Long boring story

Well...my first mistake was not knowing that that despite choosing a good doctor, that getting him through a surgical center was going to be the cause of the no follow up night mare. I finally did get in touch with my surgeon, and sent him pictures, he personally has called me at least 3 times in the last 24 hours. He has let me know that it appears that it seems I have complete failure of the muscle repair. He has offered to re-do this again, free of charge, and of course I will have to travel and pay for the anethesia ect. I am totally fine with this. As I had said in my previous angry rants, there was no way that he could have been getting my messages via Vanity/Eres, because my pictures and description were very clear and indicative of the failed muscle repair. I had been researching the surgical center and had even mentioned the death that had occurred....it seems they are notorious for herding women through like cattle, the staff just try to keep you quiet unless its something to do with major infection, but still they just tell you every thing is normal and just to wait it all out. They prey on your lack of experience and frustration hoping you are going to just go away or go elsewhere when you cant get any one to send op reports, or get a doctor to return your calls. I have actually requested my op reports from them via email at least 4 times, and now 3 times on the phone, I have offered to sign a release as well. Each time, I am given a different excuse, such as they are organizing the records room, or moving the records room. Just as the excuses for why the doctor had not seen my pictures were equally crazy...he had a flat tire and had to cancel all his surgeries for the day so he didnt come in today, he decided that he needed to take a vacation so he will not be in until after the 3 rd week of next month, ect. Yesterday was quite interesting when I had the pleasure of being told that he was out of the country , and the girl did not know I had just spoken with him myself. smh, I genuinely feel sorry for this new post op manager, she seems to struggle with the lies to come up with on the fly, unlike Keyla who was a super fast talker and told me that any pain I had was just the price of beauty, and that I must wait until 6 months, ect. .... So, today I will call another department and request a copy of the op report....

Well, I have avoided posting for a while because when my surgeons office calls, all I hear is that you must wait until 6 months, its most likely just swelling, it will go away...don't worry about your hips looking hideous and and shaped differently, with the incision higher on one side by a couple of inches than the other side., no one will notice--HELLO??? I NOTICE!! Not to mention I belly dance, and that was told to Dr. Salas up front, so my hips are a very important part of my life and are seen by every one. WERE... . She(the medical assistant-- since I have only been able to see and/or talk to Dr. Salas one time the day before surgery, and he has never returned any of my calls or answered any of my questions) also told me that for the results I want, that I will need to come back for Lipo and BBL...I am like huh??? (my intent was to do so anyway for my back fat , inner thigh,and shape my butt---not to fix my crappy looking situation from my full TT)
Seroma drainage has been a bit of pain and started draining my $ since I had to go to another DR locally, and now after 4 months, I have been told that I need to go back to original surgeon, that he should be doing revision on me, to remove seroma capsule, sew/adhere the abdominal flap to muscles, fixing hips ect, and that there is still a good bit of excess skin? On top of all of this, every time I try to get up out of bed, or exert any force by engaging my upper abs, I have a really sharp pain especially on the right side. Of course when I have mentioned this to the medical assistant who calls once in a while, she is all sweet and nice and just blows me off saying its all just a part of the healing process. I am still having to wear my Faja Salome 216 every day for at least 12-16 hours, then at night I wear a light duty spanks type garment to sleep in. I feel like I am back to square one...I look ok if i suck in my muscles and hold them , but if i relax, its just as if I have the same muscle laxity as before..otherwise it looks like I traded in a flap of hanging skin for a shelf of bloated swollen thingy and an uneven scar with differently shaped hips that are asymmetrical. I looked ok before if I sucked in my muscles, and held them in or if i wore spanks, so now I am angry that I have gone through this, spent money, traveled, still in pain 4 months out and limited in exercise, and seem to not be much better off and Dr. Salas either does not know or does not give a hell about me as a patient . I honestly have never encountered or even heard of a doctor that would neglect or ignore a patient in this manner, let alone after a major surgery.

So yea, I stopped taking pain meds last Monday, and went back to work full time on Tues , 5 full days post op. I did drive myself the 3 miles to work, and home. Most of my day was spent at my desk, but I also got up and walked around a good bit once every hour or so. My first day back was 9 hours long, and since I get up at 530 am, and didn't get home until almost 5 pm, it left me almost totally exhausted. Came home, fed my lil critters and went straight to bed. Day two was even easier, and by last night (Friday) , I was feeling well enough to take myself out to a tiny dinner, then do some shopping before going home after work. I did feel the need to take a regular tylenol by the time I got home and into bed, and I also could just feel myself starting to swell up.
I am still draining about 50cc on each side each day, so drains aren't coming out yet.
Took some pics to look at my progress...I can def feel all the swelling, and the bruising that is still there...but honestly, even if this were the end of my progress, for the most part, I would still be happy that I was able to get this done. I am still wondering why I have bruising on the side of my butt, and hope like crap that the doc didn't suck fat out of my ass!!! (i don't have much, but wanted to def keep what was there!!)
Now if I could only figure out how to stop looking/shopping for clothes that are super baggy and hide my tummy/middle?