Taking Down the Shelf

This will be my second procedure, and will be a two step process. In Jan 2018 I had a full abdominoplasty removing all the fat and hanging skin from my front. Now we are debulking my back and then I will have the extended abdominoplasty in a couple months. I have a lot of fat in and above my butt. I’ve had this shelf as long as I can remember. Seriously you could set a drink on it. So July 31st I’m having lipo from my bra line to my butt and around my hips. I love my surgeon because he’s safe but aggressive, and so I can not wait to see how many liters he removes and how many inches it takes off!

I’m surprised how fine I’m actually doing. Yesterday when I woke up from surgery it was rough. I have an allergy to dilaudid which makes pain management a little more complicated for me. When they moved me from recovery I was crying the pain was so bad. It felt like a combination of my skin was burning and like someone had just beat me with a baseball bat, the feeling was super intense. I have a high tolerance for pain (two kids naturally by voice), I rated my pain at a 9, my husband was shocked. They have me an oral OxyContin and that quickly changed. Because of how much fluid they pumped in I have two drains coming from the back. Im wearing a surgical bra and because I’m 6’0 tall I have 2 binders. I have a decent amount of blood coming from the drain area so I have a pad there. As soon as the drains are removed I have a full knee to shoulder surgical compression garment I’ll change too. I slept on the recliner last night and I’m really quite comfortable as long as I’m not moving. I needed help standing up this morning because the pain meds wore off over night but I’m moving well. When I sit down or stand up there is a very sharp pain at the incisions that is a combo of deep bruise and burn. I’m super excited to see what this looks like in the upcoming weeks. I had my surgeon take pics so as soon as he send them I’ll have them posted! Attached is what some of the bruising looked like last night.