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Drainless TT-February 5th-Tulsa, OK
UPDATED FROM jlr2012
4 months post
One More Update...
WORTH IT$6,000
Today is POD 130. I feel that even though I have had an unusually hard recovery period, I would not change the experience for the world. I feel much more confident of myself, more proud of my body, healthier, and overall happier and confident in my life. I have been told that I will probably need a revision in a few months, due to the hard, somewhat painful scar that the fat necrosis left once it drained, but that's OK.
Many people don't understand why I did this, or how I could be so pleased with the results, even after the pain and trouble I went through with it, but I think that a body altering experience like this is something that other people can really never understand unless they have been through it. This will be my last update, and I may start a new story when I do the revision, but for this experience, I am closing the book. Thanks to everyone for listening and being there-this blog was a hugely therapeutic outlet for the mixture of emotional and physical feelings I have had during this journey to a better me :) Good luck to everyone that chooses to go down this road in the future!
Many people don't understand why I did this, or how I could be so pleased with the results, even after the pain and trouble I went through with it, but I think that a body altering experience like this is something that other people can really never understand unless they have been through it. This will be my last update, and I may start a new story when I do the revision, but for this experience, I am closing the book. Thanks to everyone for listening and being there-this blog was a hugely therapeutic outlet for the mixture of emotional and physical feelings I have had during this journey to a better me :) Good luck to everyone that chooses to go down this road in the future!
UPDATED FROM jlr2012
2 months post
Well, I have still been dealing with the red,...
Well, I have still been dealing with the red, swollen area in the middle of my stomach. Turns out a condition called fat necrosis, where the fat inside a part of my scar liquifies and turns necrotic, and all I can really do about it is wait for it to resolve and then have revision surgery to get rid of the area when it gets to the point that it can be revised. The doctor said that it will basically be like a mini tummy tuck that excises the scar and brings the stomach together tighter. I wish I could have it right now-I am so tired of having this ugly, hard, red, painful scar in the middle of my abdomen.
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Jlr, you have certainly been through enough! I sure hope you are done now with everything until the mini, and you get to enjoy that flat tummy! Good luck to you!
Me too! I am read for this ordeal to be done with! Everyone is confident that I will get there, it will just take a long time. Thank you for the well wishes
How are you?
UPDATED FROM jlr2012
1 month post
POD 51 today. Had another FU with my PS-got some...
POD 51 today. Had another FU with my PS-got some great news! Yesterday, my seeping area where the drains were located finally started backing off on drainage. It has hardly drained in the last two days, and my last dose of my most recent antibiotic was Tuesday morning. My PS said everything looks great, and he wants to see me back in two weeks. For someone that has had at least one FU appointment a week since February 5th, this made me want to cry tears of joy. I thought things would never get better, and now my incision is almost completely healed up! I am so excited. Posting a pic of my incision today.
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You look amazing!! I'm so glad things are better. When did the tightness in your stomach get better? It feels like a rubber band pulled so tight it's going to pop! I'm feeling better everyday just moving slow. I had a really swollen day yesterday. Stomach and breasts. So uncomfortable. I've got off the pain pills the evening of day 3 but had to take one last night. Haven't had any today. Hopefully it all gets better each day.
The tightness has not gone away. My stomach stays so sore down the middle of the muscle repair, and there are several areas of my stomach that must be tacked down with sutures, because I can feel them under my skin, and if I turn certain ways, they pull and I feel really sharp pain. It does get better every day, though.
That's exactly how mine feels. It's like I can almost see the indented areas where there are sutures under my skin. Twisting to my right causes sever sharp pains and cramping. I'm still really swollen on my hip area. I hope that gets better.
Just checking in. I'm feeling pretty good. I go back to work tomorrow. Are you still wearing the same binder he gave you? Mine feels really stretched out... I'm wondering if I can switch to a different compression garment.
I most recently been told I have something called fat necrosis, where a piece of fat starts turning to liquid under my skin. It's pretty painful, and I am sort of upset about it. He said it will eventually heal, and the. I will need to have another surgery to get rid of the scar. Ugh.
I got another binder about a month into this. Mine got stretched out quite a bit, so I got another one. He also told me that I could use any of the compression garments, but he just uses the binders because the CGs are so much more expensive. I have two CGs that I wear, as well.
Man girl! Im so sorry. Where is the necrosis at? Do they know what causes that? Where did you get your CG's? I hope my sides go down. I'm so worried I'm always going to look like I have love handles. That's why I did this was to get rid of the rolls! I'm sure it's early for me to worry about that.
The necrosis is in the middle of my stomach, under my BB, and aboveboard incision. He doesn't know what caused it. I don't smoke, I am not diabetic, and I don't have any other issues that would cause problems with wound healing, so I don't know.
My sides still look so puffy. I am not even going to worry about it right now. I ordered my CGs online, but I don't remember the website.
I'm so sorry you are dealing with all that. Hang in there. I'll Be praying for your healing. I'm here if you need to talk.
Thank you! Hopefully everything will clear up and I won't need any more surgeries. Definitely don't want to go through this again.
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