42 Year Old Mother of 2 Waited 20 Years for This!!!!! - Maitland, FL

I had my first daughter when I was 21. After Leana was born I really only had a few stretch marks underneath my belly button. With my second daughter, Alana, I gained over 60 lbs. Considering my skin doesn’t stretch very well, I had stretch marks now above my belly button but I was also left with horrible loose hanging skin. I hated it. For years, I thought about getting a tummy tuck but I couldn’t help feeling selfish for spending that much money on my own vanity. Now that my daughters are 18 and 21, I don’t feel selfish anymore. It was definitely time. Operation make Geana happy is real.

So I stayed at the clinic overnight with the nurse. Well there were 2 nurses...loved them. They were great. It also showed me what I needed to do. When I first woke up out of surgery I was super cold and couldn’t stop shivering. This clinched every muscle in my body and was excruciating. Soon after, I was given something to warm up and felt a lot better. My doctor told me that everything went well and that I needed to make sure that I took deep breaths, walked as much as I could and had a bowel movement within the next 2 days. He said that if I got a fever and called him that was what he would tell me. My daughters came to pick me up from the clinic at 5 am and have really taken care of me. So far, the pain medication has helped tremendously but I have to be honest, it still hurts. Between the pain meds, sleeping pills, vitamins, stool softener and healing meds it is a lot to keep track of. Nothing is really comfortable but it is tolerable. The walking part is very difficult and hurts the most. Just shifting positions is a challenge. The drains are in the way and although I have taken the stool softeners, I have still not been able to go number 2. Hopefully tomorrow will be a bit easier and I can finally release, although I haven’t been able to eat much of anything anyway.

I think I finally have a pretty good schedule down for all of the medicine now. My main issue now is that I cannot make a bowel movement and for some reason my period has come a full 7 days early. This is kind of the Pitts. My stomach is so bloated with gas. I started out taking a mild stool softener Colace that I was told about by the overnight nurse. Nothing happened. My daughter then picked me up a mild stimulant laxative Dulcolax...still nothing but gas. My grandmother told me to drink prune juice...still nada. I have to say that this is very uncomfortable. My drains look good. The stitches look great. Still swollen but the pain meds have made even that tolerable. I just can’t seem to poop for the life of me. I’ve also only been eating soup. Does anyone here have any ideas on scaring the poop monster out of me. Earlier, I went through a moment of extreme nausea. Then I broke out in a complete sweat. Dripping wet. Then I felt too weak to even move. No fever this time but OMG I think I would feel much better if I could just properly go to the bathroom.