Chocoholic Couldn't Keep Fat at Bay - Gold Coast, AU

So there was a big song and dance with HR and having me return to work. Big companies just love paperwork and box ticking. So I ended up having 2 weeks off in total. Which I really don't mind at all. I needed to get a clearance from Dr Kim and he was great, had one ready a few hours after I emailed him. How's that for service!
I did a full day today which was pretty labor intensive and I didn't have more than 2 15 minute breaks (just how things go sometimes). My thighs are slightly swollen, more so then what's normal for them now. But with massage they come good. So I can deal with that.

I had my second endo massage yesterday. This time it wasn't the 'tap tap' motion, it actually had suction. And the nurse explained that it lifts the skin away from the tissue so that it helps break down the scaring and allows the skin to move more freely. I won't say that it felt painful, I would describe it more as being uncomfortable. Not like the procedure uncomfortable, much more mild then that. I was really hot over the areas after they had been done. And looked a bit red too. I'm guessing that's from the extra blood flow in the area. I was a bit more sore then normal after returning home, but it was just like a muscle ache after exercising, and it was gone by this morning.

I have started to notice however that there are more and more hard lumps appearing over me. Mostly in my flanks and what feel like one big solid line from my belly button up to my sternum.
I have been kneading/massaging the areas and they feel much better afterwards, but I find they are changing shape and moving around. So what was one solid lump is now thinner and more of an abstract shape. I feel quite tight through my core as well and when I stretch up I can see the lumps through the skin. They look like something out of an alien movie.
Am I worried about them? No - I am confident that they will break down and I'll return to feeling normal over time. But they are there and I want a great result, so I am doing what I can to help the process along.

On a positive note - the changes in my legs are becoming much more noticeable - my knee shape I am happy with too. I don't feel like I have a "fat side knee" anymore.
I don't feel like I have lost weight or anything, and lipo isn't about fat loss. It's about shape sculpting. I disn't grasp that concept until a week after the op. I was still in the mindset even after everything that I had read that it was a great way to get rid of unwanted fat. And in a sense it is, obviously you are having fat deposits sucked out of you. But I feel so confident with the new shape, not having the floaty ring around my hips and belly. Essentially I am still an hourglass shape, which I always have been. I'm just a better more refined version of that. And it's wonderful.
I truely can't wait to start training again. I am feeling really motivated to work out and keep improving my body, losing the soft bits around my arm and tightening the hamstrings and quads. It excites me because I know I look this good when I am at my heaviest.
And that's an amazing feeling.

So today was probably the best day I have had post op. I looked pretty sexy this morning if I do say so myself. I was nervous that I wouldn't be able to embrace my new shape and it would take time to appreciate it. But I'm honestly loving it.
I didn't post this previously, but on day 6 I think I was having a pretty emo day. I was feeling sorry for myself, I hadn't had a proper cuddle from my BF, I was scared to return to work cos I still didn't feel up to it, I hated not being able to do what I normally could, I felt helpless and stupid and swollen. It was depressing. But my BF told me after I had a little cry, that I am being that naive 20yo who thought they could have lipo and 3 weeks later party thier skinny self off at thier 21st. I'm being pre-jusgemental, I'm not letting the process happen. Which was all true. So I sucked it up and went to bed.
The mental turnaround to today though is incredible. I was so much less swollen this morning, I'm pretty much walking like a normal human again. I'm still cautious of moving slowly when I sit up and down, the garment is still restrictive after all. But man, I felt almost back to normal.
I went shopping for a while today and I really didn't have too much issue with swelling or heaviness in the legs at all.
Yesterday I went to work for a few hours and I was heavy in the legs, but I was also a lot slower walking and a lot stiffer too. My colleague told me I walked like I had a stick up my arse. So that's cute.
I did a really good massage yesterday, which is why I think I woke up feeling great today (and prob also why I had to go to the bathroom 4 times last night) and cleared a lot of the excess fluid.
I found that the tightness I was starting to feel around my flanks was the beginning of scar tissue, so I pressed I to it like you would a muscular knot and it felt like bad pins and needles. After a while of moderately hard massage of the lumpy areas, I softened up quite well. I could easily tell the difference from the right side to the massaged side.
I did the same massage again tonight, and the area wasn't nearly as stiff. I can still feel the scar tissue, but it's not as tight as it was previously.
I'm massaging every night straight after my shower before I put the garments back on. I googled DIY lymphatic massage and just followed the instructions. It's pretty easy.