Now It's the Backside That I'm Unhappy With... O_o - La Jolla, CA

Fortunately- I am no longer draining. *yay* It stopped about 4 days ago, so I am now ready to take a BATH. I still have some swelling above the hip area but it isn't so bad. the pain is a lot more tolerable as of late, maybe a good 3-4 in pain nowadays. Moving around more, massaging the areas as tolerated and not as tired. I really am just ready to get back in the gym and I can only walk for the time being. I would like to think that I can get back into light workouts (because I lift) with lesser weights in about 3 weeks. Otherwise all I can really do is walk.. meh. Will check in later. :)

We are officially a week post-op and as far as pain goes, it's tolerable. naturally there are some REALLY sore areas which is expected. Still draining quite a bit in the front and less and less in the left back side, but I know it is part of the process. So maybe I'll be draining for another few days or so. At least it's no longer "bloody-bloody" looking, looks more like packaged chicken meat blood. *ha* yeah I have a sick sense of humor. I am still tolerating pain fairly well, I may use a pain pill just to get to sleep and stay sleep, but can manage okay throughout the day with a Tylenol if it gets bothersome. Now, I am just a phase where I am tired physically and know that it will go away as my body is using the energy to heal. This part sucks- I'll trade this for the draining though *ugh*

So here is a picture from the majority of the swelling gone down seems like… As mentioned before a good result was all I was looking for and it looks like I have a pretty good result and as soon as I can get back in the gym I should be able to tighten up some more. I'm not worried about a little bit of skin I was worried that my shape and come up right but it is absolutely gorgeous and I am very happy already. I think the largest amount of swelling that I got was probably in the mound part of the pubic area and some around the sides where he had removed fat above the hip area. I'm back in my compression garment which feels a whole lot better since removing that padding and keeps everything close to the body. After speaking with Rod he told me that I lost a little under 2 liters of fat, which is a lot less than what I thought it was going to be, so I won't complain, I'm just ready to stop hurting from healing and get back in the gym but I know I have to allow myself the time to heal and that I can do that soon enough. Either way, enjoy the photo and here's to healing- one day at a time!