Arm Lift with Lypo and Tummy Tuck - Saginaw, MI

I have lost 75 lbs and my arms have bothered me for the last several years aling with my sagging belly. I was told the tummy tuck would be bery painful and not much on the arms. That is false. Tummy tuck has been sore but not excutiating. Pretty much like the c section except with drains. My arms is another story

Surgery went well and i arrived home with instructions to sleep with my head and legs elevated. I remember right after surgery my left arm was killing me. I kept telling the nurse that it hurt so bad and i felt that the bandage was too tight. I felt like nobody listened to me and when the doc came in i cried and told him and he loosened it for me. Felt much better but not 100%. He said that in surgery it is hard to judge how tight to make it because they cant judge how much swelling i will have. In the middle of the night i was crying because i could feel my heart beat jn my arm. It felt like i had a blood pressure cuff on for hours on end. They had given me strict instructions to keep the arm bandages on for 5-7 days. I could jot take the pain any longer and called the doctor friday night. He gave me the ok to remove the bandage and instructed me to take 800 mg of Motrin for the swelling. It helped but it took 2-3 days from my hand to reduce in size. Both arms felt so tight that if i pricked them with a pin they would burst. Especially my left arm.

The nerve pain was another story. I expected numbness for both incisions but my left arm the numbness extended from my elbow almost into my wrist. I could not set my arm down without a pillow and even then i would get shooting pain down and up my arm. Several days after surgery i spike to my brother who is a nurse and he told me i was experiencing nerve pain and he told me to take the Motrin every 4 hours and the pain medicine every 4 ( so i was taking something every 2 hours and then add Tylenol when taking the pain killer to see if that would help and it did but did not give great comfort.

The swelling in my left arm had subsided and i was not experiencing such excruciating pain. Arms still hurt And still nerve pain but they felt better then the initial surgery.

Tummy was doing well, had two drains in and showed no signs of being below 20 cc'ss in each drain in order to get them removed. I did have a hard time squeezing the fluid into the bulb the first few days and asked my brother the nurse if he had any of those iv strips that they use in the hospital, he didnt but told me to use a pen or a screwdriver. So i used a small screwdriver to be able to run it down the line and it worked like a charm. The tube was like a balloon. You def had to stretch it out to get it to work well. So i had a screwdriver in with my medical supplies. ????. One thing that i was not told was the amount of gauze, tape and bandages i would go through. In the first 2 weeks i spent approx $75 to keep the wounds clean. Def thought for the price, the hospital should send you home with a two week supply of what you will need.

After two nights i moved to the couch and slept with approx 12 different sized pillows to keep me comfortable and elevated. I needed assistance anytime i needed up because i could not use my abs at all and arms were out of the question. Hubby would get his arms behind me and push me until i could stand so it really kept him up for a good two weeks since i had to take mote medicine and use the bathroom in the middle of the night. So if you are having an arm lift and TT, make sure you will have the help.