Loving my Look - Chicago, IL

Almost 3 wks post op, very happy w/ the results an how I look in my clothing. I hung out w/ family for thanks giving an everyone said I really look slim or that I had lost weight. I did lose wt. 10 lbs I don't no if it was from the surgery or from not really having an appetite. I know since then I have been having a lot of pain, I have to take at least a pain pill every day just to wear the compression garment. I also think I am experiencing a seroma I have been having leakage every day for the past five days where it has ruined my clothing. I have a doctors appointment on Monday so I will then ask my Dr. is this normal. Also when I stand up sometimes I feel like my body is kind of being stretched apart but it may be that this is all a part of getting a tummy tuck. I trust my doctor 100% so I know that he will give me some kind of resolution to what I am experiencing. But as of today I am very happy about the look I am able to wear smaller shirts I'm able to button up my pants to wear my belt buckle on the outside and the pooch not cover it up so I am very very happy w/ my results.

It's been a couple wks since my last post. i am now 5 wks post op. I have had a few ups an downs. I'm still not back at work yet. I only take my pain medicine when I have had a really busy day around the house w/ house work. I thought I was strong enough to put up my Christmas deco. After finishing my tummy felt like I had just got out of surgery. Bc of all of the pain an the swelling I had to take my pain med. an make my compression outfit as tight as possible. The next day the swelling had went down enormously. So now I really try to take easy. I'm still 10 lbs less then I was when I went into to surgery. Every one who sees me can tell that I have lost weight. In the last 6 months I have lost 23lbs. 10lbs b4 surgery an 13lbs after. I think my recovery process has been a Lil harder bc of my age. So I spend a lot of time in bed, just tryn to take it easy, an to keep the swelling down. I'm just glad that I have the luxury of being able to be off from work. So i've been off for 5wks. I plan to go back to work at the first of the year. When I go outside I don't wear my compression garment . I have bought several slimming tank tops from Marshall's that were under $10. That are very comfortable under my clothes. When I come home I immediately put my compression garment back on, an I continue to wear it threw the night faithfully. About 60% of my swelling is gone, the scars has really started to fade into my skin color. I have about 5 spots where the scars did not heal properly. So I'm trying to concentrate on those spots w/ using a fade cream mixture. I also apply the fade cream mixture about 8x a day. bc im african american an my scar is dark an I want the scar to blend into my natural color by the summer. This is one of the reason for getting the surgery done at this time of the year. I'm hoping to be able to put on my 2 piece swim suits in 2013. Other then that I am very very happy that I had the procedure done. Every once in a while I think about the whole process an especially the pain the setbacks an the scar. An to me it was so worth it. I can't wait for all of the swelling to go down so I can really see the finish product.