time is hard to stick with. I have been more active lately and have started doing some elliptical time and walking a lot which helps. Although I can now where the garment for only 12 hrs , I wear it most of the time and might take if off for an hour or two a day. I usually wear the first garment at home since it is tighter and the second one to go outside and to sleep but my garments are feeling looser so I might go get them fixed. I'm still using the scaraway gel sheets on my scars and I feel like they really are working. I have been sitting more often, putting more weight on my thighs and sitting upright. I still have some discoloration here or there but they are going away thankfully.

I am officially a few days past the one month's mark and I love my results! The swelling has gone down a lot in my pubic area and my butt and the swelling of my stomach fluctuates with the amount of activity I do. The humidity outside does not help but going outside after being inside for so long is my favorite thing to do lol. I started my stage two garment around week three but I still wear my stage one garment when I am at home because compression is key for swelling. I also started getting massages on week three and they were not that bad ..he told me they would be a little uncomfortable and they were but it was tolerable , I have two more coming up this week. He told me to drink tea with calendula because it would help with swelling and he also gave me a diet to follow which has been hard to do because I miss sweets :'( lol I think that's the hardest part for me. I have not sat down for a prolonged amount of time after the surgery maybe 5 minutes tops so I'm trying to work on that.The bruising on my butt is almost completely gone I still have discoloration on the sides of my stomach and my pubic area but it looks like it'll go away. I also started using scaraway gel sheets on my incision scars and they seem to be helping , the scars are not that big but you know they are still there.I have my follow up appointment with Dr. Schulman this Wednesday so I'm excited to see what he has to say :) I'm going to ask him about working out because I keep hearing different opinions on it and I really want to start doing some type of cardio but I'm not sure if I'm ready for it lol.

Hello ladies ! Well I'm officially 17 days post op and I'm feeling so much better. The swelling is going down and I can practically do everything on my own by now. My skin irritation is getting better thanks to hydrocortisone and aquaphor. My bruises are getting better but I have very sensitive skin so i feel like its taking pretty long lol. My concerns for now are these hard lumps I have in my stomach and pubic area but I'm massasging them daily and they seem to be getting better. I'm going crazy here at home because I haven't gone out since my post op appointment but I will probably take a walk out maybe tomorrow. So as to my surgery,I guess it long due, I got there atapproximately 715am and we started right away , I had to sign some papers,hadto do my pee test and then had to change into my gown. The nurse was so nice and made me feel super comfortable and she put
the IV in and then I met the anesthesiologist and I told him
that I'm prone to throwing up after anesthesia so he assured me he would give me something for that. Next thing he is marking me up and I show him my wish pics and everything is a go. So I'm laying down , they start putting some music on and next thing I know I'm waking up  in the recovery room. I started blabbling to tnurse about weird stuff I don't even remember lol I just know he kept laughing and so did I. I wanted to turn on my stomach so bad because being on my butt
burned so bad. They let my mom in and helped changed me and
next thing I know I'm up on my feet really groggy and the car
service was waiting for me outside. I think we got out by
230pm and that was that. Next week, ill start massages and the stage two garment as well. I'll keep you guys posted !