Ready to Enjoy Life with Confidence, PA

Just wanted to give a quick pic update of my results! The after picture was taken last week, and as you can see there is a huge difference! I don't feel the swellings gone down much in comparison to the past two weeks and now. I will say the lumps have begun to reside a little, but are definitely still there - causing a curve on the outline of my lower abdomen I hope they continue to dissolve & slim me down even more. I stopped wearing my garment at 2 & a half weeks (he told me to do 2) & after that I decided on my own to wear spanx as a replacement.. I still find the support to be more comfortable than nothing.

The pain is very minimal, completely back to my everyday routine. The only time I'm in pain, is if I go from a lying down position to sitting/standing up. It's quiet uncomfortable & almost feels like a weight has been added to my lower abdomen with a burning sensation. It stops after about 15 seconds.

Anyone else have this issue?

So today makes it 1 week since my surgery. I was supposed to have my post op appointment this morning, but decided to reschedule given that the drive is so long and I'm still not comfortable in a rigid sitting position for that length of time (1hr 45mins). I rescheduled for Monday tho! Look wise, I think I've looked the same for the past couple of days, not much of a difference in swelling or shrinking. Hoping that sometime next week I'll start to go down some more! Despite that there's still a huge difference than what I started with :) so I'm happy with my results so far and just want to heal up. I keep my garment on 24/7 except to shower. My incisions are healing well from what I can tell, they've pretty much closed up except for the incision above my pubic area, that one still has some work to do. I've noticed the knots/lumps in my stomach. From what I can tell there are about 4, the only one being noticeable is below my belly button. Throughout the day I've been using that handheld electronic massager. The areas feel better while using it. I know they say not to weigh yourself but I did just out of curiousity and according to my scale I've lost 4lbs! Again no complaints here. Today has been the easiest day as far as getting around, sitting -> standing, laying, etc. still very sore and tender, but today was easier than the previous days. I've just been using Neosporin on my incision sites, no arnica gel or anything. Anyone else do this? Not sure I need arnica gel.

Last night I slept through the entire night in my bed instead of my reclining chair, woke up feeling pretty refreshed. I will admit I did take an Ativan before heading to bed, which I hadn't the previous nights, definitely had to have helped. Showered for the first time, wasn't bad at all, again my 3 dressings had very little leakage on them so the cleanup was simple. Getting back into my garment and binder required help, thankful for that lol! Can't wait to not have to wear these, but I know it's for my own good.

Before redressing I noticed the dreaded lumps under my skin. Not very noticeable to the eye, but I could feel them all over. Any tips on how to speed up the process of getting rid of them? I do have a small electronic massager I'm thinking about using while dressed?.

Sitting and getting back up is again the hardest part, I feel very stiff and sore in my entire abdomen but it's more uncomfortable than it is painful. Maybe a 2 on a 1-10 scale when trying to get up/sit down. Since the day after my surgery I've been sure to walk 1 mile a day as recommended. It's not too difficult, by then end of the mile I do feel more "stiff" in my stomach area.

Tomorrow I'm specifically allowed to stop using my binder, not sure why, but not complaining either. So now it'll just be my compression garment!