Mommy Makeover in Two Days! So Freaked out

I'm 19 days po and I'm starting to swell a little more than I did days 5-15 po. I am loosing up on my diet a little, especially with salt- it's impossible to eat out and have a low salt meal! My breasts are very uneven. I had a lift (no implants) and my right is about a full cup size larger. I think they look great though- so I hope they even out! Overall I'm more swollen on my right side- you can see it in my thighs too, especially po 8 days. My incision is healing well except for right in the middle- it seems to rub on everything when I walk and it's raw and hurts. My bb looks pretty good, much better than I thought the first time I saw outpost surgery! I'm wearing my binder 23 hours a day and I'm still sleeping in my hospital bed- I love it but it goes back next Wednesday. I bought about 10x the amount of stuff I needed for this surgery- don't k know what I'm going to do with it all. I have a cruise planned for August 5 and I'm looking forward to bathing suit shopping!

I'm waiting for my hospital bed to arrive- bleached all the bedding and sheets. Getting ready to sterilize my bathroom with a good wipe down ceiling to floor with bleach. I'm steaming my hardwoods in my bedroom to make sure they are spotless. I'm really concerned about walking up 3 flights of stairs to my bedroom- I hope I will be able to make it. Surgery is at 8 tomorrow- I'll be there by 7. My surgery is 5 hours and I will go to the beauty suite for one night. I went through all my clothes and separated loose and big stuff that I might be able to wear in a couple weeks- anticipating swell. I haven't had salt in 3 days. I'm going to take fiber and try to clean my system today and drink a ton of water. I don't think I'll eat anything solid. Picking up health no salt snacks, any suggestions?

I'm a 42 year old with a 14 year old child. I have always loved my body- generally 5'5" and between 125 and 140lbs. My boobs were always awesome ranging (depending on my weight) from 34C to 34D. Many of my friends had various cosmetic surgeries throughout the years but I loved my 34-24-36 body. My stomach was always flat and I never gained weight there. A few years ago I went through a whirlwind of traumatic issues (parent's sudden death, divorce, sever issues with work) and I started having sever pain in my lower abdomen. Turns out I had fibroids. After an attempt to remove them, I found myself in the hospital 4 months later, with what I thought was appendicitis, and it turned out that the fibroids had grown back and were pressing on my bowls. My gyn suggested a hysterectomy but said he would leave my ovaries. Well, within a year I started with severe hot flashes, my hair started falling out, my appetite was out of control (I gained 35-40 pounds). The hot flashes were so bad that my hair would be dripping while I tried to talk to clients. The nights were so bad that I would wake up with sheets soaked through, hair dripping wet and now freezing. I was so tired all the time that my work suffered. I was embarrassed about my condition physically and mentally. I gained almost all of the weight in my stomach and mid section. Nothing I had fit and I found myself going from size 4 to an uncomfortable size 10/12. I'm not a candidate for HRT as I have dense breast tissue and a family history of BC. I worked out- half-assed because I was so tired all of the time- and depressed. I will post pics of pre and post menopause later. The difference is unrecognizable. Still not thinking of plastic surgery, I started to seriously workout, do cleanses to try to get my metabolism going again. I tried no carbs, liquid diets, no processed foods. All the while walking 3-5 miles at least every other day. I would lose 2-3 pounds and gain it right back. Finally, a good friend confronted me and said: "you really need to do something about the way you look. I've never seen you let yourself go like this" as I sat and looked down at my belly overlapping my vjay, and another roll on top of that bigger than my breasts (which are now probably 38DD and hang down half way to my navel). I thought, I can't do this myself. Since the birth of my child I have had loose skin under my navel- and it was ugly with stretch marks but I covered it with high top bathing suits and one pieces so it really didn't bother me too bad. Now, that extra skin is filled with fat and hangs over like a miniskirt. I know I can't fix that. So I went to see 3 different plastic surgeons and they all had the same basic advice. Full tummy tuck (my muscle is separated 4 cm) lipo, and a lift. One surgeon wanted to do a fat graft back into my breasts - the proceediure was about $10,000 more than the other two doctors quoted. One suggested an implant as well as the lift, and the third Dr. Suggested a lift with no implant and thinks I will get the results that I'm looking for which is- to get rid of side-boob and to be able to fit in a dress shirt, suit, or a dress without looking like I'm popping out- or my clothes are too small. I also figure I can go back and add the implant If I want bigger breasts. So, I've got surgery on Friday and I'm freaking out- it seems like so much for my body to go through. And the pain women are talking about... I had my child natural (not intentional, the doctor never ordered my epidural and although she induced, was at the movies with her daughter and didn't get the call from the hospital (I had already been in 10 hours of hard labor) until I was 8cm, she got to my hospital at 8:17, and I gave birth 10 minutes later- after she slit me and broke my baby's shoulder pulling her out. Anyway... Super traumatic and beyond painful. I'm freaking out about this being a similar experience.