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Drainless TT and Flank Lipo
UPDATED FROM Warmhearted39allen
4 months post
12 weeks
Warmhearted39allenSeptember 14, 2020
WORTH IT
12+ week update: still numb in the lower tummy section. Walking or using elliptical 3-4 miles a day. I can’t lift both feet off of the ground for sit ups yet, but can do crunches and planks. The scar is fading faster in back, overall happy with the results.
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UPDATED FROM Warmhearted39allen
19 days post
Day 20
Warmhearted39allenJune 17, 2020
Today is day 20, tried on a bikini for the first time. Have some work to do when I can workout again, but not too shabby! I am walking 2-4 miles a day and moving around pretty good. Started driving and can get up and down much easier. Only complaint is that I am super itchy!
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Considerate6502
June 19, 2020
Yay! Looking good!
July 21, 2020
I'm really interested in the drainless tummy tuck so if you could continue to update us that would be great. I will be an out of state patient so how long do you think I will have to stay in Texas and should go to Dallas or Allen? Thanks
September 14, 2020
The surgery center for Dr Pollock is in Dallas at Walnut Hill/75. He has an office in Allen for consults, don’t think he does surgery there. I am sure they can refer you to an extended stay hotel with care if you need it. I would stay the night the first night in the surgery center and then have someone drive you home to get in your own bed.
UPDATED FROM Warmhearted39allen
7 days post
Days 1-7
Warmhearted39allenJune 5, 2020
I have been getting messages asking to explain the recovery a bit more, so here it goes!
I was so scared about pain and constipation and am pleased to tell you that the experience is honestly not as bad as I had built it up to be! You are going to be sore and you get these little nerve kicks that hurt but go away quickly. My dr uses Celebrex which you take at 7 am and 7 pm and it helps with inflammation and pain, he wants you off the hard stuff as fast as you can.
I got to the hospital at 6:00 and was prepped and marked. Note if your tubes are not tied you have to pee in a cup to prove you are not pregnant. This was difficult as you can’t have anything to eat or drink past midnight. It delayed my surgery an hour as I couldn’t go! Once the IV fluids were in I was able to produce! I spent the night at the surgery center for day 1, so glad that I did. I went under about 8:00 and the surgery was 4.5 hours, I was up in my room by 3:00. The dr had me walk that afternoon and night and was up for the bathroom. The hardest part was the barrel roll out of the bed, once up you are good! Very swollen, pain was manageable since I was on an IV. If you are able, stay the night at the clinic you have the surgery, the nurses were so helpful.
Day 2 was more painful than day 1. Start colace a few days before procedure, then stay on top of + miralax with the pain pills. I learned that you can take Miralax up to 2-3 times a day if needed. I went to straight Tylenol and Celebrex on day 3. The nerve endings and sides are the most painful, I am black, blue and yellow on sides, butt and upper thighs! I highly recommend sleeping in a recliner with a foot wedge pillow, my husband had to help me get up the first 4 days, I am able to push with my hands and use my feet independently now without squinting! I showered on day 4 and 6, gets a bit easier each day.
Had the steristrips removed on Day 7, didn’t hurt as I am still so numb. My belly button is coming along, waiting on the edges to curl in and applying polysporin daily. I was very swollen at the end of the day yesterday after the dr visit and visit to my moms. Flatter this AM after rest.
Sneezing, coughing and laughing hurt! Avoid when you can!! Thankful I didn’t sneeze until day 6, I think I would have cried on days 1-4.
I was so scared about pain and constipation and am pleased to tell you that the experience is honestly not as bad as I had built it up to be! You are going to be sore and you get these little nerve kicks that hurt but go away quickly. My dr uses Celebrex which you take at 7 am and 7 pm and it helps with inflammation and pain, he wants you off the hard stuff as fast as you can.
I got to the hospital at 6:00 and was prepped and marked. Note if your tubes are not tied you have to pee in a cup to prove you are not pregnant. This was difficult as you can’t have anything to eat or drink past midnight. It delayed my surgery an hour as I couldn’t go! Once the IV fluids were in I was able to produce! I spent the night at the surgery center for day 1, so glad that I did. I went under about 8:00 and the surgery was 4.5 hours, I was up in my room by 3:00. The dr had me walk that afternoon and night and was up for the bathroom. The hardest part was the barrel roll out of the bed, once up you are good! Very swollen, pain was manageable since I was on an IV. If you are able, stay the night at the clinic you have the surgery, the nurses were so helpful.
Day 2 was more painful than day 1. Start colace a few days before procedure, then stay on top of + miralax with the pain pills. I learned that you can take Miralax up to 2-3 times a day if needed. I went to straight Tylenol and Celebrex on day 3. The nerve endings and sides are the most painful, I am black, blue and yellow on sides, butt and upper thighs! I highly recommend sleeping in a recliner with a foot wedge pillow, my husband had to help me get up the first 4 days, I am able to push with my hands and use my feet independently now without squinting! I showered on day 4 and 6, gets a bit easier each day.
Had the steristrips removed on Day 7, didn’t hurt as I am still so numb. My belly button is coming along, waiting on the edges to curl in and applying polysporin daily. I was very swollen at the end of the day yesterday after the dr visit and visit to my moms. Flatter this AM after rest.
Sneezing, coughing and laughing hurt! Avoid when you can!! Thankful I didn’t sneeze until day 6, I think I would have cried on days 1-4.
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June 12, 2020
Very similar to my first couple of days! I very much agree that you should get a head start on the Colace and then take a laxative after surgery. That pain and discomfort is real! That was probably the worst part of my first few days post-op. And I definitely agree on the sneezing, coughing and laughing. I sneezed for the first time on day 8 and I thought my belly button popped out! Here's to healthy healing.
June 22, 2020
Thanks for the info on your recovery. I have my TT scheduled 10/15 but, I had breast augmentation this past December. I had the same issue with peeing before surgery! I'm so glad I'm not the only one. Lol. I made the mistake of going to the bathroom when I woke up because it's such a routine. I had to have a full bag of IV fluid before I could go and I was so embarrassed to have delayed their schedule.
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