TT with Back Lipo - Healing is the Hardest Part - Vancouver, BC

I'm done! It finally happened! After 20 years of living with this horrendous roll it's finally off my body. Healing has definitely been the roller coaster of emotions I didn't expect. I truly thought I would bounce back faster since I was so fit. Just finished the 1 week hurdle. Hope it gets easier from here on in!

The drains finally came out. Yay! By far, the most painful part of the whole ordeal. I don't want to scare any one but I didn't expect that feeling. It was so painful for me that I almost passed out and laid there shaking for about 2 mins afterwards. Very strange. I am back next week to get my stitches removed. I'm so excited. I can already see my hard-earned abs from the side!!!! I didn't have my abdominals stitched so I was afraid these would be hidden under swelling for a while. Feel about 75% at day 8. I am actually surprised how long it's taking me to stand up straight. I work out a lot and I foolishly thought I would bounce back faster than most people - boy was I wrong. You can't just decide when you're going to get better (after my breast lift/implants I was ready to go back to work After 3 days. Walk in the park). It definitely is a slow loving process where you must make decisions to help your body heal.

My biggest tip - drink 3 L of water a day. Yes that's a lot, but the benefits for bloating, anti-constipation, energy, cleaning out your kidneys from all of the meds, helping your liver process all the meds - drinking that water your biggest responsibility to ensure the health of your organs - which will ensure the speedy recovery of your TT.

I feel like I have retained 98% of sensation in my stomach. It is in the flank lypo areas that I am feeling numbness, crazy bruising (still :)) and muuuucho swelling.

At 8 days I am surprisingly not standing up straight yet. My Dr. Doesn't want me to until next week.

Can't wait to see what the next week brings!! (Hopefully Return to work at the end of this week) Already love my tummy and it's only going to get better!!

My thighs are SO swollen. My butt is wrinkled and saggy looking. Not even kidding when I say I wish I could just take my old butt back.

I had upper butt/lower back lypo done to remove the "shelf" I had there. In the last moment before going into surgery, the surgeon circled 2 spots on my thighs and lypo'd those as well.

I have major swelling in my thighs and in the place where my TT binder cuts me off, my skin is denting in. I emailed my docs office asking them for a binder to compress my thighs where I had the lipo done and to promote a smooth transition between my stomach and my thighs, but they haven't responded to me. Frustrated.

I was really in love with my butt before I went in for surgery. Now I feel like my waist is disproportionately small to my huge thighs.

Can't wait for this swelling to go down. Sigh.