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52 Yo Tummy Tuck and Breast Augmentation. 5'6" 145 Lbs - Atlanta, GA
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Yesterday was pre-op appointments. Reality is...
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Yesterday was pre-op appointments. Reality is setting in... Had all the pre surgery pics taken, paid for everything- Surgeon, hospital, anesthesia, everything. I guess I'm committed now! Dropped of my prescription orders at the pharmacy and started taking pre-op vitamins . Getting nervous !!! So far so good thought! Everything was smooth from the minute I walked into the doctors office to filling in the registration forms for the hospital. Nurse Heather reviewed every last detail with me, and provided me with an instruction book customized to me and my procedures !!!
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UPDATED FROM Sherryleem
8 days pre
Next steps...
Picked up a wedge pillow over the weekend - I've read that they are really helpful when sleeping. I've scheduled my preop phone interview for the hospital. This is scheduled for 3 days prior, to confirm and update medical history. All of my prescriptions are ready to pick up! I guess all I have left is to "nest", clean the house, make sure laundry is done, and cook a few items for the freezer (just to help hubby out a bit). The next week of waiting will be torture!!
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January 20, 2014
Best wishes for your up coming sx Sounds like you are quite readyand have an awesome hubby in your corner ! You are going to do great , try to get some sleep in these pre op days. Keep us posted we are all here to help in anyway we can .
January 22, 2014
Wooohoo, tomorrow's the big day! Good luck and post an update as soon as you can! Happy healing hun.
January 23, 2014
Thanks! I keep waffling between excited and scared!!! I can't believe it's here already... Going to bed soon, need to be on the road by 5:15 to be at the hospital for 6:00 (praying that Atlanta traffic is light at that hour) ! I'll post back when it's over!!!!
January 24, 2014
24 hours post op TT & boobies! Have been up and walking 4 times - even went pee by myself!! Feel tight with CG and support bra, but pain is still very manageable ! The area around one of the drains is tender. Dr. Alexander looked at everything and said I was beautiful !! My tummy is flat and my boobs are high and tight (thank you big bra!) waiting for hubby to take me home! It's about 15 degrees here so I told him to bring my cozy fleese blankets!!
January 24, 2014
W ow sounds like you are doing fabulous. Would love to see pictures!
January 25, 2014
I'll try to take some before I shower tomorrow . I have large gauze pads between me and the CG right now so you can't see much.
UPDATED FROM Sherryleem
6 days post
1 Week post TT & BA tomorrow! Hopefully the Snowjam in Atlanta won't mess up the follow up appt scheduled tomorrow!
Tomorrow is one week! I couldn't be happier with my progress and can't wait for my follow up appointment ! I have NO abdominal pain except around my belly button WHEN I SNEEZE!! Which I've done 4 times and totally sucks!! Worse part is lower back pain when I stand for any length of time. Needless to say, I have a kitchen chair in the bathroom and sit when I brush my teeth, empty my drains, dry my hair after my shower, get dressed!
I am still sleeping in the recliner , mostly because of the drains and the fact that my 60 lb lab sleeps in my bed = not wanting her to step on the drain tubes-yikes!
Breast augmentation is still achy - under muscle. None of the incisions bother me and I have great range of motion! I have long hair and was worried about towel drying and doing the flip it up in the towel thing.... A little clumsy but doable!
Have been off RX pain meds since PO day 2, Tylenol and muscle relaxers only. May be TMI (but everyone does it) had a BM 3 days PO - soooo important to use ducolax and Miralax!!! All in all I'm doing much better than expected and all my gratitude to Dr. Alexander and team, and my PT, Sorrell, for making sure I was in excellent physical shape prior to surgery!!!
I am still sleeping in the recliner , mostly because of the drains and the fact that my 60 lb lab sleeps in my bed = not wanting her to step on the drain tubes-yikes!
Breast augmentation is still achy - under muscle. None of the incisions bother me and I have great range of motion! I have long hair and was worried about towel drying and doing the flip it up in the towel thing.... A little clumsy but doable!
Have been off RX pain meds since PO day 2, Tylenol and muscle relaxers only. May be TMI (but everyone does it) had a BM 3 days PO - soooo important to use ducolax and Miralax!!! All in all I'm doing much better than expected and all my gratitude to Dr. Alexander and team, and my PT, Sorrell, for making sure I was in excellent physical shape prior to surgery!!!
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February 2, 2014
9 days PO! Yesterday I went to the movies and walked the mall foe a very short time! Got home and rested for a bit, then made a homemade veggie & cheese pizza. Tried to sleep in bed most of the night, made it until morning with a wedge pillow and lots of pillows under knees, on my belly, propping up my arms and boobs (it looked like a fort). Finally got out of bed and back to the recliner - still more comfortable and easier to manage!!
Today's schedule is to shower and walk hair, maybe shave legs :), get dressed into something comfortable. After that hubby is driving me to the mall to pick up some Clinique that I'm running low on, and to walk around some more. I get tired after all the moving around, but it's a "good" tired. I feel and sleep much better after moving!!
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