PO Day 16 Calgary TT, MR but No LIPO -Calgary, AB

Tummy had been hard and swollen for the last few days. Bb is so dark... I tend to have hyper pigmentation for the previous scars and it takes a long time for the color to fade. I still have hyper pigmentation from laser treatment on my stretch marks from two years ago. It will go away I'm sure but it will take a long time. Still can't get completely comfortable sleeping flat but no problem sleeping! Back is no longer sore but still hunched over at the end of the day. Over all pretty good considering it was a major surgery. I'm gonna go see my ps tomorrow and I hope she will tell me my BB looks ok... I always thought I would have a round deep bb.

My back had been extremely sore in the past few days and I was really getting annoyed. The muscle relaxant didn't help much at all. Finally I decided to call my PS. (I could have emailed her but I didn't as I have been a pain before the surgery emailing her over and over about the same questions...) Anyways, I didn't talk to her but talked to the nurse instead. The nurse told me that I should be able to stand straight by now and because I am so afraid to stand straight so I am so hunched over which causes the backache.... That kinda made sense as I had this tingling pain when I was trying to straighten myself. I also told her that I have been sleep upright for the last few nights and she said to sleep a little flatter night by night. I listened and started to lower my recliner for the past three nights. And I woke up on day 9 with no backache this morning! Yay!! I felt great and was running around doing errands all day... I am still very swollen and very tight and especially so now at night. However, today is definitely the turning point for me! Yay again!!

My ps told me to keep the steri strip on till next visit, which is 7 days from today. I couldn't help but took a peek at the end of the incisions and I think I got a dog ear... i hope not!! can't wait to see my ps to confirm. I know dog ear can be easily fixed but I still don't want to go through the trouble. I also hope that my incision will look nice and straight... My BB is not a innie but an outie right now and I know what my ps is going to say :" Give it time" Anyways... hopefully everything will be fine!!

PO day 5. Finally I got my drains out!!! Yay! I didn't expect that my ps would take them out but she did! I felt nauseous when she pulled the tubes out even though there was no pain. She said everything looks good(well, it looks really ugly right now appearance wise) I can't shower for another two days and will make an appt to see her in two weeks. I still can't stand up straight and my back pain is causing me way more pain than my tummy. However I feel great and looking forward to another day of getting better!