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.

Well it's Post Op Day 17 and today will be my first day back to work. I'm excited and a bit nervous that I may hit a brick wall today in how I feel, but mostly I'm just happy to be getting back to a somewhat normal way of life. This will move me forward in my recuperation I am sure. It always has in the past when I've been getting over some major surgery. This was my third open type of abdominal surgery in my life so am somewhat used to pushing through and getting back to work early but then again I do not do any lifting in my job so that is a big difference. I could not imagine going back to work today if I had a job that required any lifting at all. I feel better this morning than I did yesterday morning. That is a good thing. My left drain has slowed down to almost nothing, but my right drain continues to pump out old dark blood so am still miles away from getting the hope of having that one out this week on Thursday when I go for my appt.

I am a bit concerned about my walking and my standing in front of those at the office who do not know what I had done so am planning to get there early before anyone can actually see me walking into my office. I will just be seated at my desk when others arrive and hope nobody asks too much what I did on vacation although I can certainly say I rested up at home and saw some movies and went to a festival and it would not be a lie. :) I had a "stay-cation" of sorts... ;)

Happy Healing everyone!

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!