Melbourne AU - 44 Year Old - Revision of Breast Reduction (Breast Lift), Abdominoplasty with Liposuction - Melbourne, AU

Ok, here's where I'm up to now. I read up and was warned about swelling but boy I now know what my fellow TT ladies are on about !

I saw my nurse last week (surgeon away) and we decided that fluid circulation needed to be improved. The problem was with the waist strapping was that it was compressing my stomach nicely but fluid was being pushed south and was collecting in my groin. The nurse felt I was a lot more swollen in the grow than most patients (yay - lucky me).

So AU$189 later ..... I have now been wearing what is akin to a modern day instrument of torture for 3 days now (including sleeping in the awful thing) and it appears to be helping but I am shocked at the fluid-like swelling all over my stomach (my worst area is a hand size above the belly button) when I inspect the region.

I can only describe it as something smiled to a water bed when I flick or push the area of my pubic bone area. I can literally feel the fluid filled space between my pubic bone and skin. Aaaargh.

I've never been a lean person and we tend to be slow surgical healers in my family but I honestly had not expected this level of swelling. I looked so nice and flat for the first couple of post-op days and now I feel swollen and a bit like a creme-filled Easter egg !

On a positive, I have no pain at all and it's getting easier to sleep on my side. I have started doing walking and the only side effect now is extra swelling and tiredness. All good otherwise.

I can't see my surgeon until the 26th July so it will be interesting to track my progress now I'm getting more active with the kids & exercise !

I'll keep posting ... it's going to be a lonnnnnng return to slim I think !

Groin and upper abdomen above belly button still very swollen and protruding.

The swelling above the belly button is so depressing. I'm still draining up to 50ml a day from my remaining drain .... when will this end !!!!! ?