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On the other side and doing great!!

UPDATED FROM byebyebelly
26 days post

I was doing great, up until Thursday. My PS said...

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byebyebellyOctober 29, 2011
WORTH IT$4,500
I was doing great, up until Thursday. My PS said that was the day I could stop using the binder. By 5 pm I was in swell hell, running a fever, chills and spots on my left incision were hurting. This is the worst I have felt through this whole journey. I was able to see my PS on Friday and he discovered I was not dissolving all of my stitches. My body is reacting to them as a foreign object so, he manually pulled a few out and put my on antibiotics. I would send a 4 wk pic, but I look like a Ken doll right now and I don't want to freak anyone out. I will say this with swell hell my waist is at 28 inches, before TT it was 32 inches.

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BellaBelly
October 30, 2011
Looking great! Hang in there...just a little bump in the road of recovery...just keep thinking of what the end results will be after all that swelling is gone! :)
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byebyebelly
October 31, 2011
Thanks BellaBelly, you are right it is a bump in the road and I have been very lucky so far.
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marinemom
October 30, 2011
Hi BBB...hang in there b/c there are lots of ups and downs with the procedure. One day you will find yourself sailing along and then Bam! Something will set you back. Do not push yourself, keep your protein up, esp. if you are having issues with healing and take it one day at a time. This is a marathon, not a sprint! You will feel better soon. :)
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byebyebelly
October 31, 2011
You and BellaBelly are absolute right. I am finally feeling better. Fever, chills, muscle aches are gone. The pain in my left incision area is greatly improved. I am going to stick with compression garments for awhile. I find the garments are much better then the binder at keeping the swelling down. I thought by the 4th week I would be smooth sailing, going back light exercise, but atlas it is not for me yet, but it will happen. Still freaky happy with my tummy and on top of that my blood sugars have improved greatly.
UPDATED FROM byebyebelly
23 days post

Okay I just read Bella83's update. No one told be...

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byebyebellyOctober 26, 2011
Okay I just read Bella83's update. No one told be a year, really a year before numbness goes away!!! I am doing okay except for the tight and numb feeling in my abdomen. It is bordering on painfully uncomfortable.

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marinemom
October 27, 2011
Glad you are doing well, sorry about the numbness, my ps said all effects of the tt could take as long as a year to go away, just wishful thinking otherwise! But look at it this way, you're closer to getting there today than yesterday! :)
UPDATED FROM byebyebelly
14 days post

I am 2 wks post of today. YEAH!!! I am feeling...

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byebyebellyOctober 17, 2011
I am 2 wks post of today. YEAH!!! I am feeling great and see my PS tomorrow and hope he releases me to go back to work. The steri strips have fallen off both sides of my hips and I am impressed with the scar. It is just a hairline. I have started scar treatment.

I found these great compression pants. They are called ipant and they are embedded with microcapsules containing caffeine to promote fat destruction; vitamin E to prevent the effects of aging; ceramides to restore and maintain the skin’s smoothness; and retinol and aloe vera to moisturize and increase the firmness of the skin.

The iPan releases these ingredients into your skin while you move throughout the day. I think this ipant combined with ScarWay and Vit E and my incision is going to heal beyond my expectations.

Happy healing to all!!

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