After a Couple of Serendipitous Provider Changes, I Am Finally Getting my BR! - Rochester, NY

I am now 11 days post op and doing pretty well. I had a good night's sleep in my recliner last night, and feel pretty good this morning. Just soreness and the itchies under my arms where I had lipo done. Apparently, I now need to be put in restraints when I sleep because I woke up and caught myself starting a great big overhead stretch! OMG! I immediately put my arms down and said to myself, "No! No! Stop!" It didn't hurt so I don't think I did any harm, In fact It kinda felt good, but sheesh! My body is making it hard to follow Dr's orders! I do look forward to when I can do that without worrying about hurting myself.

I had a very good 1st week followup! MY PS removed the vasoline-infused bandages, told me to expect some peeling at the T-junctions, put new gauze on, and closed my bra back up! He said that everything looks good, and I am actually less bruised than average. I went home and took a real shower - felt sooo good! Now that the dressings are off, I need to wash my incisions with soap and water, and apply a generous layer of vasoline after patting dry. I am still in the surgical bra for a couple more weeks, although he did make several cuts in the elastic band to loosen it a little. It helped a lot. I go in for another followup in 4 weeks.

This is going to sound crazy but I am really nervous about my post op appointment tomorrow. I have followed instructions, taken it easy, and I guess my incisions look ok. I have had issues though. For the entire week I have been fighting with the elastic band on the surgical bra to keep it from riding up under my breasts due to my big swollen belly. So I am hoping for the best with my lower incisions. Also the vasoline infused dressing I was told must not come off has started coming up on the edges. For that reason I have been sponge bathing rather than taking another shower. I've had no pain except from the lipo under my arms. So maybe it is just the control freak in me having no control over this. I will let you all know how it turns out.