Not So Bad! - Kentucky

So here I am almost 10 years later noticing I never posted a final update! The pain eventually subsided. I do recall it being very uncomfortable for about 10 days. Was it worth it? Years ago when I was much skinnier it gave me a little help! It was modest. Now I’m ready for lipo to really get me where I want. For $2000 cool sculpting can help with modest results.

Day 12: still in pain. No fun! Its depressing. The worst is at night. It literally keeps me up it hurts so badly. I have to switch out icepacks just to get an hours worth of sleep. This has not subsided since the pain started. The day isnt as bad. Its more tolerable. I can go a few hours without an icepack-still feel the pain but if I'm upright for whatever reason its not as painful as lying down. Another thing that has me very frustrated is the bloating. I am very bloated and swollen still. Nothing like paying $1900 to feel fatter! I keep reading posts about the. Magic 14 day no pain day. I can only pray thats true. This is definitely nervepain. And it hurts!!!!

I am now day 9 and wanted to give an honest update! Up until day 5, it was not bad at all. Not the procedure, massage, or almost 5 days after. From day 5 to now, it has been not so fun and there is not sign of it easing up which is the most frustrating part. It's not uncontrollable pain, but it's to the point where I'm in a bad mood from it b/c it wakes you up at night, you are constantly uncomfortable, and the only thing that eases it is having an icepack on it CONSTANTLY. I mean, you get 20 minutes of relief after the ice pack. I am literally sleeping with the icepack on my abdomen just to sleep (and I'm still waking up to have to get another one). The spanx aren't that helpful, but are better than not having them at all. I'm not regularly taking Tylenol or anything so again, you can glean from that that it's not so painful I need pain medication all the time, but it's a very annoying pain. Similar to a toothache or long-term headache. Do those really hurt? Well in that area they do, but if they keep hurting it's all you can think about and it gets very upsetting!

The pain is more needle-type pain. Like I'm getting poked with little needles, or bee stings. I imagine getting a tatoo must feel the same. It's very annoying 24-7 for 5 days!!!! I would NEVER have done this so close to vacation. We leave tomorrow for the beach and I was assured that 10 days would be PLENTY of downtime to heal before going. Ummmmm....I don't think so! Definitely don't do this if you have somewhere to be in 2-3 weeks.

On a side note, this is JUST my abdomen. It's especially painful in the area I had the least amout of fat (upper abs above belly button). I imagine people that have very little fat this hurts like the dickens!! My hips have not bothered me once. Not once. No pain at all, no issues.

I hope to post another more positive update once I get back. Hoping for pain-free and skinny! Ha!