46 Yrs Old and 175 Lbs Down..time for a New Me - Saint George, UT

i want to see my hard work! i work out four times a week for three hours...i know my muscles are in there, i sure would like to see them and feel sexy..naked for a change. I cant afford to fix all the damage i did from years of obesity ..topping out at 354 but i can make a few changes and maybe those changes will help my self image.

i am two weeks out and pretty miserable, i explained to the Dr. that i had gastric bypass so i could take no nsaids and i have hep c so very little tylenol , i also have chronic pain and muscle spasms in lower back from surgery so he explained to me that i was going to be hard to manage the pain but he would be proactive about my pain management. So twelve hours after surgery i am hysterical crying and hyperventilating. The nurse from the after care was super compassionate and worked me through the pain and we called Dr. first thing in morning and he changed the prescription, I was not even in charge of pills, the after care center took them and gave them to me as prescribed and i was half way through script by the time i saw Dr. three days after surgery, He gave me another very small script...I tried to call him last friday and he never returned my call and then i called the office on monday and told them they did not return call ..the nurse said i was gonna have to start taking nsaids in between pain pill dosage and i told her that i could not do that and the dr knew that, she said she would have him call me back...and that didn't happen..Im truly struggling trying all kinds of things on my own now ..i have been running a fever for four days straight of around 101.4 , i go for several walks a day trying to get better ...I dont know if everyone normally gets of pain meds within a week and im just screwed up or if it is the Dr. I would love some feedback from people that had a lower body lift...i will post pics soon ...i Have to get my daughter to help. I did a lot of research for drs. and thought i made an informed decision. They were all so nice in his office until the after care, but really that is when it counts.

i still have two areas on my back with open sores... one has four holes right around the crack area the dr said was very common...not what he wanted but common that were kicking out stitches and releasing a lot of liquid 24/7 that the dr said was like a controlled infection.. my body was not dissolving all the stitches so it was creating sores to kick some of them out..the weakest area is normally around the butt crack where the scars come together and is weakest because you put strain there when ever you do anything like sit, bend or lie down...I got four holes that were all connected behind the skin in a four inch wide by two inch deep hole and i got so far 12 stitches out of this area...several were small stitches that would disintegrate if touched in my hand and three so far where huge and needed to be cut out and did not dissolve at all...the dr. told me these were stitches that would dissolve in 4-6 months ...but if i saw them they needed to be removed to help clear the infection... So my daughter has been looking in these two inch holes with a flash light and keeping the area clean and clear..the dr said this could last 2-4 months. Besides this the dr. said i could start working out except my abs as much as I wanted....I have to have the dressings on my butt replaced two times a day or i stink and I could get my clothes wet witch is embarrassing...so my energy is within my grasps and I am feeling finally like i want to try my normal routine..and finally lay off the pain meds