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4 weeks PO. TT, MR, Lipo May 8th - Vancouver, WA
UPDATED FROM PacificNW
1 month post
5 weeks PO. I am feeling so much better. I'm still...
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5 weeks PO. I am feeling so much better. I'm still wearing the binder, will I ever get to the point where I feel I won't need it? Is it physical or psycological? Still not happy with my belly button.
UPDATED FROM PacificNW
1 month post
4 weeks 2 days PO. Had a very good day, ran a...
4 weeks 2 days PO. Had a very good day, ran a couple errands, went to Sweet Tomatoes with my husband and daughter then went grocery shopping. Later took my dogs for a walk, poor things have been cooped up in the yard for over 4 weeks. I am almost standing completely straight. I still get hunched over after sitting but it straightens out faster. So, now that I'm feeling better I have a sore throat and feel like I'm getting sick. Isn't that just lovely. Have an appt with PS tomorrow, I might have to cancel it, sure don't want to get him sick. Hope everyone is doing good.
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L
June 7, 2012
You are looking fabulous! Congrats on the healing. It is slow, but patience is definitely key with this surgery. My BB is still swollen too, but I can see how much it has changed already from one week to three weeks. Just look through your pictures and remind yourself how far you have come! :)
L
June 7, 2012
I think you look great, especially considering what your body has been through! I think the BB looks good but just swollen from what I can tell. :) congratulations!
P
June 7, 2012
Lost & MyGirl, thank you, yes I can see improvement so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I am not a patient person. I can tell myself to be patient but to actually be it is a different story. ha ha
L
June 7, 2012
Lol! I'm super impatient as well. I want NOW results. The waiting will make me crazy, I know it already. Oh, and as a bonus, I panic over everything. This should be interesting for me haha. You're doing better than I probably will! :p
P
June 7, 2012
Ha ha You sound so much like me. I get very queasy,too. My first post-op I felt like I could pass out so the next two appts I took valium. I wouldn't hardly look at myself the first week. I am very much a hypochondriac, which my daughter always thanks me for inheriting.
KR
June 7, 2012
pacific i was same way, about 6-7 days after surgery i was standing in the bathroom brushing my teeth and started thinking about the incision, what my body went thru and all and started to have a panic attack and was thinking is there anyway i can change this, lmbo, i had to take nerve pill, nerve pills have been my best friend, i am ok most of the time but now and then i get these panic waves that almost consume me, now that scar is "healed" i dont panic over that, i just find something new to panic over, lmbo...........................i have had a couple actual panic attacks prior to the surgery, way before even thinking about it, nothing to do with surgery, i think my body is just like that, im a retired police officer and i do think i have a small amount of PTSD, lol, which affects me from time to time, but 95 percent of the time im good,..........................................
T
June 7, 2012
Kathy, you really look good. BTW thanks for your service as a police officer! The main thing I panic about is maintaining the post operative result that was anticipated. Not only for my PS but myself, my hubby, anyone that knows I did this. It's going to be hard work but I'm ready, I need focus and this is a perfect incentive.
KR
June 7, 2012
thank you, yes i am scared of that also, i have been walking every day and trying to stay active however not doing other exercises yet, i may start doing my arm work out with weights but try it sitting down, yes i know, could you imagine going thru this to end up the same way, but i would think with the mr and extra skin gone how could your body get that bad again, but it does concern me also.
UPDATED FROM PacificNW
28 days post
4 weeks PO. Standing a lot straighter, not 100%...
4 weeks PO. Standing a lot straighter, not 100% yet. At 2 weeks I went thru a terrible depression, then after seeing my PS I felt much better, he's very reassuring. I've been so much better since then. He said I could stop wearing the cg if I wanted or wear spanx if I'm too insecure. Well, I can't find anything that isn't too tight. So I guess I'll just try and wean myself off it. This is such a long, slow process, sometimes I feel I will never be normal. I haven't been happy with my belly button it just looked too big. But today I see improvement so hopefully I won't have to have a revision. The PS said I would have to wait a year. I think because of scar tissue. I will ask him on Friday when I see him. I would like honest opinions.
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K
June 5, 2012
You just had your surgery so give your button button some time to heal. Your going to be hunch over for a few weeks. After that you should start walking straight. Other than the issue with your belly button you look great.
K
June 5, 2012
You look great!! I'm sorry you went through sound depression, if it makes you feel any better I think it is normal. I've definitely had my moment where I think I should have never find this, but it gets better. I think that your belly button looks good. It is kind of hard to see in your photos because they are kind of dark. Are those your most recent photos our do you have any newer ones you could post?
KR
June 5, 2012
omg pacific, i wish i would have known how this surgery affects our nervous system, i have had my share of meltdowns, my surgery was on May 9th, and Im not back to myself at all yet. Today was 1st time i had pedicure and hair cut and have to admit that was good for my self esteem, just made me feel better. I still am wearing binder AND compression garmet and with all that on most of my clothes dont fit even with the fact i have also lost about 15 lbs., yes this is a very SLOW and humbling recovery process, i think when we get down we need to "lean" on each other, i know we want to keep that positive image all the time, but wow, nothing has ever knocked the crao out of me and my nerves like this has. dont get me wrong i am super happy with results, my surgeon is wonderful etc., nothing im not happy with but wow, what an experience. in pic looks like you still have bruising and also looks like you have something over scar, what is that, lol, and also glad to hear from us old timers, thanks, lmbo.
P
June 5, 2012
I don't know if you guys already know this but if you click on the pictures they enlarge. I just found that out today. I can't figure out how to lighten the pics, if I use the flash all you see is flash. I will try to have my husband take some pics tonight. A tiny part of the incision wasn't healing right so I have a bandaid on it.
KR
June 6, 2012
northwest, re: your belly button, i would say it looks a little enlongated, is that a word, however at 2 weeks not so much, my guess its just part of the healing process, i look at myself one day and really like it, then another day or time im thinkin wow it looks different now, i think its just all part of it, summer mentioned that she was packing her belly button again and making hers more round, i guess you just take guaze and work it in belly button and make it more round, might be an idea, i may do this also to keep mine round........................
P
June 7, 2012
I wonder if that really works, I'm having a hard time picturing how gauze can change the shape. Although last week my PS said I could do that, maybe thats why. I thought it was to protect it from the binder rubbing on it. I have a tank under the binder so I stopped packing it. hmm
KR
June 7, 2012
i dont know for sure but i think it was "summer" who started also packing her belly button and put the guaze in there in a round shape so that it heals round, yes not sure if in long run will work or not but they did pack it for a reason and yes i also thought it was for infection reasons, still not positive but i do think also packing in a circular way may help,who knows i do it every couple of days overnight, and omg, really i do think we have a lot of patience, i dont think we totally realized just how long this total recovery takes, and for some its even longer, im trying to keep it together, some days are better than others but i think i might see a small light at the end of that tunnel...............
KR
June 7, 2012
and dont you also find it amusing that we all look 100 percent better than before but now we kind of pick at things that are not perfect all the way around, i know if someone saw me saw and all my before pics they would think i looked fabulous, i guess i keep needing to remind myself of those old nasty before pics i took, most of which i didnt post but i did post two of them and they were not pretty, lol
P
June 7, 2012
ha ha I know, I guess I have scoliosis so one side has more curve than the other and I'm already trying to figure out how to fix that. I'll bet no one would even notice unless I point it out.
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