44 Yo, Previous Mini Tuck Had Baby Now Need Full Tiuck

Today marks two weeks since having surgery. It seems as if things are improving and I feel like I'm getting my energy back. My stamina is not quite there yet. I a very active person so it's hard to put limits on myself but I know it has to be done.
Sutures were removed yesterday from my belly button and the vertical closure. The vertical part is a little angry and had a small opening. At this point, I'm not concerned. The doctor recommended keeping it clean and I'm putting SSD (silver sulfadiazine) cream on it. The glue is starting to flake on my incision and I'm allowing it to come off st it's own pace. This is difficult bc I am a picker and I want to just keep going. There are still areas on my incision that look like they have a combination of marker and/or dried blood. The doctor ok'd me to switch to a different abdominal support if I felt like it had good support. Right now I am wearing a wrap binder with three straps that adjust. I think it does a good job of support. The problem is that it is too tall for my torso and rides up or I have to wrap the top strap super snug and I feel like I can't breathe. I went to Walmart and found boy short abdominal support that I thought I would wear as soon as I'm a little more healed. I was impressed when I tried them on bc I can actually wear it now. It was only $13! Seriously, love it! They run small! My waist measured 32, hips 36 which said I should buy a small. But I went with a large and it fits perfectly! I also purchased a medium bc I know I still have swelling.
On that note, I weighed myself today and I was 132. So I am up a few pounds from surgery. My midsection is still swollen and I'm going to trust my body to heal and find it's new weight. I can't workout right now so why stress? I did weight myself at 1 week and the scale said 139. I kid you not, 10 pounds! It was a good laugh bc I knew I was swollen and retaining fluid. The body really is amazing at healing and doing what it needs to do.
The only small concern I have is that my waist does not look even. He did lipo on my right side to try and even me out. I did not mention this at my follow up mainly bc again, I know it's too early to tell.
My next appointment is in a month unless something comes up before then. I need to keep a watch on my belly button and incision. I also need to make sure not to overdo it! I love Dr. Kerr and his work. Everyone in his office is very nice. He has a new doctor, Dr. Blagg at his practice. I saw him for two of my follow up appointments. (Dr. Kerr was on vacation after my surgery. I knew this going into the surgery.) Dr. Blagg was extremely approachable and had great bedside manners. I really love this practice, can you tell? Here are a few pics for updates and also a pic of the boy short an support from Wally World. Oh, I know my pics aren't the best. The camera on my phone doesn't like me anymore.

I'm a week plus one day since having s full tummy tuck, lipo and fat transfer to my face. The lipo was mainly done on my right side and he transferred fat to my cheeks, temples, marionette lines (smile lines) and a tiny bit to my jaw. My face looks great, only one spot on my face bruised. I've become very bored and a bit depressed in this stage of recovery. It is nice to be drain free for sure! It is very difficult for me to sit around and heal when I am always on the go. Plus, I did not tell people I was doing this surgery. I mainly didn't tell people bc I did not want to hear the comments of 'you are so skinny you don't need a tummy tuck'. I feel like I have to defend myself on why I did it or that my skin hangs off of me. It was actually nice to hear the doctor tell me that when he was doing the surgery I actually did have a hernia which he went ahead and fixed. It's just that I am mentally feeling less clouded as I've been backing off the pain pills. Today I tried to take just Tylenol but by 6pm I was feeling so swollen and uncomfortable I took a pain pill. I really didn't do anything today but maybe because I walked upstairs (more than a few trips) that is why I got so uncomfortable? It seemed like every time I got comfortable I ended up having to go downstairs for something. I am to the point I absolutely hate sleeping in the recliner. When I woke up this morning apparently l had taken off my binder as it was lying on the bed. I think the lack of sleep and the fact that I have to slow down makes me irritable, not that the surgery itself is painful. When I look at the incision I get a little overwhelmed and think "what the hell did u do you do to yourself?!" It's such a long incision! Since I've had plastic surgery before I know that these are all normal feelings and thoughts; it just seems like this surgery i am experiencing more down time. My husband commented today that he really wasn't prepared for me to be like this. Any other surgery I've bounced back or went back to work and no one knew. There is no faking with this one. I'm hoping I can go back in 3 weeks. Otherwise I really will go crazy! Here are a few pics from 2 days ago when I got the drains out. I do not know how y'all take such great pics! Hoping my next post will be more positive!

Today I had the second drain removed. My left one was removed two days ago and at that time the dr recommended to keep the right one in for a few more days. The output did not really increase so I called and they ok'd me to come in for removal. The nurse, Felicia, removed it. This one was a lot smoother and not quite as shocking to me. She also looked at my incision and had the other doctor in the office take a quick peek. The concern was where my vertical closure meets the horizontal incision as it is a little dark and irritated. He stated that it looked ok, mainly irritated and I should keep an eye on it for any oozing, pain or tenderness. I go back on Monday (10 days post-op) for removal of sutures from my bellybutton. I did ask them about the amount of swelling that I have and if it's normal. The front of my abdomen is very swollen and firm to the touch. It feels like a volleyball! The dr assured me that it was normal and that gradually this swelling will go away. The swelling just feels so huge to me and I think I've hit the phase of surgery regret. I know that I'm not even a week post-op but as of right now I can't imagine being able to wear jeans or anything form-fitting. Couple this with the fact that I'm still taking pain meds and I'm getting frustrated. I have backed down to one Tylenol and one pain pill. I just can't drop the pain pill yet and I hate being doped up. I am getting around about the same and I have to try very hard to relax and not overdo it. Especially with my little one as I want to pick him up or play with him and I just can't. I will try to post a one-week pic tomorrow. Hopefully my body will start to heal and some of this swelling will go away.