Herbert A Ecker

i was very nervous. Next thing I knew they were waking me up. Worse thing right now is getting out of bed. This site has helped me so much with my decision to go through with this. I was afraid I was to old. Time will tell. I got home with no issues other than I was real loopy from medicine. My daughters and best friend are taking great care of me. Can anyone give me a tip for getting out of bed? I sure would appreciate it. Keep it all on the sunny side????

Updated on 27 Mar 2015:
post op day 4. Wow I can't believe how good I feel. I had a full Tummy Tuck with lipo. Pain is very manageable - my daughters are taking such good care of me. Went into dr yesterday dressing was taken off. Will try to put pic up. I was shocked how good it looks. I have been sleeping in my bed since the surgery. It took several times to figure out the best way to get up. No problem with bm. Love my grabber seems I drop everything. I was so scared and expected the worst. Should have done this 25 years ago. I can't thank everyone on this site enough. Without this site I never would have gone for it.

Updated on 29 Mar 2015:
Feeling really good. Had 2nd BM since surgery. Have stopped pain pills just taking Motrin. The hardest part is laying around but I do get tired very easy. I am sure I am gonna have down days but so far so good. Trying to walk as much as possible boy when they say your back will bother you is putting it nicely. I told my girls that I think I will be ok now to take care of my self. Hoping to get drain tubes out tomorrow. Will post pics once drains are out.

Updated on 30 Mar 2015:
went in this am and both tubes are out. What a strange sensation. Came home and took a 2 hour nap. Still taking Motrin. Although I don't have real pain I just have tingling in my stomach area. Gonna try to work for 2 hours on Wednesday. Hoping to go back to work at the 3 week point 1/2 days. But only time will tell. I really feel like this has been worth it. But I also know I have a long way to go. And I could have a setback at anytime. Thanks to all the comments they help so much others just don't get this whole process. Will try to get a pic up soon????

Updated on 30 Mar 2015:


Updated on 2 Apr 2015:
i scheduled my surgery for when my husband would be in Florida. Love him but he was not on board for this surgery. He felt I was ok the way I was. But I did not agree and I did it for me. I am 10 days out and still doing wonderful. I am showering my self since last Sunday and taking care of my incision. My daughters, sisters and friends have been there through this ride. I FaceTime with my husband every morning and have had no stress in my life through this. I think that is why I am doing so well. I am only taking Motrin but may try Tylenol pm tonight so I might sleep through the night. It has been so nice all the positive feed back I have gotten here. I would have never gone through with this if it was not for real self. I think the fact that I am a very active person has also helped. Sorry to ramble on - I am sure not used to having all this down time.
My swelling has really gone down. I massage the upper part of my stomach a lot. Will post more pics after my next ps appointment.
Take care all. And if you are reading this post and wondering if you should do this- do what makes you happy. Because that is what this is all about.

Updated on 6 Apr 2015:
i cannot believe that tomorrow will be 2 weeks since my surgery. I am in no pain and feel great. I have used my bed since day one. Was nervous because my bed is pretty high but it is so comfortable I could not imagine sleeping in the recliner. So glad it all worked out. My stomach feels real good. About an inch above and below my scar my stomach is a little hard but I try to run it gently and it feels better. I go back to Dr next Tuesday and I think I will go back to work next week 1/2 days. I had originally thought I would take 6 weeks off. But I don't think it is necessary. I feel so blessed! A big thank you to RealSelf. Could not and would not have done this with out all the information I got here!!????

Updated on 18 Apr 2015:
i cannot believe it has been more than three weeks. There really has been no down side for me. Healing is going so good. The only thing I have not done is workout and run. I have done exactly what I was told plenty of fluids, vitamins and stayed away from sodium. Still wish I had done this years agi????