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Tummy Tuck, Implant Exchange with Lift, Lipo to Flanks - Houston, TX
UPDATED FROM mell2009
11 days post
Day 5 post op
mell2009January 14, 2014
$18,000
Well I am now on day five po and I am doing better I have to say.
Yesterday day 4, I think was kinda my turning point. I am a lot more mobile. Am able to go back and forth to the bathroom easily enough. But I have to tell you that by the time I get back to my recliner I'm nearly shouting out a Hallelujah! So long story short... After feeling so well,however brief, I ended up over doing it just by getting up too much. Made sand which. Washed myself. Changed garment. Skipped on pills. Then ended up exhausted and in pain. Today I'm taking it wayyy easier even tho I can feel the progress I'm making!
The lift recliner we rented has been the best recovery tool of all !!
It was able to give me a small bit of independence that I really needed. Asking for help to pee 10 times a day would be bad. I'm so used to doing everything for everybody that it's hard to let people so everything for me! Staying hydrated = lots of bathroom trips!
I am still hunched over, is say about 70% upright. Which causes a ton of back pain! And the bad posture kinda sets off a chain reaction in my back and dominoes to my neck and I end up with a migraine from being so out of whack! Even my pain pills won't help my back and migraine. I'm sure I'd I took enough they would lol! I'm trying to only take when I have to but sometimes that's leads to me waiting till I'm in terrible discomfort and pain then I break down and get overwhelmed with emotion and pain and cry !! But good thing it only lasts till the pain med kicks in!! Ibuprofen doesn't hardly help! I'm worried I'm taking too many. My husbamd keeps telling me to stay on top if my pain and not let them wear off. I think it freaks him out a little when I get emotional lol
I just read a lot if women that are off pain control by now. I just got a refill of 30 Vicodin 5 mg and acetinophen. I will be flying home in 9 more days and I just am scared to fly home without any. So I am trying to save. Hoping I will be fine by then!
I am happy overall ton and am going to try to post some picks from my phone. My boobs are hard to get a good idea of because I'm hunched down so they are looking down haha. But they look great and I think my ps did an awesome job! I'll take a pic lay g down next time so you can see a straight on view instead of a feet facing!
Thanks everyone for the support. And well wishes. I hope all is going well for everybody else out there and will keep you all in my prayers! Sorry thus update is so long! And I hope I didn't complain too much! Just kinda a hard day!
Yesterday day 4, I think was kinda my turning point. I am a lot more mobile. Am able to go back and forth to the bathroom easily enough. But I have to tell you that by the time I get back to my recliner I'm nearly shouting out a Hallelujah! So long story short... After feeling so well,however brief, I ended up over doing it just by getting up too much. Made sand which. Washed myself. Changed garment. Skipped on pills. Then ended up exhausted and in pain. Today I'm taking it wayyy easier even tho I can feel the progress I'm making!
The lift recliner we rented has been the best recovery tool of all !!
It was able to give me a small bit of independence that I really needed. Asking for help to pee 10 times a day would be bad. I'm so used to doing everything for everybody that it's hard to let people so everything for me! Staying hydrated = lots of bathroom trips!
I am still hunched over, is say about 70% upright. Which causes a ton of back pain! And the bad posture kinda sets off a chain reaction in my back and dominoes to my neck and I end up with a migraine from being so out of whack! Even my pain pills won't help my back and migraine. I'm sure I'd I took enough they would lol! I'm trying to only take when I have to but sometimes that's leads to me waiting till I'm in terrible discomfort and pain then I break down and get overwhelmed with emotion and pain and cry !! But good thing it only lasts till the pain med kicks in!! Ibuprofen doesn't hardly help! I'm worried I'm taking too many. My husbamd keeps telling me to stay on top if my pain and not let them wear off. I think it freaks him out a little when I get emotional lol
I just read a lot if women that are off pain control by now. I just got a refill of 30 Vicodin 5 mg and acetinophen. I will be flying home in 9 more days and I just am scared to fly home without any. So I am trying to save. Hoping I will be fine by then!
I am happy overall ton and am going to try to post some picks from my phone. My boobs are hard to get a good idea of because I'm hunched down so they are looking down haha. But they look great and I think my ps did an awesome job! I'll take a pic lay g down next time so you can see a straight on view instead of a feet facing!
Thanks everyone for the support. And well wishes. I hope all is going well for everybody else out there and will keep you all in my prayers! Sorry thus update is so long! And I hope I didn't complain too much! Just kinda a hard day!
UPDATED FROM mell2009
9 days post
3 days post!
mell2009January 12, 2014
HI All, I made it! Sorry it took so long to post. Day one was a blur. I stayed in the surgery center so I was pretty self medicated lol. Had a morphine pump so I'm sure you can imagine... no pain but pretty out of it. I had a catheter in so I had no need to get up or anything.
Day two was a little more real. The doctor came and saw me and told me that the tummy tuck part was very difficult. Since I had previous lipo on my abdomen, there was a lot of scar tissue and my skin was in worse shape than he thought. Plus my belly button was affected too. I was so upset even tho he assures me that the results should still be very nice but it will be a long time healing. The scar will even heal normally and look as nice as it should but to expect swelling for months to come. He said 4/5 months of swelling. This all seemed weird to me I mean why just extra swelling but everything else turn out great? I don't know. I ended up with the fleur de lis scar as well. I was warned this might be necessary since there was not a lot of skin to stretch. This looks great, however! and it is just a slight short scar very low into bikini area! Doc also said he was disappointed in the amount of fat he was able to lipo from my flanks and back as well. Basically he said there was just very little. So we shall see! Breasts are awesome!
So needless to say I was pretty upset with the trauma of surgery and the doctor being cautious and did not want to really look or post for a couple days!
My husband has been doing all my incision and garment care. He has been great. I am so thankful! Anyways He kept encouraging me to look and saying how great he thinks it looks and how cute my belly button is! He insists that I was upset after surgery and that I took the doctor wrong. What he heard is that it was difficult to get the results that he wanted and it took 8 hrs! But that it turned out wonderful but my skin was pretty traumatized so even tho it will heal perfectly it may a little longer, depending on my body of course!
So I looked... And I think it looks GREAT! I couldn't be more pleased! The scar is very low and looks perfect, My tummy is totally flat and tight and even tho it is very swollen, I think I had myself worked up unnecessarily. Oh and did I mention my Boobs lol? Love them! I will post pics very soon. I am still very sore and swollen but will try to get some up tomorrow!
My best suggestion?? Keep up on your pain meds! The only time I felt like I wasn't doing ok to pretty, good was when I let myself get behind on meds. I am already starting to slow down on them at day three, but first 2 days? keep them coming!!
Day two was a little more real. The doctor came and saw me and told me that the tummy tuck part was very difficult. Since I had previous lipo on my abdomen, there was a lot of scar tissue and my skin was in worse shape than he thought. Plus my belly button was affected too. I was so upset even tho he assures me that the results should still be very nice but it will be a long time healing. The scar will even heal normally and look as nice as it should but to expect swelling for months to come. He said 4/5 months of swelling. This all seemed weird to me I mean why just extra swelling but everything else turn out great? I don't know. I ended up with the fleur de lis scar as well. I was warned this might be necessary since there was not a lot of skin to stretch. This looks great, however! and it is just a slight short scar very low into bikini area! Doc also said he was disappointed in the amount of fat he was able to lipo from my flanks and back as well. Basically he said there was just very little. So we shall see! Breasts are awesome!
So needless to say I was pretty upset with the trauma of surgery and the doctor being cautious and did not want to really look or post for a couple days!
My husband has been doing all my incision and garment care. He has been great. I am so thankful! Anyways He kept encouraging me to look and saying how great he thinks it looks and how cute my belly button is! He insists that I was upset after surgery and that I took the doctor wrong. What he heard is that it was difficult to get the results that he wanted and it took 8 hrs! But that it turned out wonderful but my skin was pretty traumatized so even tho it will heal perfectly it may a little longer, depending on my body of course!
So I looked... And I think it looks GREAT! I couldn't be more pleased! The scar is very low and looks perfect, My tummy is totally flat and tight and even tho it is very swollen, I think I had myself worked up unnecessarily. Oh and did I mention my Boobs lol? Love them! I will post pics very soon. I am still very sore and swollen but will try to get some up tomorrow!
My best suggestion?? Keep up on your pain meds! The only time I felt like I wasn't doing ok to pretty, good was when I let myself get behind on meds. I am already starting to slow down on them at day three, but first 2 days? keep them coming!!
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January 13, 2014
Oh so happy to hear all went well. I'm sure your doc did what he needed to and you'll have great results. Can't wait to see pics. Rest and best wishes for a wonderful and speedy recovery.
January 13, 2014
Happy to hear you are already happy with your results! I have a very long recovery as well, just take it in stride, get comfy with your surroundings and make the best of the downtime:)
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