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1 month update and questions
My mobility and stamina are increasing daily. I can sweep the floor, lay on my sides for brief periods, know to hold my abdomen if I sneeze and the swelling is going down. I am even job hunting.
My breast are falling into a more natural position and softening. BUT I am sure I will want to have larger implants as soon as possible.
My husband's favorite results are the return of a waist and feminine silleloutte. Saturday we went to the mall just to walk around. He looked at work shoes to replace his and decided we had spent too much this month and couldn't afford them. Later I was admiring a nighty and he pulled out the robe to go with it. When I told him i was just looking and replacing 60,000 mile shoes was more important, he argued that I was so wrong. :) ;0) :) Priorities. So I am making a point of wearing man pleasing nightwear. .
So questions:
Do you know of a silicone tape that is designed for frequent replication?
I had muscle repairTT. As the skin stretches, I feel my belly is starting to pooch. Is this right? Have I torn something?
Do you have any stretch mark prevention tricks? I have no elasticity in my skin and it is very dry. I moisterize, at first with olive oil and am now using an aloe and vitamin E lotion.
My breast are falling into a more natural position and softening. BUT I am sure I will want to have larger implants as soon as possible.
My husband's favorite results are the return of a waist and feminine silleloutte. Saturday we went to the mall just to walk around. He looked at work shoes to replace his and decided we had spent too much this month and couldn't afford them. Later I was admiring a nighty and he pulled out the robe to go with it. When I told him i was just looking and replacing 60,000 mile shoes was more important, he argued that I was so wrong. :) ;0) :) Priorities. So I am making a point of wearing man pleasing nightwear. .
So questions:
Do you know of a silicone tape that is designed for frequent replication?
I had muscle repairTT. As the skin stretches, I feel my belly is starting to pooch. Is this right? Have I torn something?
Do you have any stretch mark prevention tricks? I have no elasticity in my skin and it is very dry. I moisterize, at first with olive oil and am now using an aloe and vitamin E lotion.
TMI ?
New CG, Op Report, and Let's Talk About Doing Too Much
My Leonisa CG is the most comfortable and is easy to get into! This is saying something. I ordered the boyshort version and with my fat thighs, that was a big mistake. The rubber hem has rolled up into a brief, and I'm okay with that. I will have to ask the family if they can go without eating or electricity next week. Mama needs these thighs compressed too.
The op report I requested came yesterday. To me op reports tend to be automated spills that the surgeons have to do and they rarely vary. Even reading the same old spill a hundred times can tell a lot. If it doesn't vary, then everything was in the expected realm of acceptable. If it is the same spill but missing a bit, thoughts of was the case too simple, did the surgeon get an extra heavy load that day, is the surgeon distracted, etc come to mind. Sometimes there is the fill in the blank with the automated spill, ex 500cc Mentor gels. Sometimes there is a veiled reference. Sometimes the script has to have a major revision or to be thrown out the window. These are everyone's favorite to read, the most likely to end up in the law office and the easiest to use in defense of undesired outcomes.
Anyway in regards to the report, I want to send Dr. Freiman the following note but he may not have the same humor.
Dr. Freiman,
Thank you for the surgical care and for getting the op report to me. It was a great relief to know that you did find abdominal muscles to repair. I was afraid that my last two years of being lazy would make that impossible. Again I am truly grateful, but I would like for you to consider making the following changes to the op report.
You stated that 339cc implants were used as I desired. That is a lie. I wanted mega implants. So #1. The patient was advised of the dangers of placing 3000cc implants with a breast lift and that she would end up with them in her cereal bowl one day. She consented to smaller implants and agreed that healthy breast with a good surgical outcome were better than big boobs.
The report makes no mention of the best part of the surgery for this saggy, baggy, fifty year old lady. On post op day 3, my GYN doctor and friend sent a note to let me know she was thinking of me and to ask how I was doing. My response was easily positive even though I couldn't see any cosmetic benefits yet. I had to tell her how great it was to have my bladder empty at one time and for my urine to freely flow.
By post op day 10, I had seen positive cosmetic benefits but discovered the real JOY of my surgery. Thus #2. (feel free to tell how it is really done) The mons and upper portion of the pelvic girdle were lifted with the abdominoplasty to relieve pressure on the lower urinary tract and to allow the clitoris with its corresponding nerve endings better exposure during sexual activity. (Thank you, thank you, thank you!)
Oh well. Now I've told him in my head.
Today I am spending the first half sitting around. It seems one day I enjoy being up and at 'em. The next day I pay for it. I have discovered that I can walk forever without any problems, but sweeping will quickly bring cramps in my back. I am careful not to lift anything too heavy and my body tells me when I have crossed the weight limit. Yesterday was a productive day. I made lunch to share at my parents house, a great dinner for us and did a little laundry (the only thing I didn't do was carry the loaded basket). Well when night came I felt like my back was broke, took pain medication and didn't get to sleep until nearly 4am due to pain.
The hardest thing I have done today is unload and load the dishwasher, put on my new CG and clothes. My bed is unmade, my shopping list sits unattended and deals are passing me by at the mall. To be honest, it may all wait for another day,
Sex is the same way. We love to have sex (definitely more often than when we were worn out by little kids), I can't keep my hands off my husband, and he can get "horngry". We are not hanging from the chandelier, but JP drains didn't stop us and we are not going without. Just like regular activity of daily living, you listen to your body and heed its warnings. Then after the hormones are satisfied the belly and back want to complain about after the fact. (Maybe that is why PS op note was so long.)
I have got to do better at policing my activity, not do more than I am suppose to do and have learned that I can't fully trust my body to warn me in time. To be honest, I don't think it would be easy for my family to see me do nothing when I am not having problems moving. On the other side of the coin, if I don't do anything, I start hurting too.
My Leonisa CG is the most comfortable and is easy to get into! This is saying something. I ordered the boyshort version and with my fat thighs, that was a big mistake. The rubber hem has rolled up into a brief, and I'm okay with that. I will have to ask the family if they can go without eating or electricity next week. Mama needs these thighs compressed too.
The op report I requested came yesterday. To me op reports tend to be automated spills that the surgeons have to do and they rarely vary. Even reading the same old spill a hundred times can tell a lot. If it doesn't vary, then everything was in the expected realm of acceptable. If it is the same spill but missing a bit, thoughts of was the case too simple, did the surgeon get an extra heavy load that day, is the surgeon distracted, etc come to mind. Sometimes there is the fill in the blank with the automated spill, ex 500cc Mentor gels. Sometimes there is a veiled reference. Sometimes the script has to have a major revision or to be thrown out the window. These are everyone's favorite to read, the most likely to end up in the law office and the easiest to use in defense of undesired outcomes.
Anyway in regards to the report, I want to send Dr. Freiman the following note but he may not have the same humor.
Dr. Freiman,
Thank you for the surgical care and for getting the op report to me. It was a great relief to know that you did find abdominal muscles to repair. I was afraid that my last two years of being lazy would make that impossible. Again I am truly grateful, but I would like for you to consider making the following changes to the op report.
You stated that 339cc implants were used as I desired. That is a lie. I wanted mega implants. So #1. The patient was advised of the dangers of placing 3000cc implants with a breast lift and that she would end up with them in her cereal bowl one day. She consented to smaller implants and agreed that healthy breast with a good surgical outcome were better than big boobs.
The report makes no mention of the best part of the surgery for this saggy, baggy, fifty year old lady. On post op day 3, my GYN doctor and friend sent a note to let me know she was thinking of me and to ask how I was doing. My response was easily positive even though I couldn't see any cosmetic benefits yet. I had to tell her how great it was to have my bladder empty at one time and for my urine to freely flow.
By post op day 10, I had seen positive cosmetic benefits but discovered the real JOY of my surgery. Thus #2. (feel free to tell how it is really done) The mons and upper portion of the pelvic girdle were lifted with the abdominoplasty to relieve pressure on the lower urinary tract and to allow the clitoris with its corresponding nerve endings better exposure during sexual activity. (Thank you, thank you, thank you!)
Oh well. Now I've told him in my head.
Today I am spending the first half sitting around. It seems one day I enjoy being up and at 'em. The next day I pay for it. I have discovered that I can walk forever without any problems, but sweeping will quickly bring cramps in my back. I am careful not to lift anything too heavy and my body tells me when I have crossed the weight limit. Yesterday was a productive day. I made lunch to share at my parents house, a great dinner for us and did a little laundry (the only thing I didn't do was carry the loaded basket). Well when night came I felt like my back was broke, took pain medication and didn't get to sleep until nearly 4am due to pain.
The hardest thing I have done today is unload and load the dishwasher, put on my new CG and clothes. My bed is unmade, my shopping list sits unattended and deals are passing me by at the mall. To be honest, it may all wait for another day,
Sex is the same way. We love to have sex (definitely more often than when we were worn out by little kids), I can't keep my hands off my husband, and he can get "horngry". We are not hanging from the chandelier, but JP drains didn't stop us and we are not going without. Just like regular activity of daily living, you listen to your body and heed its warnings. Then after the hormones are satisfied the belly and back want to complain about after the fact. (Maybe that is why PS op note was so long.)
I have got to do better at policing my activity, not do more than I am suppose to do and have learned that I can't fully trust my body to warn me in time. To be honest, I don't think it would be easy for my family to see me do nothing when I am not having problems moving. On the other side of the coin, if I don't do anything, I start hurting too.
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