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3 week PO - Update, new pics: TT Post Weight Loss, No Children - Colorado

UPDATED FROM NeverOwnedA2Piece
22 days post

Just past the 3 day PO mark,and I feel...

NeverOwnedA2Piece
$7,800
Just past the 3 day PO mark,and I feel GREAT!
Sorry I've fallen so behind on updating. Here's my recap.
I returned to work (desk job) after 2 weeks, and around the same time I returned to working out daily.
I couldn't stand up straight for almost 15 days, and then it took about 3 days after that to make it through the day straight up. I still get tight after sitting too long, but that's about it.
As for working out, I got the go ahead from my PS to do non-high-impact WOs, so I started off slow on the recumbant bike, built up to walking on the treadmill at an incline, then the raised bike and stairmaster. I also do some light body work like calf raised, etc - no twisting and no heavy upper body lifting.
I also work out in a Target brand version of spanx, and I have to say - working out has seemed to make ALL THE DIFFERENCE. The very next morning after my first WO, I had SO much less swelling. I've kept it up and increased it a little every day and I think it's working. Oh, but again - I do workout in spanx and I do ice for 20 mins after I am done, just to send some extra love to the TT.
I've also tried to maintain a pretty good diet, and I do feel able to eat less at each sitting, which has been helpful.
My only lingering "issues", if you can even call them that, is that I still have tightness, especially in my hip flexors (hip crease area,) and I still have a pretty red ring around my BB. Oh, and I still have a pretty significant ridge on my left side at the incision. I think that all this will continue to subside with time, though.
Oh, and right around 2.5 weeks, I was finally able to sleep in really any position.

That's it for now.
My advice,
get moving and keep moving
start slow and take extra precautions
ice afterwards, even if you're not sore
sleep, nap, send positive love your way
lots of visualizations of how you'll know you'll look soon.

Okay, good luck to all of you out there. I'll update again next week.

NeverOwnedA2Piece's provider

Paul C. Zwiebel, MD (retired)

Paul C. Zwiebel, MD (retired)

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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UPDATED FROM NeverOwnedA2Piece
22 days post

Er, that post was meant to say just past the 3...

NeverOwnedA2Piece
er, that post was meant to say just past the 3 WEEK PO mark.
Oops!

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January 12, 2012
Looking awesome!! Your swelling has gone down on the sides - yay! You keep looking tinier and tinier.
UPDATED FROM NeverOwnedA2Piece
11 days post

Alright, I posted a picture to try to show how...

NeverOwnedA2Piece
Alright, I posted a picture to try to show how much the swelling below my navel went down post massage.
Still not up straight, but almost... :)
I also finally slept in a bed last night, with a ton of pillows, but a bed nonetheless.
The only other update is that I had a bit of a reaction around the steristrips(the tape over my incision). Went to my PS, they removed them and there was some areas of blistering. They gave me some cream and it's much better, almost gone already. I'll post close ups of my incision too, in case any of you have or get this.
Hope you are all doing well. Wishing us all the best in 2012.

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December 31, 2011
Hi Never Owned! Wow-looking really really good& at 1 wk. to boot-you must be VERY happy can't wait to see your updates!! Happy New Year to you! :)
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January 2, 2012
you look awesome!! Please keep updating!!
April 19, 2016
Hi, I will have an appoint with the same PS next week cuz I am interested in a mini tummy tuck, BBL and lipo but I don't know how he works. I'm scared to get a horrible scar in my tummy. I have no stretch marks but my tummy is lose after have my kids.

Do u have a recent pic of your tummy tuck job? I would like to see your scar and how he does the procedure?