TT, Lipo waist, flanks, back

Everything has been going well. I'm not in any pain. I do have discomfort laying down simply bc of my hip to waist ratio. Like my hips and upper body touch the bed but my waist is just up in the air and [RS bleep]. I put a pillow between it and the bed and that makes it much more comfortable. My scar is pretty dark. I've learned I scar badly. But ultimately I'm very happy with my tt results. My bbl I don't see too much of a change. Seems the same to me but I think the back liposuction just brought it out more on top, but the bottom is what I wanted to fill out. I really like my shape now but it's difficult to find clothes that I think I look good in. I own a ton of high waisted jeans... those don't look good on me anymore. Low waisted looks really good. And the camis that I love so much just keep rolling up my hips (as a bigger girl I was used to pulling the camis down so it controlled the tummy) they just roll up over my hips now. So I have to let the camis sit up at my natural waist which takes some getting used to when you've been covering yourself up your whole life.

I've already contacted lesley for a breast lift quote. She gave me a 4100 with implants quote. I don't want implants. I just want a nice lift and I thought they could transfer fat there for upper fullness. But after reading more stuff on it I'm thinking she's right, implants would give me the look I want. My issue with that is I want kids in the future, a whole handful of them and I want to breastfeed. I've read that you can breastfeed with implants but it's not a sure thing. That worries me. I'll have to talk to lesley more about it. I also want an arm lift. I haven't seen her work with arms before so that worries me. And some lower back liposuction and liposuction to my lower waist upper hips so I can have that smooth transition from hips to waist if that makes sense. Right now my upper hips seem bulky, she never gave me hips, that's my natural problem. But hopefully she can do all this is in one go since lipo doesn't involve cutting.

Ive been home for about 2 weeks now and wow recovery has been tough. I took my drain out on october 3 after I had been home for a week. I dont know how pulling the drain went for other people but it was pretty painful for me. It was a bad burning sensation across my lower back but I was draining more than less than 50 so I pulled that mug out, I was sooo tired of it.

Ive been healing well I think. My incision looks great, but i wish it was lower. I'm still swollen and I cant be out of my faja for more than a half hour before I feel like Im falling apart. My belly button looks good, I still keep it covered with gauze so the faja doesnt irritate it.

I've order another faja thats a size down with legs that go to the knee. I've been wearing my stage 2 since ive been home and I can kinda tell its not doing anything anymore as far as compression goes. I read or heard someone say "if youre comfortable in your faja, its not tight enough" so I took that to heart. So I ordered that along with a squeem from ebay and a lipo board. I have some swelling, maybe even fluid, in my lower abdomen and I think tighter compression will get rid of it for me.

I still get really stiff and sore at night. And Im pretty uncomfortable during the day. i cant wait to start feeling like myself again.

Out of the things I took with me to the DR I actually used:
Maxi dresses
Plain white tees (under faja)
Arinca cream
wipes
gas x
flip flops
foamy neck thing, usually used for the plane ride (I sat on it to protect the butt)
Percocet (yes yes yes)
blanket
Ipad
toiletries
I really didnt spend much time in my suitcase, I didnt even touch the snacks I brought. They fed us really good.

I have some loose skin on my side like under my arm, Almonte said some compression would help with that so finger crossed.

This update isnt very detailed I really just wanted to get the pictures up.

So last night I stressed the importance of pooping. I'm going to stress it again. Duclex I think its called, helps you go. They are tiny 5mg pills. I don't care what anyone tells you, start out with one. I'm an idiot and i took more than that and spent the night/morning with terrible stomach pain and running to the bathroom. i was so scared i was going to end up dehydrated i downing water bottles while in the bathroom. I know that's gross yal but i was soo scared by how much fluid i was loosing and i could barely leave the bathroom so i just brought the water in there with me and begged for the best. All that moving took so much out of me I was exhausted by this morning.

I went to an appt with almonte and had my dressings changed and drain unclogged by Tanya. It still hurts, didn't get any better. I told Tanya "don't do it. Please Don't do it." She did it. I asked her why she was so mean to me. She claims she did it bc she loves me. They said I'm looking better but I feel like I'm behind everyone bc Almonte hadn't even talked about switching my garment to stage 2.

I no longer have the room to myself :( guess that means no more late night crys lol.

Had my 3 massage with Carmen. I was so happy to see her. She rubbed me down good and said I was doing better. .. most likely bc I wasn't crying and moaning like before. Im moving around better but that burning in my lower back is still terrible. Getting up after sitting for a long period, being in bed too long, or twisting when you try and throw your legs up is painful. Percocet has been my best friend so if you can get your hands on it, do it. It is the only thing giving me the tiny bit of sleep I've been getting.

I'm still draining a decent amount so we'll see what Almonte says on Friday when I see her. I leave Saturday so I hope that drain comes out. I hope Carmen plans to stay a while the rest of the week bc I wanna double up on my massages. Especially for my lower back. I want to get as many in as I can before I go.

Counting down till Saturday