PO Day 10, feeling pretty good :)

Thank you! I'm pretty pleased with my recovery and I can honestly say its pretty much exactly what I thought it would be. As far as pain, mobility, etc. This site helped me prepare for everything I went through.

Well thank you :) I am very pleased with my stomach and I'm ALMOST walking completely upright. Loving my BB too!

My PS told me he would probably have me wearing the strap after my next appt. He wants to make sure my incisions are really well healed before we add that pressure. Ah, lovely tuberous breasts, lucky me ;) I am glad to know he's putting extra thought into me and my issues but I sure wish I could just get that over with. Yes, I'm sure patience is key here LOL! On the bright side, we are 10 days post op and that's something to be happy about. Happy healing :)

Hi, thank you! I have silicone gel, 304cc, under the muscle. I know it seems like such a random number. I emailed my PS pics that I liked and that were roughly the size I wanted to be. Somehow that translated into the 304's. I know they will change quite a bit over the next weeks but overall I'm very happy with this size :)

Yep, I hate this thing! I promised my PS I would wear it for 2 weeks and I'm counting down the days!

Thank you! I'm definitely seeing an improvement :)

It's so interesting to me the different approaches from the PS. Drains, no drains. Compression, no compression. I guess I thought there were more absolutes in how you go about treating this stuff. Good luck to you, I hope you are happy with your recovery progress :) I think I am, I think so.

Mistypach prayers to you because the day before my drains came out, I was experiencing the same painful feeling. Anytime I would move it would send a sharp burning sensation to that spot. It hurt! I was so nervous that I was going to feel the same pain when they pulled it out, but I didn't feel a thing thankfully. That's weird how every PS has their own way of post op healing. I have two compression garments that I must wear, one goes from ribcage to knees and is very uncomfortable! I wear that in the daytime hours and the other is just that white wrap around the midsection one that I wear to sleep in. Not too bad. And my boobs have been in a cotton hook in the front 24/7 and now I have a strap to push them south. Talk about mummy-fied! Hope your feeling better today and the drain isn't too painful. Prayers for continued healing!

My drain is feeling a lot better today. they bandaged it up with some medicine and as of this morning it's 100% better....but I still can't wait for them to be out. I guess I should be thankful that as much as I have to deal with drains, I don't have to wear any compression garments and that feels wonderful. Prayers sent your way as well. Hope everything goes great!!

I agree - there should be "best practices" that are followed for those kinds of things. Even the stiches that are removed vs disolveable stiches??? And we all hope our PS has the BEST - lol

I asked for regulars sutures since I had to situations in the past that my body rejected dissolvable sutures and I had an abscess. They suture removal was a piece of cake.

This is my first time having surgery/stiches ever and my body is doing the same thing with the dissolvable stitches. I have about an 1/2 inch bluster/abscess smack in the center under my incision. My PS said it looks very good and to continue to keep it covered with gauze and triple antibiotic ointment. As long as its not red or I feel feverish it will heal itself. Makes me nervous though.

Are there sutures underneath that need to come out. I've heard that happens a lot. You will have a section that isn't healing and it's a suture from underneath trying to poke through.