Day 24 post op: Breast Lift (laser bra) and Tummy Tuck (Fluer de lis)

Day 18 Post Op: Well the it's the next morning after my first day back to work and I'm none worse for wear. I feel about like I do in the mornings, sore and tight until I reach for the tylenol and down a couple and give it the fifteen minutes to work before even getting out of bed. Still sleeping on my mountain of pillows and actually really enjoying that. I may be sleeping better than ever in this position. I still sleep with a fresh ice bag wrapped in a thin towel on my tummy all night long and feel it really makes a difference.

I have this haunting memory. I can hear my anesthesiologist saying to me as I was getting onto the operating table, "You will not even remember that we had this conversation", and I'll be krikey, he is right! I don't know what was said before or after that, because I was out of it after that. IT's funny that I can recall him saying the sentence "you will not remember we had this conversation" and yet nothing of what conversation he was talking about which would have occurred prior to that sentence. It's driving me crazy. I sure hope I did not say something inappropriate like "why do all you anesthesiologists look like you just stepped off of the pages of GQ or something?!". I have often thought this to myself in the past, and the one I had this time around was no exception. I sure hope I did not say that out loud whist climbing onto the operating table. What I do recall is that when I was wheeled down to the operating room, I then had to get off of the guernie and walk into the operating room and get onto the operating table and I remember saying "but I can't do that because my gown is open in the back", and then the good looking anesthesiologist says to me that he will hold it closed for me. I do remember thinking to myself, "but buddy you are the reason I am weirded out about my hospital gown being open in the back and now you are going to be holding it shut for me???" Oh the humiliation. LOL But I am certain I did NOT say that out loud.. I sure would love to know what I DID say though, that lead him to remark that I would not remember having had that conversation......

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Well I am now home from work and got the first day of work under my belt. It was rough, I'm not gonna sugar coat it. I can't imagine if I had to do a job that required more than desk work and going back this soon. I am pretty tired tonight and there were a couple of moments through my day when I got really light headed and that was when I was sitting. I have gotten through all my work emails today and some of the stacks of work waiting for my return. I was glad to see the end of the day show up. :) I am home with my feet up and drinking cucumber lemon water and getting ready to grab ye olde ice bag. I survived it though! Yay!! I was glad to have a bit of a cooler day here in Ohio and a bit breezy so a big oversized summer sweater and some of my larger pants that I had not stored away yet, were able to hide the two drains and binder pretty nicely, but I was no where close to being able to stand up straight for more than ten or twenty seconds at a time so I still looked like a troll doll shuffling around the office. LOL

Hopefully each day will get better though.

Happy Healing!