37 YO Mother of 2, BA/BL TT/MR (Mommy Makeover) - London, GB travelling to Belgium

There's not much change in how I feel today, did show signs of seroma as I had the water bed effect where there was a gap between under my bust and the compression garment so I pulled it up and tight yesterday so it's not as bad today. Fingers crossed it'll resolve itself without the need for drainage. It's not painful to pull in my abs anymore and Dr O said I had to do it as often as possible.

My incisions are quite puckered still but I'm sure they'll smooth out in the next few weeks. My bruising is yellow and fading nicely, think the arnica and bromelain are helping because I could barely see any bruising on my abdomen where the little bit of lipo was done. Definitely will need a revision of the vertical scar but that can be done with local anaesthesia at Singelberg Clinic. I'm going to Holland for xmas to stay with my sister so we'll just stop off in Belgium on the way, get the revision done and carry-on to my sister's house.

Best wishes to my RS sisters [RS bleep]

Feeling really bloated today having trouble with gas so have taken some milk of magnesia so hopefully it will help.

Took some more pics as I was having a strip wash this morning and I think my boobs have dropped a little bit. The bruising is more noticeable today, I'm taking bromelain and arnica to help it. My nipples are peeling, not sure why but have been slathering my whole body with my homemade whipped body butter still which contains arnica, tea tree, lavender, rosemary, shea butter, cocoa butter, jojoba oil, olive oil, comfrey and calendula infused Rice Bran oil and sweet almond oil. It goes on like a dream, love it. Massaged my boobs and tummy as well as scars (over the tape) whilst applying my body butter to try and help my lymph nodes drain the fluids. Boobs feel a bit softer now too which is nice.

Slept quite well last 2 nights, seem to be getting used to the upright position now. Still can't eat a lot at a time, but that's actually good as I don't want to pile on any pounds whilst I'm immobile. Drinking protein shakes with chia seeds. Eating greek yoghurt with granola, chia and honey. Scrambled eggs. Basically soft foods with protein and fibre.

How's everyone else doing today? x

I took a shower this morning and it felt great, I used a cheap Ikea stool to sit on whilst I removedvmy dressings under the running water which helped loosen the glue up a bit therefore was able to keep my skin intact! So before I put new dressings on after my shower I took a load of pics and here they are.

The bruising is starting to show and my incision sites are bumpy but I know that these will flatten out eventually plus I'll be using scar away strips as soon as I'm allowed to. From the side you'll see that my abdomen sticks out a bit in 2 places and this is why I have the vertical scar. Basically my muscles bulged out so badly that they stretched the skin into 2 pouches, 1 above and 1 below my naval. Unfortunately just pulling the skin down doesn't smooth these pouches out so Dr O had to remove some skin via a vertical incision and I may need more removed after the swelling subsides, but that can be done as a day case at Singelberg Clinic.

I'm still numb in a lot of areas but I've been getting 'zingers' in my breasts since last night so at least I know the boobs are trying to get the nerves back up anss running. I didn't have the heavy feeling or elephant on my chest that a lot of women mentioned, when I awoke after surgery it just felt sore and a bit tight.

Anyways the pain is manageable and I'm taking less painkillers today. I'm able to get up by myself too. Was in agony last night from not having a bm the previous day so only barely 2 days constipation and I wanted to die! Seriously, the bloating is bad, but add constipation to a very tight and sore abdominal wall and it's a world of pain. Moral of the story DON'T FORGET YOUR LAXATIVES, it really hurts if you do!!!

Keep resting and healing to everyone who's joined tge flat side and/or gone boobilicious! ?