My Lipo Experience - Parramatta, AU

So these are the first pictures I've taken since 2.5 weeks post op because I was so disappointed with how I looked. I'm glad I did take them because I can see a good difference from behind, especially my inner thighs. My bruising only just healed up fully a week ago, my incisions are all healed over but they are still quite red and stand out at this point. My inner thighs still have some numbness in them, and a couple of small lumps but nothing that is really physically noticeable.
I started going to the gym at about a week and half just doing my upper body weights and got back into lower body weights at about 2 and a half weeks. I love the way i look in my gym clothes it makes me so much more excited to go to the gym haha. I do still have days where I feel like I don't look that good but god it's a huge difference to what I used to be!

These photos were taken 2 and a half weeks after my operation, it was the first time that I hadn't seen any improvement, but rather swelling. It was pretty disappointing to see even though you know it will go down, it still makes you feel how you did before.

So it's been 5 days now. I stopped taking the pain meds through the day 2 days ago, i take one every night before bed though to help me sleep. I just found I couldn't function properly on them, I literally couldn't sit down for 10 minutes without dozing off to sleep, so I figured I'd be better without them. I do still need the occasional nap through the day to keep me going though. The pain hasn't been awful, but it is very uncomfortable. Trying to sit down on the toilet is the absolute worst. My bruising seems to have gotten worse, and is very tender on my outer thighs. However I'm happy to say that I can't really see any lumps or hard bits yet, so hopefully they stay away! I'm still draining a little bit from 2 incisions, they were the ones that leaked the most the whole time though. Am I correct in saying the more I drain now the less swelling that my body will retain? I hope that's the case! I don't exactly feel very swollen yet either, my legs feel tight but I wouldn't say swollen. I took my garment off for 2 hours yesterday to wash and dry it, it was nice at first but I was happy to get my achy legs back into it!
I've been feeling a bit nauseous today and light headed, had to sit down a couple of times. I haven't taken photos the last couple of days, every time I have a shower and get dressed I'm just too exhausted to get undressed again for my partner to take photos when he has a chance, but he did get me to take some today! I can't see a huge difference looking in the mirror but I definitely can from my pictures. I've ordered my stage 2 garment as well, sticking with the brand my surgeon gave me, design veronique. So hopefully that comes soon!