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Day 3: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
The Good: Saw my PS yesterday an he gave me the ok to take off the strap and the surgical bra!!!! I'm suppose to just free boob it and let gravity do it's job. Oh man, it feels so good. I think all of my back pain the first 24hours was from that darn strap. Even sleeping upright last night was super comfortable with that thing gone. They definitely look bigger in a bra. And they are still riding high. I can't wait til they drop down and fill the bottom more :) my pain has been amazingly low today. Dropping down from 2 hydrocodone every 4 hours to just 1, and hopefully tomorrow or Friday will switch to ibuprofen. My mother-in-law could not believe how good everything looks just 2 days after surgery. Gotta say, I'm pleasantly surprised too!
The Bad: the drain they put in for the diastasis/hernia repair feels SO weird! And the compression garment is getting itchy. But I can't believe how not bloated I am! I haven't even pooped yet, but haven't eaten much so I don't think I'm constipated. But I feel like my tummy is already flatter than it was before!! Oh, and yes, my boobs have been makin weird squelching, suction sounds. This is normal, for the first month, as the air pockets trapped in there are released. But right now it's like I have squeaker toys in my chest :)
The Ugly: the bellybutton looks totally weird and gross, I know. But I've seen some other umbilical hernia repairs and that's just how they are for a while. In about a month he said the swelling will go down and there will be a depression that will make it look like a cute little belly button. He'll take the stitches out when he takes the drain out, either this Friday or next Monday.
The Bad: the drain they put in for the diastasis/hernia repair feels SO weird! And the compression garment is getting itchy. But I can't believe how not bloated I am! I haven't even pooped yet, but haven't eaten much so I don't think I'm constipated. But I feel like my tummy is already flatter than it was before!! Oh, and yes, my boobs have been makin weird squelching, suction sounds. This is normal, for the first month, as the air pockets trapped in there are released. But right now it's like I have squeaker toys in my chest :)
The Ugly: the bellybutton looks totally weird and gross, I know. But I've seen some other umbilical hernia repairs and that's just how they are for a while. In about a month he said the swelling will go down and there will be a depression that will make it look like a cute little belly button. He'll take the stitches out when he takes the drain out, either this Friday or next Monday.
Day of surgery
Leading up to the surgery I was cooking, freezing meals, cleaning, and organizing like I was about to have a baby. Guess I was getting read for twins :). I also started taking miralax 5 days before the surgery, just to try to preempt constipation. Also got dried apricots and prunes to snack on. Got a sneak peek in bed and later that night! Profile. I'm sure I could have gone 371 and been fine, but my PS said if I wanted to err on the side of smaller the 339's would still give me the look I wanted. I have always had a natural gap, so that doesn't bug me too much.
Sizers
So my PS let's you check out implants to try on with clothes at home. I went to gap to get a feel for what bra size they would be. I LOVED the GAP mannequin boobs. Tried on the same top for comparison.
Provider Review
We had 3 consults in 2 months with Dr. Johnson, mostly because we were deciding between two implant sizes. He graciously put up with us and all our repeat questions :) He was also the only PS who didn't have to refer me to a general surgeon for my umbilical hernia and diastasis repair, he was able to it all. So far, very happy!