Almost 4 Weeks, New Pics!

Hey y'all. I know it's been a few days, but my healing is going well. I've been itching like crazy. I got some benadryl and it seems to help. I've been getting lymphatic massages at Massage Envy every week and my stomach is softening a little. I lost a little volume in my butt, I'm now 43" from the original 45". I was a little sad to see it go, but my waist is shrinking too so my butt still looks big :) . And it's starting to jiggle now! By next week this thing will be totally soft! BTW thanks to all you guys for your support and sweet comments. This is a really big deal for us, a life-changing thing, and it's wonderful to see women happy for each other's happiness. :)

I'm so glad to be home, you guys. I'm at two weeks now, and my butt is 44" even though the swelling has gone down significantly. I hope it doesn't get any smaller :p . I've been drinking protein shakes and eating lots of beef and chicken to feed my booty since I panicked at the shrinkage. I swelled back up again after my last protein shake lol. Tomorrow I'm going to Massage Envy, I hope they are as good as Ilene was. She got almost all the fluid out. I still have my front drain in, but I'm taking it out after my massage tomorrow. Also, I just started wearing the board and my stomach looks great from it. It seems like it helps to push out extra fluid. I'll post pics tomorrow once I take my drain out. Also, it feels like my booty is starting to soften a bit! Maybe in a couple weeks I can finally sleep on my side again! Lol

Hey ladies. I've been taking a break for a few days, trying to recover. But I had my first massage today. Ilene was wonderful but Oh. My. God. It was rather painful since I apparently had a lot of fluid in me. Ilene got it out, though, and I felt a little better afterwards. Now I'm leaking around my front drain again. I can't wait to get these things out. As for the pain, it has gotten better, but I ran out of Percocet early yesterday so I've just been managing on ibuprofen. It helps with the swelling around my butt, but the pain is still there so I've just been toughing it out. My recovery seems to be going well, but it is no joke. I have been having to have bowel movements for the last 4 days in a row, which is a pain for obvious reasons : taking the garment and foam off, moving drains out of the way, timing your squat to when your body is actually READY to let something out (it seems most times it's just a false alarm), taking breaks to stand in between, cleaning yourself, and then wrestling with the garment and drains and foam again, and finally resting. Sounds like a hassle, right? Well my body is playing a cruel trick on me. When I finally think I'm done and I get all dressed again, I have to go AGAIN. Three days of this so far. But they say beauty is pain, lol. I got a new garment today because my old one was disgusting, but for it being the same size it is really freaking tight. My husband and I had to really work to get it closed with the foam under it. I'm uncomfortable right now, but I just keep thinking about the result and that keeps me going through it. Can't wait till next week, hopefully it'll be much better by then! :)