34 Year Old Seeking New Beginnings - Richmond, VA

Ladies!!! Yesterday was the first day that my swelling was a tad bit controlled and I'm loving what see. I had an appointment with Dr. Stanwix last week and he said that this is approx. 30% of what my final results will be. Uhmm yay!!!!

Hello ladies and gentlemen! I'm almost 3 weeks post op and I'm feeling better. Still walking hunched over. Sometimes I can straighten up but when I do my front thighs pull and it doesn't feel to great. I'm still super swollen in my lower abdomen. The swelling has gone down some in my lower back which is great but my back still hurts. I absolutely love my waist, I just really wish the lower abdomen swelling would go down so I can a general feel of what's to come. After much research, it seems as if I'm one of few who has this sort of massive swelling. My PS confirmed it was swelling but asked me if I wanted to try aspiration to see if there's any fluid...I declined. I'm going to take him up on that offer during my next follow up. Until then...I'll continue to sulk in my recliner hole (I'm surrounded by pillows). You guys pray for me.

So yesterday was my surgery. Everything went extremely well. I woke up with minimal pain. My family was shocked by how well things went. Then it happened...by midday today pain started. The liposuction hurts more than anything else. I had my muscles done as well and it feels like I've done 10 days of straight planking. My lipo holes...feel like bullet shot wounds although I don't know how that feels. I can only imagine. I have been tolerating the pain with the pain meds prescribed by my PS. I also had the experal injection. I can only imagine how it would feel hadn't I not gotten the shots ????. I going to be brave and post a pre-op photo. I was afraid and ashamed to post pictures prior to surgery but since I no longer look that way I'll update you guys. I will update more photos tomorrow. Until then happy reading.