Tummy Tuck Extended - Day 2 Post Op - Indianapolis, IN

I had a tummy tuck where they tightened all my abdominal muscles along with going into my back and liposuctioning. Altogether they took about 12 lbs. I have not looked at the results yet as I am too afraid to look! I am day 2 post op. Day one was pretty rough because I was allergic to pain medication and had to switch to regular pain medication. After I got up the first time it has all really became more easy each time. Basically I've just been exhausted. If I get up and make a meal and use the restroom I get back to the chair and I am wiped of energy. I'm also worried because I haven't gone poo yet and I am taking stool softeners to help when the moment comes. I have no children and I have always had split abs. Growing up I would kill myself in the gym and even ran a 6min mile and still had this stomach issue. Now that I have this done it will forever be my goal to have a really strong core so if I do get married and have a baby I don't have to go through this again. Everyone I know told me to not do it because I just needed to workout harder. It's difficult to have friends or family understand something they haven't gone through. They were supportive but just had trouble understanding. With this surgery I hope to gain my confidence and show results of all the hard work I've put in over the last 8-9 months (I lost 40 lbs)

My stomach is extremely itchy where I had the surgery and it is giving me a lot of anxiety. It's itchy within my stomach where I had surgery. Is this a normal thing? The worst part where I want to itch - which the surface is numb and stolen - is where my crease was in the above pictures at my belly button. I feel like I'm going on a rampage. Anyone have suggestions?

Well today I woke up naseous and almost like I had a fever. I got a prescription filled for the tummy sickness and once I had that and some soup in me I felt a lot better. I'm still worried about the itchy feelings but if I have that I'm going to take Benadryl to hopefully help. Last night with the itching I basically had a panic attack because of it - which I must say is not in my character to do this.
I took a shower for the first time since the operation (stinky gal) and it exhausted me. My shower was very short so I didn't risk getting light headed and falling basically some quick soap and hair washed. I took some pictures post shower. You can see I'm really swollen but I think it'll look great when the swelling goes down and the feeling returns to the area.

I also have been making myself walk a little more each day. Yesterday I walked 3 times for a total of about 1.1 miles. Today I walked 3 times and was able to go 1.75. I have been drinking a lot of muscle milk to help repair the muscles that were damaged (just like a body builder would do) and I think it's helped. I can't wait until I can get the drains out and just stand up. Being hunched over has been hard too.
The constant exhaustion has been hard as well. I am always napping but really haven't gotten a good nights sleep because it's hard to get comfortable.

I'm still unsure of the results but it could be the pain meds talking. I'm just happy I have clean hair now! Ha! Thanks for reading and the positive comments