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36 Years Old, Four C Sections, 70 Pounds Lost, TT, MR, BA - Omaha, NE
UPDATED FROM jmrdavis
12 days post
Tomorrow is day 13
jmrdavisJuly 20, 2015
$8,700
Hmmm. I have mixed feelings right now.
I still have three drains. Hoping to at least get two removed tomorrow. Also going to plead for permission to wear a different compression garment. This binder just won't stay put! It is such a pain to constantly be adjusting it an tugging on it.
I am not yet standing up straight. I don't feel like it is my incision, but the pain and tightness are under my chest by my sternum. Hoping that changes soon too.
I know we can't expect to be 100 percent right away but I need some measure of normal again. I have always considered myself a strong person, emotionally and mentally, but this has been such a journey. My husband keeps me optimistic, he has been so great.
Hoping for some increased comfort after tomorrow's appointment so I can sleep a little better. I think that is sometimes half the reason for the depression and anxiety.
I still have three drains. Hoping to at least get two removed tomorrow. Also going to plead for permission to wear a different compression garment. This binder just won't stay put! It is such a pain to constantly be adjusting it an tugging on it.
I am not yet standing up straight. I don't feel like it is my incision, but the pain and tightness are under my chest by my sternum. Hoping that changes soon too.
I know we can't expect to be 100 percent right away but I need some measure of normal again. I have always considered myself a strong person, emotionally and mentally, but this has been such a journey. My husband keeps me optimistic, he has been so great.
Hoping for some increased comfort after tomorrow's appointment so I can sleep a little better. I think that is sometimes half the reason for the depression and anxiety.
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August 2, 2015
mrdavis, So sorry for all the things you are going through! My surgery is scheduled for August 21, so I can't really offer any suggestions on better CGs. The binder sounds like a nightmare! Did your PS offer a different kind or did you find a more comfortable one?
It has been several weeks, so how are you doing now? Did you get any of the drains out since you last posted?
That is great that you have such a supportive and optimistic hubby! I hope that he makes you smile too. {Not laugh as I heard that hurts :D } I have read other reviews and even some PS say that while we 'prepare' physically/mentally for surgery...we aren't prepared 'emotionally" as it can be overwhelming. I hope that has passed for you or at least gotten much better. Thanks for sharing your experience with us as it really does help others to know what to expect.
Hope you are healing well! {{{HUGS TO YOU}}}
It has been several weeks, so how are you doing now? Did you get any of the drains out since you last posted?
That is great that you have such a supportive and optimistic hubby! I hope that he makes you smile too. {Not laugh as I heard that hurts :D } I have read other reviews and even some PS say that while we 'prepare' physically/mentally for surgery...we aren't prepared 'emotionally" as it can be overwhelming. I hope that has passed for you or at least gotten much better. Thanks for sharing your experience with us as it really does help others to know what to expect.
Hope you are healing well! {{{HUGS TO YOU}}}
UPDATED FROM jmrdavis
7 days post
Binder Suggestions??
jmrdavisJuly 15, 2015
How do you keep this binder from bunching up in the middle like an oddly shaped belt. I know it is supposed to be down over my hips and incision. My husband helps me put it on several times a day but the moment I sit down or move the binder slides up over my hips and bunches around my waist. I am constantly putting it back on or trying to pull it down, which pulls on my incision and doesn't feel great. Is there a trick or something I am missing? Super frustrating!!!
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UPDATED FROM jmrdavis
7 days post
1 Week Today
jmrdavisJuly 14, 2015
Finally hit the one week mark today!
What a week. When they tell you this surgery is serious, they are not joking. I honestly spent most of it wondering what the heck I was thinking and wishing I could go back in time and tell myself not to do it!!! I am still using pain medication as much for help with my perspective and mood as for pain. I'm just hanging in there at this point I suppose.
I had my first post op visit yesterday and doctors said I would have the drains in for 2 to four weeks!! Hoping it is two and not three or four. Otherwise all appears to be healing well.
I am getting up and around a little more and life is returning to pseudo normal. Trying to stay optimistic!
What a week. When they tell you this surgery is serious, they are not joking. I honestly spent most of it wondering what the heck I was thinking and wishing I could go back in time and tell myself not to do it!!! I am still using pain medication as much for help with my perspective and mood as for pain. I'm just hanging in there at this point I suppose.
I had my first post op visit yesterday and doctors said I would have the drains in for 2 to four weeks!! Hoping it is two and not three or four. Otherwise all appears to be healing well.
I am getting up and around a little more and life is returning to pseudo normal. Trying to stay optimistic!
My sternum hurt so bad whilst I was in hospital but is ok now and all the bruising gone.
I had to return to work on 21st so am just extremely tired