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To Optimistic.., feeling hideous!
Maybe I have been to optimistic or maybe reality of what I have done and am facing is finally setting in? Somedays I think I am making progress then the next day a new problem arises! I have been active since post op day 2 ... And I get by jus fine until early evening then the swelling and tightness start... It's not so much as pain as an annoyance and realization that this is not something I am going to heal from quickly as I hoped! Yesterday marked 1 week and is also the day I noticed that my flanks and back were hard as rocks! I don't mean a lil hard.. I mean rigid and my lady parts were 5x the normal size! My BF spent an hour massaging the knots which did help tons! But when I rolled back over it seemed like everything he softened up in the back went to the front! It's like I have a band around my upper abdomen going from front to back and it is swelled out and hard as stone! I was so scared I immediately put my CG back on! I will say that the next morning I did feel much better more flexibility and I have a little more feeling there as before I was still numb in those areas. At this point I jus dont know if it was really worth it ... I don't see a huge change ... And knowing that ill have to deal with this swelling for weeks maybe months ... Ugh! It is a very freaking feeling to reach around and have no sensation to your own touch ... Only to feel rock hard lumps and knots ... Then look down to see skin that resembles play dough! Feeling hideous right now!
Todays Progress
I am still feeling pretty good but the pain and swelling today has seemed to be a little bit more than the day before. My vagina is swelled again and my lower back is jus killing me! That being said, I have also not followed my regime of arnica, water pill, massage, ibuprofen. I have only been taking the lortab at night and ibuprofen during the day since Sunday, 48 hrs after my surgery. If I can do without them then I don't like taking them, I only take them at night to help get to sleep as no position is comfortable or pain free right now, that along with the binders make sleeping hard. My BF keeps reminding me that it has only been 4 days and I should slow down and allow my body to rest. I suppose he is right but my world still has to spin, cheer practice, ball games, prom preparations, grand daughter to babysit ... so on with the show! I am going to slow down some though, I don't want to derail my recovery or results! My bruising has all but vanished, barley visible! I didn't take any pics today but plan to keep posting a couple at the end of each week to document my progress. This site has meant so much to me... before my surgery and now after and I want to give back some.
Post Op Follow Up
First I want to apologize for the previous lengthy post. I sometimes post from my phone so if the spelling and punctuation is off ... well its a lil hard to do in that lil box. Especially when one is under the influence of medication!
Now down to business, I went for my follow up visit yesterday and all the news was great! My PS seemed very surprised with my progress! He asked where all my bruises, swelling, lumps, bumps and dents from the binders had gone! He assumed I might need to be examined lying down but I was fine with standing, which also surprised him. He had brought in a colleague and had to explain to her that "normally" patients have those things especially with how aggressive he had been with my treatment. I am of coarse still really swelled and have some bruising which he explained would lessen over time. I asked about the laxity in my skin and my fear that it wouldn't shrink to fit my body but he assured me that it would. He explained that he had been very aggressive with my hips and lower back over my sacral hump, as mine was much larger than normal. He made 2 incisions on my lower back where he says he usually only makes one and explained that being the reason I am so swollen and sore in that area (I'll get beck to that in todays progress update). FYI... my incisions are all but invisible. He went on to ask about my Lady Parts, from gravity alone there would be swelling there but he said he had done some work on the top so that when I shrink down to my final results that it wouldn't stick out! I told him how huge and black and blue it was at first but it had subsided for the most part. He then removed my stitches and wants to see me again in a couple of weeks.
I want to talk a little about all the work he actually did. We had discussed the upper and lower abdomen and flanks. But what he actually did was upper and lower abs, flanks, then went all the way up past my bra roll in the back and did the entire top of my vagina in the front! Do I mind that he did this .. NO WAY!I don't know.. maybe that's all included in the same area but I see people on here paying for those areas separately. What it tells me is that I have a wonderful surgeon, that he is an artist and genuinely wants the best possible look.. result for his patients!
On my way out I ran into my 2 nurses who wanted to hug me, they kept telling me how adorable I was when waking up from the anesthesia, told me some of the things I said and did. They kept hugging me and genuinely expressed how much they actually enjoyed taking care of me! I also need to mention that I was almost 30 mins late to my appointment due to construction on the interstate , when I called the office totally frustrated to let them know their response was for me to calm down and relax, don't stress and take my time that it was fine and they understood! Is this really a physicians office or is DR. Schantz really an angel whose office is staffed with wonderful little fairies! Dr. Schantz is very personable and relatable, while still being a professional, even making jokes with my boyfriend. He's the kind of guy you meet and feel like you've already known him a while. Yes, I am totally in love with my PS and his staff!
Now down to business, I went for my follow up visit yesterday and all the news was great! My PS seemed very surprised with my progress! He asked where all my bruises, swelling, lumps, bumps and dents from the binders had gone! He assumed I might need to be examined lying down but I was fine with standing, which also surprised him. He had brought in a colleague and had to explain to her that "normally" patients have those things especially with how aggressive he had been with my treatment. I am of coarse still really swelled and have some bruising which he explained would lessen over time. I asked about the laxity in my skin and my fear that it wouldn't shrink to fit my body but he assured me that it would. He explained that he had been very aggressive with my hips and lower back over my sacral hump, as mine was much larger than normal. He made 2 incisions on my lower back where he says he usually only makes one and explained that being the reason I am so swollen and sore in that area (I'll get beck to that in todays progress update). FYI... my incisions are all but invisible. He went on to ask about my Lady Parts, from gravity alone there would be swelling there but he said he had done some work on the top so that when I shrink down to my final results that it wouldn't stick out! I told him how huge and black and blue it was at first but it had subsided for the most part. He then removed my stitches and wants to see me again in a couple of weeks.
I want to talk a little about all the work he actually did. We had discussed the upper and lower abdomen and flanks. But what he actually did was upper and lower abs, flanks, then went all the way up past my bra roll in the back and did the entire top of my vagina in the front! Do I mind that he did this .. NO WAY!I don't know.. maybe that's all included in the same area but I see people on here paying for those areas separately. What it tells me is that I have a wonderful surgeon, that he is an artist and genuinely wants the best possible look.. result for his patients!
On my way out I ran into my 2 nurses who wanted to hug me, they kept telling me how adorable I was when waking up from the anesthesia, told me some of the things I said and did. They kept hugging me and genuinely expressed how much they actually enjoyed taking care of me! I also need to mention that I was almost 30 mins late to my appointment due to construction on the interstate , when I called the office totally frustrated to let them know their response was for me to calm down and relax, don't stress and take my time that it was fine and they understood! Is this really a physicians office or is DR. Schantz really an angel whose office is staffed with wonderful little fairies! Dr. Schantz is very personable and relatable, while still being a professional, even making jokes with my boyfriend. He's the kind of guy you meet and feel like you've already known him a while. Yes, I am totally in love with my PS and his staff!
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