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4 days post...1st shower!!
Hi everyone! I as cleared to have a shower Friday after my first followup appointment, but to be honest, I went back to my Tylenol 3's without caffeine, and was just too tired. So yesterday, I took a few photos, and jumped into the shower.
Hubby set me up with a teak shower stool and the hand held wand. I used a lanyard to keep my drains (2 of them) from being pulled on and it was absolutely glorious! The hot water, and sense of clean and calm that went over me was amazing!
I changed over to a compression garment I purchased off amazon, (I bought two) and WOW, what a difference! It was a bit hard to sleep in because it kept me so sucked in, but now that I've slept through the night and napped a few times, I'm used to it and feel so much better and waaaaay less swelling. I'll post new photos again tomorrow, these are two days old, which makes them two days post op.
Happy healing to everyone on the road to recovery, and positive vibes to everyone thinking of getting surgery. I only had a full tummy tuck, no lipo, and so far I am super happy with both my results and recovery.
xoxo
Hubby set me up with a teak shower stool and the hand held wand. I used a lanyard to keep my drains (2 of them) from being pulled on and it was absolutely glorious! The hot water, and sense of clean and calm that went over me was amazing!
I changed over to a compression garment I purchased off amazon, (I bought two) and WOW, what a difference! It was a bit hard to sleep in because it kept me so sucked in, but now that I've slept through the night and napped a few times, I'm used to it and feel so much better and waaaaay less swelling. I'll post new photos again tomorrow, these are two days old, which makes them two days post op.
Happy healing to everyone on the road to recovery, and positive vibes to everyone thinking of getting surgery. I only had a full tummy tuck, no lipo, and so far I am super happy with both my results and recovery.
xoxo
Day 1 Post Op
So yesterday morning was my big day...I was calm and confident the whole way there, and broke a little tear as I said bye to my hubby when I went into the surgical suite.
The nurses were friendly, and quickly got me into the table and prepped for surgery. It took no time at all, and I was out. I woke up listening to them checking on me, hadn't even opened my eyes, but said hi to everyone. I was in a bit of burning pain, so they increased some pain killers, and then I heard my hubby buzz in. One nurse taught him how to empty my drains and measure the contents while I just laid around still sleepy. Before I left, my PS came in and said all went great, so I'm pretty excited.
The journey was so quick, my surgery was at 9:30AM, and I was home by 2:30PM.
I'd been given Percocet to take home, w version of Tylenol 3 without the caffeine and gravol. The Percocet I tried three different times, and it kept making me nauseous and almost immediately throwing up, both at my 4 and 8PM, even with gravol. I've decided at every four hours, when emptying my drains I take my meds, so it's all done and charged easily. My next drain dump was at midnight, and I just took to extra strength Tylenol, cause I didn't want to have anything come up. I woke up on my own at 3:15AM, emptied my bladder, drains and went back to bed without any pain meds.
Today I've been up and about since before 7AM, got my babies (3 year old and almost 2 year old) dressed, and ready for Dayhome with hubby's help. It's 8:30AM and I just took two Tylenol extra strength to help with the slight burning sensation, I'm assuming on my incision line. Tomorrow is my first post op visit, pretty pumped!!
I've attached some photos of me from the night before my surgery and one of me in my recliner post op.
Please feel free to ask me any questions, this site was a huge help to follow even before I joined. I'm feeling great, and hope I'll eventually look great too!
Please note. The black waist trainer is how I've been living for almost three years, one year after baby number one and 22 months after baby number two!
The nurses were friendly, and quickly got me into the table and prepped for surgery. It took no time at all, and I was out. I woke up listening to them checking on me, hadn't even opened my eyes, but said hi to everyone. I was in a bit of burning pain, so they increased some pain killers, and then I heard my hubby buzz in. One nurse taught him how to empty my drains and measure the contents while I just laid around still sleepy. Before I left, my PS came in and said all went great, so I'm pretty excited.
The journey was so quick, my surgery was at 9:30AM, and I was home by 2:30PM.
I'd been given Percocet to take home, w version of Tylenol 3 without the caffeine and gravol. The Percocet I tried three different times, and it kept making me nauseous and almost immediately throwing up, both at my 4 and 8PM, even with gravol. I've decided at every four hours, when emptying my drains I take my meds, so it's all done and charged easily. My next drain dump was at midnight, and I just took to extra strength Tylenol, cause I didn't want to have anything come up. I woke up on my own at 3:15AM, emptied my bladder, drains and went back to bed without any pain meds.
Today I've been up and about since before 7AM, got my babies (3 year old and almost 2 year old) dressed, and ready for Dayhome with hubby's help. It's 8:30AM and I just took two Tylenol extra strength to help with the slight burning sensation, I'm assuming on my incision line. Tomorrow is my first post op visit, pretty pumped!!
I've attached some photos of me from the night before my surgery and one of me in my recliner post op.
Please feel free to ask me any questions, this site was a huge help to follow even before I joined. I'm feeling great, and hope I'll eventually look great too!
Please note. The black waist trainer is how I've been living for almost three years, one year after baby number one and 22 months after baby number two!
Hi RS! I've been following along and reading...
Hi RS! I've been following along and reading everyone's reviews...and tomorrow is my big day! Mommy of two, a 3 year old I recovered no problem from, and a 22 month old who was an emergency c-section and I've never lost the weight or anything. I've worn a corset every day for 22 months and I'm READY!
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