Let the Countdown Begin - Philadelphia, PA

Now we here!

Wow! It has been quite a ride these last 30 days, from pain to drains, from itching to swelling, from sleeping on the couch to well, i am still sleeping on the couch...lol..but life is so diffrent now. Swelling is down about 90 percent even with increased activity, i drink at least 3L of water a day..shout out to Diamonddreams for that tip, it keeps my swelling way down, i was also taking bromelain but not as consistently as i was in the begining. I basically go about my normal routine and kinda forget that i had a tt until i twist or bend down too much. I havent started exercising yet but i plan to, i have been walking 10 blocks a day to and from work since about 14dpo, not sure if that counts as exercise. As far as garments go well i have been having issues so i have been pretty much wearing my binder and a few garments that I already had which was a miraclesuit hi waist and i had another one by cupid with a little less compression. I purchased a squeem ehich was great but i ended up sending it back because it was too big, i was gonna purchase another one but in the process i fell in love with the waist nipper at macys and amazon upped the price on the squeem so i bagged it altogther, however i am not completely in love with my waist nipper either. I am looking for something to compress my sides but havent been able to find anything close to doing that except the squeem. I think i look good overall and love my results but i have a love hate relationship with my sides, i dont know if its swelling or fat, my ps did lipo therebut im just not certain it was enough. I havent been able to except my new body my mind still thinks im fat until i look in the mirror. I feel brst eith my clothes off but thats because i think i need to go shopping a lot of my old clothes are just worn out, corny and now are starting to seem too big. Well this post is wayy too long but i wanted to bring my tt family up to speed. Check out my 30 day pics, i am also going to do a before and after side by side pic later.

Well where do i begin, well i had my 2nd post op visit yesterday, my ps said that there was no fluid to be drained and that i was just experiencing normal swelling, oddly enough my swelling went down about 50 percent by the time i arrived at the doc. Isnt that how it always is by the time you get to the doctor your symptoms have disappeared. Needless to say i also decided to wear this little black dress yesterday in which i.could not wear my binder so i put on my cg which i hadnt got the approval to wear yet, i hid it from my ps because i didnt want him going h.a.m. on me so after my exam i asked him about wearing a cg from now on and he said i could (hee hee) i had been wearing that binder religiously and i was just over it. he said to wear the cg for 4 more weeks so it will be a total of 6 weeks of compression. After that i can wear a spanx if i want. I asked him about the hardness of my tummy and he said it was normal and would soften up over time, he ok'd me to start scar treatment after my scab falls off and my next po appt. is in 3 weeks. Work has been crazy, i am exausted and cannot wait for the weekend, one more day! Swelling is still there but not like before, i still believe i am about 40-50 percent swollen. i wore another dress today but felt fat especially as the day went on but i did get compliments. No one at work has said a thing but i believe its because i still look the same to them because of the swelling. Well thats all for now my cycle started today so now i am totally drained. Zzzzzz 14dpo pics attached