islandlove

6 WEEKS PO- Doing well and LOVING my new bubbies!! TT healing well.

The seroma from the TT was definetely the worst part. I had very little pain from the procedure, the incisions looked perfect and everything seemed to be healing well until anout the 3 weeks in.Right above the incision I had alot of fluid that just reappeared even after being drained (needle). Right before 5 weeks, I developed a fever and the swelling was worse. Thats when I called the ps, she saw me an hour later and put me on the schedule for surgery 4 days later. The ps put a solution of betadine and karo syrup in between the muscles to sandwich them down and kindof "glue" them together. Weird, huh? She said that she learned this method frm one of her Stanford medical professors. So far it seems to be working as I just have a small amount of swelling and just a tiny bit of draining going on. Im still on bed rest for another week tho. Alot of people are out and about at this stage in their recovery. Im wondering if it has to do with my age- that Im not healing as quickly as when I was younger. It makes me want to not have any other procedures done, ever! Hope your doing good and have a good weekend!

Sounds like you are healing well. Thats great! Dont try to get back to your regular schedule of work and taking care of everyone so soon though. Sounds to me like your trying to rush it too much. Your body needs the time to completely heal. This process takes a long time to completely heal from. Remember to give yourself a pass for awhile and be good to yourself. Take care!! :)

Cant wait to see your new pics. Your stomache looks great! Hope your healing and recovery goes well. Thinking of you... :)

Good luck to you for Monday. Youll do great! :)

I had to keep reminding myself that the whole process takes time. Its easy to tell yourself to be patient.....harder to do though. And thanks to you too!! :)