I wanted a tummy tuck but because of a large incision from a previous surgery I was able to have a "moderate" tummy tuck below the belly button so my dr. suggested lipo above which made sense and then a little lipo on my love handles.
It has been five weeks, the pain is terrible and I am stiff, can't fit into any of my clothes. When I came out of surgery I was told we did a lot of lipo. I figured of course everyone knew what they were doing. The tummy tuck is hardly painful though the scar is so ugly. But the lipo is so so painful and the dr. will not give me any more pain meds saying take tylenol, right that really helps!
The top of the my thighs is swollen and sore and I'm told that's normal even though I didn't have lipo there. I really wanted a tummy tuck and now have to worry about lumps and bumps. I don't work out that much so that worries me. I've had the connective tissue massage which feels good but wasn't prepared for the financial cost of that. I wish everything wouldn't of been so understated, I don't know if I would of done it had I known how much lipo was going to be done. I know if I mention it to my dr. he will say he was just doing his job to sculpt the body to the tummy tuck. I hope I can get into some jeans at some point. It's depressing. Slow going and no pain meds!! Also I agree that being older takes longer to recover.
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Posted to Beware of Lipo for the Over-40 Crowd! on 11 Feb 2009