Had TT 8/11/17 and had psuedobursa repair 10/25/17. Still having swelling in abdomen just below my breast. Is this normal?

The deep nerves affecting reflexes are nowhere close to the tummy tuck area and shouldn't be affected.  If anything, it could be medication related, but can't anatomically be related to surgery.

But in my opinion and with my techniques (discontinuous undermining) blood supply is BETTER with the anchor abdominoplasty.  If you have tons of lax skin, such that occurs with major weight losses, those patients want their skin removed.  The anchor will do that whereas the traditional tuck w...

You may want to sleep with pillows under your shoulders and under your knees to keep you in a flexed position. My patients have found it most comfortable to sleep in a recliner chair that they can adjust. Good luck.

Each surgeon has her/his own preference. Personally I like to perform the diastasis repair in 2 layers, using a permanent suture for the deeper layer, and slowly absorbing suture for the second layer. In theory, even if absorbable sutures are used, the body is thought to scar in the repaired ...

And its very easy to confirm your muscle repair... do a crunch and if you cannot feel a depression in the midline, your repair is still intact.  Skin is pulled towards the midline with muscle repair as well and this can be addressed with an office revision using liposuction.  Finally, s...

Congratulations!  Keep in mind that 4 weeks is VERY early in the recovery process. You have a lot of healing yet to come! At 4 weeks, scar tissue has started to form and is intense. This may be part of what you are feeling. This will calm down a bit around 6 weeks, then continue to taper off a...