31 y/o no kids.

Hey loves! I’m feeling much better. My mobility is back and the swelling in my knees has gone down (thank God! That was the worst!). Most of my swelling has gone down except for my lower back and and FUPA. My fupa is still pretty tender and my lower back is pretty sore. My abs are like a gargoyle. Stiff as rock. I may develop fibrosis in this area bc of the water pockets I got from the drains. But I’m going to have deep tissue massage next and I’m going to have them attack my stomach to help break it up. I know Dr. Mendieta has his patients go to a certain recommended massage therapist about 1 month out to get her to work on the Ab Sketching to break up the fibrosis. I’m seriously considering flying back out to Miami in 1-2 wks to have 4 sessions with his massage lady. I want my stomach to look legit ( I mean I PAID ENOUGH for it, so might as well do my due diligence and get the best results). So I’m planning to travel back to Miami for 4 days ( 1 intense ab massage per day) at the end of January. I’ll officially be about 8 wks out from my surgery by then and can sit. Although, I did go to Tulum Mexico for the New Year with my boyfriend (he surprised me) and I started (somewhat) sitting on my butt a little early. 4 wks. (I leaned forward and avoided laying back on the upper ridge of my butt everywhere we went). So I’m looking forward to being able to it down soon without a bbl pillow. Swelling is taking much longer to go down all over my body then expected. But I am feeling much better. My booty projection and hip curves is exactly what I wanted. My next steps are doing everything I can (including getting laser treatment) to remove the subtle scars I have on my upper butt and back from the surgery. Sorry the pic has me dressed. It’s my most recent pic out on New Years in Mexico. I’ll upload better pics soon.

Soooooo happy to be home. The flight wasn’t bad. I got lucky and had a 4 seat row to myself. Which means I was able to lay on my stomach on a pillow I brought with me and I slept the entire 3 hr flight home. One of my best girlfriends picked me up from the airport, brought me by the grocery store, then took me home and brought in all my stuff while I rested. She is so sweet! I’m pretty beat now, extremely swollen (especially in my knee’s) and stiff/sore. Feels good to be home.

I had 4 lymphatic massages when staying at the recovery house. But I switched to an Airbnb (to save a little money) and tried the massage lady my doctor recommended. IT HURT SO MUCH. But she got out so much of my liquid building in my stomach. I’d heard her massages were intense but necessary and let me tell you, I cried and screamed out In pain the entire time. The incisions on my lower stomach are still open, so she was able to push liquid from my back and sides and legs & stomach down to the open wounds to squirt/drain it out of my body. It did literally squirt across the room (&on her face — felt super bad about that) bc I had so much pressure building up in my stomach from my swelling and my skin not being able to stretch any further. I soaked 4 puppy pads that she kept having to replace as she pushed it out. I had to gain 10 IBS for the surgery & I swear that has somehow turned all into liquid right under my skin. I’ve got little pockets of liquid that squish and shake like jello if you poke them. Including around both my knees, making it near impossible to bend them. Word to the wise, don’t lipo your inner knees. Most girls can kneel and lay on their stomachs the few wks after surgery. But the pain from mine being so swollen only allows me to stand or lay down bc my knees barely bend. Crawling into the bed is awful. I’m tempted to re-open my knee stitches today and try to squeeze out the fluid build up like the masseuse did. Oh, and I’ve got a faja that is spandex and pulls on or off (so no latches or hooks- it’s the only faja my Dr. allows his patients to wear so your stomach doesn’t build up as much fibrosis) and I’m by myself at the Airbnb and can’t get this thing off by myself. (Luckily there is a hole big enough to use the restroom easily) I fly home tomorrow morning, and live alone, so I may be stuck in this thing until my swelling goes down more. I hear that’ll happen in week 2. I pray it does bc showering with my faja on doesn’t sound fun. I’m so ready for this pain/ swelling and stiffness to be over. My skin is very sensitive now after the intense lymphatic drainage massage yesterday which makes me feel like one giant painful bruise. I’m clearly weak when it comes to pain. Or maybe this is actually just extremely painful and most girls just skip weeks in btwn their post surgery updates bc they too are on their death beds. I screamed and cried so loud during the massage, that when I walked out of my appointment into the buildings lobby, there were random people waiting for the elevator asking if that pain & suffering was me. All I could do was lean against the wall and cry laughing bc of how embarrassing it is to have strangers hear you at your worst. Their faces were like WTF just happened to you in there?!?! The lymphatic massage that is done correctly with hurt like a MotherF the first few times. I finally felt relief afterwards but legit, I hate this. I hope my body looks good on the back end bc I will NEVER BE HARMING MYSELF LIKE THIS AGAIN. Plastic surgery is so intense. I have so much respect for every person who has had multiple surgeries. Before this experience I admit that I secretly judged girls and said it was the “easy way out” “They should work out & love who they are”.. uhhhh this is NOT EASY!! What a little b*tch my inner self was. They deserve all the love and money that comes their way bc this is no joke. If you can survive this, you deserve the world. Celebrities that boss up and become billionaires (like Kylie Jenner) who was cute before her plastic surgery transformation but now is the youngest billionaire on the planet bc she created her own lipstick company from her love of lip injections and upgraded her body through surgery which made others want to copy her, she deserves all the $$$ she makes. Without her transformation, she wouldn’t be the boss b*tch she is today. I can’t imagine making it through just this one surgery, and she and her family have all had multiple. They are power queens who really have an intense inner strength within to survive this pain. So impressed. I’m going to upload Dr.Mendietas preferred masseuse info so y’all can check out her insta. Each massage is $120 but her results are unbeatable. I wish i’d only used her to begin with and not the RH masseuse. The amount of fluid build up that had to be forced out of my body literally felt what I imagine pushing a baby out would feel. (I’m terrified to have kids now. Might never do it after this experience). My lower stomach and fupa area were on fire. It caused my body to shake uncontrollably and my face was pouring tears and screaming out in pain while staring at the dots on the ceiling tiles trying to make out shapes to distract myself. Getting your fupa lipo’d with other body areas included is not for the weak. AND I AM THE WEAK APPARENTLY. I will never ever do this to myself again. I will follow all the instructions I can to not injure my new body/booty bc I will not get it fixed if it’s botched. #Weaksauce