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Loving Wife , Mother and Grandmother. Time to Do Something for Me!
UPDATED FROM Sherry1024
2 months post
Are we there yet?
Sherry1024January 18, 2017
$11,000
I can't wait to get to the tummy tuck finish line! Life is back to normal and I am finally working my full 12 hour shifts at the hospital. I realized that I'm not lifting patient s like I used to. I guess I'm still a little weary of pulling something in my stomach. My incision is healing ahead of schedule per my PS, but it still looks dark. Im still using the EMBRACE scar therapy treatment and I have 3 weeks left of applications. I will start using a lightening cream to help with the pigment. After that I will post some before and after pics. The seroma is FINALLY gone but the swelling persist. Always better in the morning than in the evening. My husband said I'm addicted to my abdominal binder, and I think he is right lol! It just makes me feel so...secure. Other than that, all is well. Hope everyone is enjoying and living life!
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December 13, 2016
Congrats on your surgery... I had mines on11/30 Still have my drains in uggg no heavy pain just tight and some soreness on my flank....continue with your healthy healing.
December 14, 2016
Thank you and good luck! It's going to feel like your recovery is taking forever, but don't worry you'll get there
December 13, 2016
Girl you look so great!!! Love your belly button too. I hope my results are as good as yours. So happy for you!
December 14, 2016
Thank you! My Belly button is my pride and joy right now lol. Especially since my original navel disappeared after having two big babies and my skin became wrinkled and it collapsed. My doctor told me to continue to massage it three times daily to soften it up so it tucks in.
December 14, 2016
Dr V told me the puckering is stitches and those will dissolve around 8 weeks and that will flatten out.
December 15, 2016
I hope so! How are you feeling these days?. I'm swelling more since I became increasing active. It sucks! Plus I will need my seroma drained a 3rd time I'm sure
December 15, 2016
I feel ok. Tired and swollen like you said. I've been up and about since 3 weeks so I feel really sore and swollen all the time. I can barely walk in the morning I'm so stiff from sleeping.
Oh no. That is terrible that seroma keeps coming back. It's all worth it though. A few months and we'll feel great and ready for the summer!!
Also on that puckering one side is less puckered just in the past few days. The stitches just disappeared and it flattened out!
January 5, 2017
Marvelous!!! You did it and are doing it. Went today and locked in my date 7/26/17...trying not to panic.
January 5, 2017
Are those Embrace Scar Strips? I'm thinking about getting those. I'm having tt in March. You look great:)
January 6, 2017
Thank you! Yes they are embrace strips. They are working very well for me. My doctor was impressed so I told him a would be his test dummy. He said my incision is ahead of schedule. It was expensive but so far I really really like my results! I will post pics soon on my next bandage change
January 6, 2017
I'm going to get them. I had breast reduction 2 years ago and i wuah i had them then:( I am very pale and light and i've got super sensitive skin. The surgical tape tore my skin up:( So not looking forward to that again but i will endure....i always tell my daughter...."It's painful being a beautiful woman!" Not to mention expensive! LOL!
January 6, 2017
We invest A lot of money into these tummy tucks from start to end! I refuse for my incision to look like I was being pulled apart by the seams lol. It is expensive but worth it in the end!
UPDATED FROM Sherry1024
1 month post
One month and Counting ????
Sherry1024December 13, 2016
Today marks week 4 (plus 4 days)! So much has been going on since my last post. I'm starting to feel like myself again. I am able to get up and do pretty much anything I want to around the house. Still not lifting anything to heavy. Thank goodness for grown kids and my awesome hubby. I've gone out shopping with my husband for Christmas and I must say it was my first full day out on my feet without any "stomach" fatigue. The swelling still does what the hell it wants. I have realized that I'm not in control in that department ????.
-Diet and weight are fair. I am 158. Eating way to many sweets (new enemy is ice cream). I will get this under wraps this week!
- Pain is gone BUT I feel like my skin is on fire at times! Damn nerve endings and hypersensitive skin, aka dysesthesia, keeps me awake at night. It will take 3 months or more to resolve. God help me..
-Hard induration at lipo sites: my sides were hard like rocks. I started lymphatic ultrasound massages to help break down the scar tissue. So far I had 2 treatment and I feel a difference already on my right side! The left was the problematic side even before surgery due to old mesh. Really tender and still hard but getting better slowly. I have 4 more sessions left.
-INCISION: okay. Everyone that has seen my scar says it looks absolutely fabulous. I on the other hand, think it looks dark. In time it will fade. The left side, the problem child, gathers a bit and the doctor said it would flatten. I started using the EMBRACE scar treatment today. It takes two months and your paycheck for it to work (lol). It's the next best thing since snap chat...????. We will see if I invested my money wisely.
-Seroma: drain again last week. The doctor said my ultrasound therapy was stimulating my lymphatic drainage. So now I have to tell her don't touch my belly when she does the ultrasound and to only do my sides. I think I will need to be drained more time before this is all over.
Okay. That was loooong! Sorry but I felt I needed to give you the full scoop.
Stay tuned. This Thursday I start Velashape III for my cellulite on my thighs! Trying to her beach ready by June!
-Diet and weight are fair. I am 158. Eating way to many sweets (new enemy is ice cream). I will get this under wraps this week!
- Pain is gone BUT I feel like my skin is on fire at times! Damn nerve endings and hypersensitive skin, aka dysesthesia, keeps me awake at night. It will take 3 months or more to resolve. God help me..
-Hard induration at lipo sites: my sides were hard like rocks. I started lymphatic ultrasound massages to help break down the scar tissue. So far I had 2 treatment and I feel a difference already on my right side! The left was the problematic side even before surgery due to old mesh. Really tender and still hard but getting better slowly. I have 4 more sessions left.
-INCISION: okay. Everyone that has seen my scar says it looks absolutely fabulous. I on the other hand, think it looks dark. In time it will fade. The left side, the problem child, gathers a bit and the doctor said it would flatten. I started using the EMBRACE scar treatment today. It takes two months and your paycheck for it to work (lol). It's the next best thing since snap chat...????. We will see if I invested my money wisely.
-Seroma: drain again last week. The doctor said my ultrasound therapy was stimulating my lymphatic drainage. So now I have to tell her don't touch my belly when she does the ultrasound and to only do my sides. I think I will need to be drained more time before this is all over.
Okay. That was loooong! Sorry but I felt I needed to give you the full scoop.
Stay tuned. This Thursday I start Velashape III for my cellulite on my thighs! Trying to her beach ready by June!
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