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2 weeks post op- all is well!

You look AWESOME! Go you!!!! Congratulations, you are inspiring :)

Thank you :) you are right, things get better in little pieces. Each day is a little easier. I mostly just tear up in the evening now when I am so tired, sore, and much more emotional when looking at the scar. I cried in bed last night a bit and HB tried to make jokes which did help a little. Saw a neat website with a sheet about emotional ups and downs that I thought rang true for me: http://www.tuckthattummy.com/postop_emotions_print.htm It has a bunch of detailed info about healing, etc. I know you are past this phase but it might be helpful to others. Thanks for your support :)

Thank you also for your posting, I'm in the beginning of week two also and your words really help :) Thank you.

Mommy kit you are right! We are having the same experience! I got home today and it was so good to see the kids but then they threw absolute fits tonight and I just sat there. There is nothing I could do and I just started to cry. I wanted to go back to my parents house where it was quiet and I got waited in and spoiled and had to do nothing. Don't get me wrong, I love my little ones and HB more than anything, it was just a shock to switch environments like that :) and I cried again tonight changing the dressings- same stomach and scar issue but I like what TwoPlusOne wrote above on here, that is helpful for us as we heal over the next few weeks and months. I switched from Percocet to Tylenol today and that seems ok. I seem to still need the muscle relaxers for the spasms in my stomach. Will ask the PS about that this week. Hope to get the second drain out Tuesday, we'll see. Hope your day today went a little better than yesterday! I'll pray for us that each day is a little better than the last. I am sure we'll have our weepy days, that just happens with surgery, especially the kind we had. Talk to you soon!

Thank you so much, that does make me feel better. I cry every time I change the dressings because it's just so creepy and ugly looking. I will try to be patient and realize it will keep changing for the better. Thank you thank you thank you for your words of advice.