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Almost 4 weeks post-op
I'm feeling better, still swell a ton in the evening. Yesterday I shopped for about 2-3 hours, without compression garment, by dinner time I wanted to remove my skin. I ached all over and my belly swelled. I took pain meds, yanked on my CG and went to bed, by morning the swelling decreased and I felt recharged.
I started sleeping on my sides this week, at first rolling over proved to be a challenge. Each night gets easier. Because of my chest I'm not able to lay on my stomach.
My left breast has softened and dropped more than my right. My right breast also remains more sensitive/painful. I guess the right side heals slower. All the way around, my right side is more swollen than the left.
I'm still "numbish"...touching my skin is oddly irritating. Almost burning like sensation.
Honestly, I've had a hard time this week. I can't decide if I'm happy with my results. I know everyone talks about swelling and being patient but I really want a flat stomach, a lower lighter scar and tighter hour glass sides. It's kinda depressing. It's hard for my friends and family to understand. Maybe my expectations were to high to start with, it was just so much money to spend to not get near perfect results. (I wanted to post this so I can come back from the future to week 3-4 and comment on how it really does get better.)
Time really is flying by!! I hardly remember week one post-op...probably the pain killers ;-) happy healing!!
I started sleeping on my sides this week, at first rolling over proved to be a challenge. Each night gets easier. Because of my chest I'm not able to lay on my stomach.
My left breast has softened and dropped more than my right. My right breast also remains more sensitive/painful. I guess the right side heals slower. All the way around, my right side is more swollen than the left.
I'm still "numbish"...touching my skin is oddly irritating. Almost burning like sensation.
Honestly, I've had a hard time this week. I can't decide if I'm happy with my results. I know everyone talks about swelling and being patient but I really want a flat stomach, a lower lighter scar and tighter hour glass sides. It's kinda depressing. It's hard for my friends and family to understand. Maybe my expectations were to high to start with, it was just so much money to spend to not get near perfect results. (I wanted to post this so I can come back from the future to week 3-4 and comment on how it really does get better.)
Time really is flying by!! I hardly remember week one post-op...probably the pain killers ;-) happy healing!!
2 weeks post op
Went to my 2 week appointment yesterday. Time to remove stitches, I was terrified. I didn't need to worry. Honestly, little tugs, never felt the stitch come out. Dr. Bailey needed to pick some glue, that hurt a little, kinda like a band-aid pull. I talked the whole time to distract myself :) Surprisingly, my tummy stitches were two really long "strings". I'm still numb below my belly button. I thought that area felt spongy, my friend thought it felt hard?? Still swollen. My pain is manageable, just doing ibuprofen.
Doctor instructions...one more week of wearing shape wear 24/7, then I do shape wear half the time. Next week (week 3) start scar massage (it breaks up the scar tissue) and silicone treatment. I need to let the incision seal, so I'm not pulling it apart. He mentioned white interior stitches might poke out, just trim them. My breasts are healing well. Starting to soften and slowly getting feeling back, just tender. I still can't lift my arms above my shoulders and really limiting my activities that require upper body/core muscles. I go back to Dr. in 3-4 weeks.
I'll post more once I think of something. ;-)
Doctor instructions...one more week of wearing shape wear 24/7, then I do shape wear half the time. Next week (week 3) start scar massage (it breaks up the scar tissue) and silicone treatment. I need to let the incision seal, so I'm not pulling it apart. He mentioned white interior stitches might poke out, just trim them. My breasts are healing well. Starting to soften and slowly getting feeling back, just tender. I still can't lift my arms above my shoulders and really limiting my activities that require upper body/core muscles. I go back to Dr. in 3-4 weeks.
I'll post more once I think of something. ;-)
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