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Three Month Update
Hi all. My incisions are all healed now. They are purple but I expect them to lighten up in the next few months. The spot under my breast has filled in with new tissue & is even with the other skin around it. There is a hard lump underneath the scar & I assume this is scar tissue. When I think about it, I massage it. One of my areolas has a flat spot on it & I had hoped that the stitches would dissolve & it would round out, but it hasn't yet. The only complaint that I have is that I think that my breasts are bottoming out again, as it appears that there is too much distance from the bottom of my areolas to the bottom of my breasts. They are much more appealing to the eye than they were so right now, it's a minor thing.
I'm still swelling some, mostly in my abdomen, hips & lower back. I'm still wearing my compression garments most of the time, as they help the swelling. I itch at times & I don't know if it's from dry skin, allergies or the nerves regenerating after lipo. Taking a Claritin helps & was suggested by another surgeon on this site.
I haven't been able to start an exercise program because just when my 6 weeks healing time was about to expire, I hurt my knee. I may need another surgery & I'm scheduled for one in a month. That will pretty much tie up my summer for swimming, walking & exercising. I'm not happy with my legs & thighs & I know that walking will help to tighten the loose skin. Oh well, there's always next summer.
I hope you are all doing well & to those of you who have surgeries coming up quick, please keep us in the loop! I'm excited for y'all & wishing the best possible outcome for you. I will post some pictures now so that you can see the difference in my before & after pics. Take care, everyone!
I'm still swelling some, mostly in my abdomen, hips & lower back. I'm still wearing my compression garments most of the time, as they help the swelling. I itch at times & I don't know if it's from dry skin, allergies or the nerves regenerating after lipo. Taking a Claritin helps & was suggested by another surgeon on this site.
I haven't been able to start an exercise program because just when my 6 weeks healing time was about to expire, I hurt my knee. I may need another surgery & I'm scheduled for one in a month. That will pretty much tie up my summer for swimming, walking & exercising. I'm not happy with my legs & thighs & I know that walking will help to tighten the loose skin. Oh well, there's always next summer.
I hope you are all doing well & to those of you who have surgeries coming up quick, please keep us in the loop! I'm excited for y'all & wishing the best possible outcome for you. I will post some pictures now so that you can see the difference in my before & after pics. Take care, everyone!
Some of the bad, with the good
It's been just a day over 6 weeks & I'm still dealing with a wound opening at the "T" junction of my breast lift. I've tried antibiotic ointment & now I'm using BioCornuem on it. I don't know if the yellow in the wound is healthy skin & I read that debriding the wound with a soft toothbrush & soap is beneficial so I tried that while using Hibiclens. That made it bleed & took the yellow out. Even with just letting it be, I have to keep it covered or it oozes out onto my compression garment. Same with my hip where the drain was at. I will include pictures of these areas. Also, under one arm pit, I have a painful lump. It's not painful unless I push or rub it & my instinct is that massage is good for it so I have been doing that in the past few days. I'm using silicone tape for my incisions on the back of my arms & down the side of my breasts & BioCorneum on my incisions on my hips, tummy & back & under my breasts & around my areola & down my breast. In one picture of my hip, I had 2 stitches come to the surface a few weeks ago. I snipped them off at flesh level. One of them spit out yesterday & I had a little hole there. I went & bought steri-strips at Walgreen's & "fixed" it so that it can't go any further. I will do the same to the other stitch, should I lose it.
This has been an emotional roller coaster, especially since the only support that I have here at home is from my ex-husband. I think because it is an elective surgery & some of my family consider it to be a vanity issue, they kind of think I have to suck it up & deal with it. lol I don't recommend having all three procedures done at once unless you have a good support system during, for the first few weeks after & for a few months after you return home. It's do-able but tough!
Does anyone else feel a little narcissistic posting all these pics?
I do! Oh well, here are a few more. I ran out of my prescription water pills that the good doctor prescribed but I'll call my PCP today & request a refill. I feel thin today yet the camera tells me different. Why is it that what I see in the mirror seems smaller than when I look at the pictures? Does anyone else have that happen?
I LOVE my arms & my new curves. I haven't lost much weight but I haven't been very careful. This weekend was a tough one & I slipped back into my old habit of eating for comfort. I had a craving for white cake with white frosting & ice-cream. I just can't have that junk in my house. That's all there is to it! I feel sluggish today & I know it's from a carb crash. Silly me.
One note to those who tend to be constipated, I bought some stool softener gel caps from Walgreen's & they seem to be working. I also eat greek yogurt, usually 1 a day as well as Raisin Bran. My dad used to shake his head when I told him that Raisin Bran was too high in calories to eat, back when I was on Nutri System. The way he used to eat it was really bad...whole cream & he added sugar, along with 1/2 a banana. The banana was fine but Raisin Bran doesn't need any added sugar. lol I'm happy that he enjoyed the little things in life, up to the week before he passed. Life's too short not to enjoy the things you love, but I have to learn to do it in moderation, not to eat my entire day's calories of 1000 in cake alone. BAH!
I LOVE my arms & my new curves. I haven't lost much weight but I haven't been very careful. This weekend was a tough one & I slipped back into my old habit of eating for comfort. I had a craving for white cake with white frosting & ice-cream. I just can't have that junk in my house. That's all there is to it! I feel sluggish today & I know it's from a carb crash. Silly me.
One note to those who tend to be constipated, I bought some stool softener gel caps from Walgreen's & they seem to be working. I also eat greek yogurt, usually 1 a day as well as Raisin Bran. My dad used to shake his head when I told him that Raisin Bran was too high in calories to eat, back when I was on Nutri System. The way he used to eat it was really bad...whole cream & he added sugar, along with 1/2 a banana. The banana was fine but Raisin Bran doesn't need any added sugar. lol I'm happy that he enjoyed the little things in life, up to the week before he passed. Life's too short not to enjoy the things you love, but I have to learn to do it in moderation, not to eat my entire day's calories of 1000 in cake alone. BAH!
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