FLAT SIDE NOW- Good bye apron, hello flatness!

take a look and let me know if you think just swelling and what is up with my leg?! Yikes.

right after I posted my last review raving about my flatness and on and on, swell hell abounded!! Or what I assume is swell hell! I feel fat really. Muffin too and puffy stomach and some days squishy, some days hard but round! Omg I keep panicking that the couple weeks of flatness was a dream! I feel so sad. Plus, the inside of my right thigh feels so swollen. I measured both legs and he right measure 1" more around! What would be causing that??! I have been hitting the gym here and there and must say for two days worked very hard outside helping to haul cut up wood and such. Not the big pieces. Just normal fire price sizes. I did a lot of walking and bending. I'm thinking I just swelled up from all of that and pms at same time cause it??? I will try to post some pics but hard to see in pictures. The crazy fat roll is got me freaked out. Wasn't there before now. Ugh. This must be the TRUE swell hell. 3 months later? Wth! I'm over this lol. Besides all of that, I feel wonderful! The little burning area beside my bb doesn't happen very often anymore, here and there. I feel like my top back fat by bra is more noticeable now. I would love to have that lipo'd lol. Also, I had lipo on hips and back area (see pic of doc marked up in earlier posts) yet it still looks fat? Squishy? Swelling? I still have very little feeling In back and it hurts to touch still. Esp in squishy areas. Hmmmm.
That's all I have to update really - me ranting over swelling lol
I'll try to post pics here in a few :)

Well I meant to update before now, but life has been crazy! Went on vacation and with sports for kids and everything been busy. If you've read my previous updates, you are aware how I've struggled with not seeing "flat" and constantly swollen since the sx. I liked what I saw with clothes on, but still felt rounded when standing in front of mirror critiquing myself lol. We women are so good at that aren't we?! We went on vacations and I was 8.5 weeks po and I gave up the cg completely and didn't much watch my diet. I woke up about day 3 into the vacation and walked to the bathroom and looked in the mirror and realized omg I'm flat! Flat! Flat! Flat! I just kept staring and turning to look sideways. I felt like a tight pulling because I was flat. Like what I usually felt when I laid flat from skin stretching out. I immediately put on my bikini and stared some more! Haha! I notice though, they my hips and back are still swollen (they are squishy to the touch) very much so! He had said he did very aggressive lipo (took over 3 pounds I think if I remember right) and swelling would be a long time coming. It's still numb and tender even. Although, at times it itches like crazy! Weird I know.
I have to say -sorry if too much to post- that when we are intimate and in a certain pose, the hubs rubs and puts hands and kinda squeezes in a sexual way my new waistline! Love it! Sex has always been great, but for me it is so liberating now. I no longer try to hide my stomach or make him close his eyes when I'm on top lol. I also now strut around all of the time naked in front of him! Never ever did that before. He said one day "I've seen you naked three times today and sad that the whole time we've been together I haven't seen you that many times total" lol. Kinda sad but now I feel so confident in front of him. I bought some sexy lingerie and wore it for him on vacation. First time for that as well! I posted a pic of the one I bought.

I don't really have any pains except a little burning to the left of my bb. The doc at my 8 weeks visit said that it is most likely inflammation and should settle down. If it doesn't he said they could inject something (can't Remember what he said lol) to stop it. It only burns maybe every few days now, so it's getting better.
He also told me that my contour looks great for 8 weeks and wait for six months for final results. I told him that I feel like I have a bit of muffin too when sitting with clothes on. He told me that I had some visceral fat and he pushed it down as much as he could with the MR, but that if I lose ten pounds I would see a big difference in "flat". Sigh. I knew that was prob the answer :/ . He told me that I had no restrictions after 8 weeks and that I could do anything I wanted to. He noticed my burn too LOL. Since my doc appt tho my burn has faded to almost nothing. No scabbing over. I used coconut oil and essential oils on it every day. I feel like starting to get a dog ear on one side and will hair watch it and see and if need be, ask him to fix it when I see him next. He told me in the surgery center that if one occurred, it was easily fixable in office. He seemed please though with my results so far and at 11.5 weeks so am I! I LOVE my results! I know that if I can work hard and get those last ten pounds off that I've wanted off anyhow, I will look even better.
I massage with a rolling pin my lipo area everyday as I notice hard lumps here and there. I started ab exercises and getting stronger with that every time I do them. I even did some leg lifts without too much pain. Planks hurt some too but I'm trying to fit them in here and there.
I posted a lot of different pics. Not too sure on my bb. I kept having a reaction to the tape & gauze holding marble in so doc said my bb actually looks really good and to not even mess with it. While at the beach, my daughter said "your bb looks weird" :( I know TT bb's aren't the prettiest but I thought mine looked decent. It does have scarring and I kept spf on it when out in the sun. I keep putting coconut oil, cocoa butter and new gel on it everyday along with coconut oil and cocoa butter on my incision scar as well. They are both looking decent. Just takes awhile I know.

I am so glad that I chose Dr. Fata to do my sx and would use him for anything else! I would love lipo in a couple other areas, but not too sure hubby agrees lol. I cannot believe having his sx has given my confidence back in such a big way!!! For anyone considering it, I say go for it! I did it for myself and to feel sexy in front of the hubs and nothing else. I used to wear shirts that were long and Baggie and now try to wear shirts that are a little shorter so I don't look so frumpy. Plus, wearing a bikini on the beach! I strutted around not caring what anyone thought instead of hiding behind a tank top or beach towel. Makes me get teary eyed just thinking about it. Fourteen years coming. I will try to update every month. Hopefully, next month or the month after I will see even more results.
Sorry for my rambling, but I have so much to say and keep forgetting stuff. :)
I have made some great friends on here and hope to always stay in touch with them. I hope that by doing this reviewing and keeping it up will help others about to go through this journey. I scoured real self and read every review I could before deciding on this sx.
Happy healing to my sisters of RS!