40 in six months, time for a new me! - Baltimore, MD

This tummy tuck has been my dream for 10 year's after having my second son. I have two handsome boys by C-section. Which left my stomach Big and Fat. So before my 40th birthday, I need an early birthday gift. I am now 10 days post op from my tummy tuck and lipo surgery and my experience right now has been a little hard. The tummy tuck itself this far is okay, it's the liposuction that hurts the most. My ps told me to make sure to take my medicine as prescribed every 3 to 4 hours. I have to remind myself that I did just have surgery 10 days ago and I know it's going to get better. I sometimes have problems with shortness of breath, if I do a little more activities throughout the day I notice I get shortness of breath. I still have my JP drain in because when I went for my post-op appointment I still was carrying a lot of fluid so my ps put me on another antibiotic regimen. I just can't wait for this part to be over. Once the drain come out, hopefully I will start to feel like myself again.

Today is my twelve day. And I feel horrible I woke up with a little tightness on my chest just had to do my breathing exercises, and I'm still in pain. I'll be glad once I start feeling like myself again, yesterday was not too bad and it's still early so hopefully throughout the day I'll start feeling okay. It's a little after 1 and already I have Swell Hell and the only thing I ate or you might as well say drunk was a protein shake. Tomorrow I go to get my drain tooken out and hopefully after that I'll feel so much better.