Four Pregnancies and years of weight yoyo'ing - Round Rock, TX

Things have healed wonderfully. I'm feeling completely back to normal minus some minor tightness at my incision when I stretch alllll the way out. It's just tight though, no pain. I had my three month follow up with my doc. He was thrilled with himself. Lol. The only bummer is my belly button scarring from the skin rubbing together in my binder early on. Thankfully the doc said he could easily excise the scar in the office if necessary. We're gonna give it til April and reasses. So overall, I'm grateful I went through with this surgery. I didn't drop a million sizes (in face I may have dropped barely one) but I look a million times better.

Time is moving fast now. Things have gotten more "normal" every day. Last week I hit a major milestone and was FINALLY able to lie flat on my stomach. It's still a little tight but I can do it, without pain. Thank God! At this point, I no longer have pain. I had little hot spots for awhile but those have gone away as of late. I have scarring above and below my belly button from rubbing while wearing my binder. That's kind of a bummer but not the end of the world. I'm holding out hope that as the scar lightens it won't be too big of a deal. My incisional scar is ok....not something to rave about but not awful by any means. I still have swelling by the end of the day but look pretty good in the mornings. Today I did my first extensive work out, including some serious core work. I am pretty weak (as expected) but was able to push myself without pain. Yay for that! Overall, things have gone well. I go back to see the doc for follow up on the 22nd.

So I went in and basically was told it's nothing and not to worry about it. They said there may have been a stitch that came through although I found nothing, nor did the nurse. Anywho, she put bacitracin on it covered by a small square of gauze. Wouldn't you know I reacted to it? I became all crazy itchy in the area so I took the gauze off. I was left with a raised, itchy welt the exact shape of the gauze. Who does that?? It's still there and driving me crazy. I took some Benadryl but got no relief. Hopefully it goes away quickly and doesn't leave a mark.