Time to Be Happy with the Body in the Mirror... - Linden, NJ

I wanted to post a progress pic. I am a bit swollen here. It is after lunch and of course I had French Onion soup. Arrrggg...no croutons, no cheese but damn that salt!!!! My incision and belly button are both completely closed. I have been slathering bio oil all over. It feels much better and looser.

It's so hard to believe that all of this time has gone by so fast. My incision is closed and I am putting bio oil and this other type of scar oil on it. I tried the embrace scar tape, but when I took it off to shower, I found that the part that had had the drain had gotten softy wettish. Hmmm??????? I decided that maybe I am not ready for that tape quite yet. So, I am sticking to the topical stuff on my scar. The outskirts of my belly button finally scabbed up completely! Without help from worry wart me, it just closed. I went from an xl faja to a medium. The medium has space (when I am not swollen). I had bought a faja that came up to the bra line and was shorter on the legs and didn't like it. Then, I bought the one that comes all the way up the back and has longer longer. I found that the full body one is great during the day and keeps my swelling down BUT if I wear something short or sleeveless by day or when I go to sleep at night, I like to wear the short one.
Swelling is a bear! I think that I have NOT mastered salt consumption! The stretch marks that I have left (in my pubic area) even fill up with fluid! I can see it on the scale!! There are a lot of foods that make me swell. Milk is even creating a noticeable bloat and gas. I absolutely love my new body though. I now fit into my pants again sizes 4 thru 6, with space where my flub a dub once was. My shirts don't have to hang low anymore to hide me. It is nice to wear what I want and not feel ashamed or hide. A hidden benefit of my tummy tuck is that my waist is shrinking so much, that now I look like I have a butt and hips (which I never had)! The faja really accentuates it but it looks really cool even without it (until I eat something-like feta cheese on my salad- and I swell up!) Lol! Happy healing everyone. God bless!

Hello everyone! I posted again,but it got eaten. After I hit that one month mark, I really wanted to try to get back into my routine. Out of nowhere, the tiny spot that was still draining, dried up and stopped! Just like that. My entire incision is all closed and I have just a couple of scabs left. At the same time though, a tiny part of my belly button was not healing nicely. It scabbed then the scab softened and fell off, leaving it bare. So, I left off my cg for a few hours for a couple of days - holy swelling batman! I got a bit swollen BUT my belly button scabbed nicely. Hopefully, it won't soften again. It makes me nervous seeing it soft! It doesn't smell nor is it infected but it looked gooey right at the tippy top.

Anyway, I went on a real date filled weekend away from home with my guy and dressed up this past weekend. It was awesome! I have been trying to slowly get back into the swing of my life. I wake up early, do some housework, exercise lightly on my treadmill and elliptical, make meals, take my boy out extreme Pokémon hunting, and on photography expeditions, then I go lay down by about 8 or so because I am exhausted by then. I started wearing a different cg but went back to the original one because the new one leaves off mid back and it really bothers me because I swell up above the cg! Anyway, I feel great. I listen to my body and stop when it tells me. I still stay away from anything salty, especially french onion soup, because it swells me up like crazy. I have to get better with my water intake. The massages have been a tremendous help.