Hopeful, Nervous and READY! - Campbell, CA

Wow. For me, the arms have been a little tougher than expected. Ok, a lot tougher. I guess I had it in my head that the arms would be a cake walk after the abdomen, but I was sadly mistaken. 18-days post op and I still cannot sleep without pain, the elbow areas hurt ALL of the time, and I can barely lift my arms high enough to wash my hair. It is very painful to wash my hair. I am hoping that something is not seriously wrong, but this seems worse than it is supposed to be. Going to see the dr this week.

2 weeks post procedure.
Pain getting better, still not able to bend all the way down and bathroom remains an entertaining challenge. The horrible bruising has started to fade, but the swelling is still pretty prominent. I can see some changes, so that keeps me from feeling discouraged. I was supposed to get my arms done in 2 days, but cancelled that because I am still not comfortable sleeping and cannot imagine making it even harder to sleep at this point. I cannot wait to get these arms done though. Will post pics soon.

In A LOT of pain today. My bruising and soreness prevents me from being able to bend or pick anything up from below waist level. When I take my compression off I am shocked every time at how black blue and green I am. I am supposed to be getting my arms done a week and 2 days from now....I don't see how I am going to be able to do that with this level of pain. Hoping for some relief. Hard day. Very emotional.