10 weeks post op Tummy Tuck, Lipo and BBL with Dr Cardenas

Well I have not posted here in a while but uploaded my 8 week post-op pics just now. I have got to my 10 weeks post op now and so happy. I have gone from a size 12 to a size 8 and lost 10 pounds at my last regular yearly doctor visit. I did email Fatimeh and she was happy to hear from me, ask me to send pictures when I can. Still won't forget when I got home and their office called me to ask how I was doing, they are the greatest at her office I am still doing my silicone wrap for my scar, it looks good in some spots but it is red and dark in other places but I think it is working out good. I am still swollen, but it is not as bad as it has been before, in the morning my stomach is flat but by the end of the day it looks like I had too much food, lol. I have started working out, I can barely do any ab workouts but I have started back on my trainer weights and it is slow but getting there. I power walk 4 days a week the last 2 weeks which is helping with my butt and my thighs that still look swollen too. Oh and BTW, I got 2 bikinis in the last few weeks, I have not done that since I was 19, and I got a skirt wrap to cover up from the sun since I have to wait like 6 months to be in the sun, UGH!! But it is so worth it all!!! I love how I have my confidence back, it makes me feel sexy and I smile more. The clothes fit loose but I am waiting to lose more weight before I buy more clothes. I did find a stitch in my side I think Dr. Cardenas forgot about, went to my doctor and she took it out. It did not hurt as it was very small, can see why we missed it. Honest mistake and not worried about it. I am still numb around the scar area, but from what I was told it will take about a year to get my feeling back and looking forward to it. I still get the stiffness in my stomach but it stretches out (or feels like it), I just have to get up and walk around. It is hard since I am at work sitting at a computer all day. But all and all I am extremely happy, my husband loves the way I look with my new butt. He talks about it all the time, to other people no less, lol. But it makes me feel wonderful. I have no major issues to complain about, nothing strange has happened. I will do my best to keep up to date pictures. Good luck to all that go through this and it was well worth it all!!

14 days post op now. I still have my drains in but they are coming out tomorrow. Dr. Cardenas came by my hotel room this past Sunday to remove my stitches from the lipo. Yes I said on a Sunday. SHE ROCKS!!! I am going home tomorrow evening. In the morning I will have my drains removed at the clinic. New pics up. You can see the progression of the swelling going down. Booty still looks a 1000 times better. I am very pleased with the results. Let me know if any of you have questions.

Well, it has been a fun filled week, lol. Not Really but still got a week to go til I get to go home.
I love my doctor, Dr. Cardenas, she is wonderful, and Fatimeh is the best and even Ronnie is still as helpful a can be.
Ronnie was so sweet and picked up a boppy pillow for me this past Sunday, he went to the States to get it, awesome man. But the greatest thing is Dr. Cardenas coming to my hotel on a Saturday, do you know any doctors who do that? She checked on my incision and said it was alittle red and I needed to lay down properly with extra pillows, which meant my hubby had lost more, lol. But this hotel was great and gave us more. Dr. Cardenas also said everything looked good and the swelling was normal, I feel stiff and sore. She said my stitches can come out soon and still waiting but it is good since we are here for another week. Then the greatest thing was Faitmeh, she came on Monday to get my compression garment on, I brought some with me but I have to pull them up and it is not good for my incision, so this one clips in the front like a Bra, lol. And this women knew how to put them on, lol. Like it was nothing, guess she has done it a few times, lol. On top of that she taught me how to clean my drains out, which are a pain.
Well the recovery has been slow, of course we all want it over with quickly, I did have headaches that Dr. Cardenas said was due to the medications they used but they are gone, was by Saturday night I felt better. Still need assistance from my hubby to get in and out of bed, which is hard when I have to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and he is sleeping, so I try to do it my self and kills me. Last night I did it and see blood on my back where I should have woke him up. I have had a hard time bugging him, he has been so wonderful throughout this whole experience, watching time for my meds, making all my meals, he even did all the shopping and to give him credit he did good! Why did I not have this surgery sooner so at home he would do the same, lol. But I am SO grateful for everything he has done for me, I can not put it all down to tell you all how GREAT he is. Anyway, I have been trying to shower everyday to wash my incision, I can do it by myself now, but it still feels like a piece of my midsection is gone.
As you see from the 7 day post op pictures I am still bruised and swelled, but I know it will go down. I have my time of the month coming so bloating has set in on top of the swelling, lol.
Well, from my email from Ronnie, who still even checks up on me and I am not even at his recovery house, I will see Dr. Cardenas today to get all these stitches out, Yay! So, I will post again later and feel free to ask me anything. Thank you!