“1 Week Post Op - San Francisco, CA”

fantastic doctor And staff. Final stitches and drains out yesterday. Still swollen but can see that he positioned scar really well. stopped taking any pain meds except Tylenol last week due to side effects and Tylenol works fine.

One word of advice: if you,ve had a lot of muscle stitched, try NOT to sneeze.seriously, the only time I felt real pain was when I accidentally sneezed. Am working on regaining energy and strength by taking lots of short walks, kinda bent over. I usually work in a busy office and it's kinda weird being home alone all day waiting for hubby. my hobby is drawing so I guess I,m going to try a "Frida Kahlo" (drawing while lying down).

Would love to hear from others who are week 2!

Updated on 4 Apr 2011:
Week 3 post-op: the clothing issue! I'm starting to see how fab this new tummy is going to look when all the swelling is gone and the muscle is back and I am excited. However, I'm also kind of having flashbacks to those clothing issues that popped up during the last month of my pregnancies , oh so many decades ago. I recall wearing the same darn maternity stuff day after day and getting so bored with it I wanted to burn it by the time those babies were born! Here i am in week 3, wearing the same pairs of pull-on pants ( over my super-lovely compression garment:-) day-after-day. Anyone else getting the I-want-new-clothes-thoughts? Anyone else able to get into a pair of jeans at week 3??? Certainly not me! I'm trying to satisfy the boring-clothes issue by wearing a different pair of cute flats every day but it doesn't quite work when Im admiring them from my prone position on the couch :-)