breakdancemom

Worth Every Tear and Every Penny - Syracuse, NY

Bunn63, I've been worrying about your cellulitis and haven't seen anything from you for a while. How are you?

Bunn-just showed your infection pics to a good friend of mine who is a provider at an urgent care, they said you need to call Dr. DeRoberts and get on an antibiotic; they said it looks like cellulitis. Use a warm compress and if you can't get in touch with him and it worsens go to Northmed Urgent Care, or somewhere. I hadn't seen your pics when I commented earlier! Please keep me posted; I'm actually a little worried for you

Bunn63, I am sorry you aren't feeling well! I generally don't disagree with other comments, but hydrogen peroxide is not something you should be using on your incision. It cleans, but also damages the healthy skin as well. Everything else sounds great. Three weeks post op was the hardest time for me. I cried every day. I felt betrayed by my new body. Everything I had loved to do was now impossible. People would ask how I loved my new body. I hated it, I hated the drain, the scar, having to walk away from something funny bc I knew a laugh came with pain. But I knew that I would receive no sympathy from my friends, acquintences and even family. I would have paid 13K to have my old life back. I'm so glad I didn't have the option though because by four weeks post op I felt differently and today, I can honestly say I can't imagine not having had it done. I do know somewhat how you feel and also what you have ahead for you and it will get better. Keep your chin up, you will feel like yourself again soon, only with a flat tummy and strong tight abs.

Crapppp, wrong button. By literally pouring warn water down there to stimulate the urine to begin on it's own. It felt ridiculous and once again, my husband was less than delightful to be around. It was like that for just under 3 weeks, but the warm water was my sure bet! Its not ideal, but it was effective. I was working teaching dance in three weeks. I did my first break dance class four weeks since the surgery , in a word....Amazing!

I mentioned my hatred for the toilet in my response, but I didn't realize it was a problem, I was mostly just soap boxing about my husband lol. I could sit on the toilet independently fairly soon, the actual urinating was my biggest frustration besides bed time. I was able begin urinating by either turning on a faucet and hoping that it