SAFELIPO THIGHS: 32 Yr Old Active Exercise Instructor Just Wanting Inner Thighs Not to Painfully Rub - Cleveland, OH

Feeling much better. Still bruised surprisingly. I thought that would be gone by now. Still sore to the touch and still stiff. I can't bend my knees very well. I went back to my gym for the first time yesterday and took a Pound class (the kind of classes I teach). I definitely was swollen afterwards so I was glad I had my compression garment on. I still wear my stage 1 garment at all times only removing it to shower. I may try not wearing it for the first time this Friday night when I go to dinner with my friends. I'm sick of having a compressed/flat butt. I wanted to go to a yoga class on Monday but I tried doing child's pose and couldn't even get on my knees without being in pain so I probably won't do yoga for a bit longer yet. I think I see that my legs looks a little smaller. The most noticeable is on the outer thighs even though that wasn't my real area of concern. My inner thighs are still big to me. I hope they ate still swollen and that they go down more. My knees are also still pretty swollen and like I said, very stiff. At the end of class yesterday when we were stretching, I had a hard time bending my leg back to grab my ankle and do a quad stretch. I have been able to sleep on my sides foe the last week which is nice. Before that, I was sleeping on my back only because it hurt to be on my side. I'll continue to keep you posted!

Finally starting to fell a little better. Still extremely sore, stiff, and bruised, but I'm forcing myself to walk around more. I was supposed to go back to work today but ended up just working from home again because I was so tired. I am including some updated pictures. Still not much of a difference since I'm still so swollen. I have my second post op appointment with the doctor in a week from today. The first appointment was with his nurse, not him since he was out of town.

Ok on Tuesday Day 6 post op, I definitely can tell I'm finally STARTING to feel better instead of worse! Phew! Going from lying down to standing and from standing to sitting is still pretty painful but once I'm up for a few minutes, I start to feel like I can stand and walk more than before. I'm sure just getting all the pain meds and stuff out of my system more and more each day will help me with the nausea and light headedness too. I only took 2 Tylenol in the morning before doing some housework and getting ready. I know just unhook and unzip my garment halfway down to go to the bathroom since going through the tight hole is impossible for me. It still hurts pretty bad to sit on the toilet on the backs of my thighs but once I'm down, I'm deal with it ok. Today, on Day 7, I will attempt my second shower. I'll let you know how that goes!