SonoBello Procedure - Thrilled with amazing results- San Antonio, TX

I just had my surgery Monday morning (3/25/13). I had upper/lowers abs, waist and hips done. Really felt no pain during the procedure except for a couple times when she was up close to my ribs. I had a stress ball that I squeezed the heck out of during that time. After the procedure I felt pretty good until the nausea set in. Threw up in the office, but that's how I've always been. The way I see it get that stuff out of my system. Don't remember the drive home and went to bed. Woke up a few hours later, threw up again, changed my dressing pads, had some crackers and back to sleep.

Woke up again around 10:15pm and literally felt no pain, kinda weird. Got up, pottied, ate a few turkey cheese crackers, drank water and again back to sleep. Up again at 5am to potty, which I was able to by myself. Now 8 am, approx 24 hrs after procedure started and while I'm sore, the only pain I feel is from having to lay on my back all night. I'm going back in next Monday to do inner\outer thighs. I'm excited to take this journey with other folks like y'all to compare stories! Spent most all of day 2 sleeping. I did get up and shower, but that wiped me out. Laid back down, back to sleep.

Day 3 (3/27/13) - Up, showered and dressed for work. Felt a little worn out trying to get ready, but just took my time doing it. Again, the only real "pain" is back pain. I can't seem to get comfortable with that. The abs/waist and areas I had treated all seem good. All a little tender to the touch and some slight bruising setting in. Mostly up under my boobs/ribs area. I did notice a small rash on my right side, which I think may have been from the saturated pad on my skin. It's getting better now that the draining has subsided. I still feel like I'm gonna break (or hurt) if I try to bend in the middle. I'm finding myself being very cautious with every little thing I do so as to not have to bend. But wouldn't you know, I've been dropping things like crazy. I have gotten pretty good with picking stuff up with my toes and placing it on a stool and then very creatively leaning over with one leg extended to pick up the item. I'm kinda feeling some of the swelling setting in, but still not really in any pain. Will post pics soon.

Day 4 (3/28/13) - went to work again for a full day. Again took my time showering and getting ready. Still not feeling any unbearable pain, more just an uncomfortableness. I've been reading other stories and hearing about how swollen and bruised so many people are. I have a few small bruises up near my ribs and a little on my sides. Im a little swollen but no where near the size i was before surgery. I started the week before my surgery and was drinking A TON of water, nearly 100 oz per day. I also started on the Arnica pills two days before my surgery. They are like little sugar pills, take 5 at a time 3 times a day. I truly believe that by doing those and the extra water has really helped me.

Day 5 (3/29/13) - Good Friday - thankful for the day off work, but not going to lay in bed all day. While getting up and moving around is not the most comfortable, I do believe its helped keep some of the swelling down. Sleeping has gotten a little better. I was having a hard time sleeping on my back, but have now been able to gently turn on my side and sleep a while. Too bad I go in on Monday for inner/outer thighs...guess ill be back to back sleeping. I do still have one incision that still seems to be draining a little. I would like to know if anyone has purchased their stage 2 garment from somewhere other than their surgery site. I've been looking them up online and it seems they are overpriced if I got through SB to order it. Hope everyone has a nice Easter weekend, I'll post again after surgery 2 on Monday. What a fun way to spend April Fools Day! :)

Day 10 (abs) Day 4 (legs) - Well, it's been 4 days since my 2nd procedure where I had inner/outer thighs done. I'm a little shocked to say that it was not as pleasant as my first procedure. When they gave me my "cocktail" I asked for the same as I had the week before in procedure 1. That one was a breeze and I felt hardly anything. When I got to the table, I looked at the clock and realized I was still coherent enough to know what time it was. Not a good sign. I mentioned it to the dr and she said my body was "used to" the meds. She assured me I'd be fine and she would take her time and if I needed a break to let her know. Well, I'm not one for prolonging the pain so just get it done. For it to have been a less extensive procedure, there was more pain. Nothing that squeezing my stress ball and holding my breath a few times couldn't get me through, but it was definitely more pain. The only good thing was it was a much faster procedure. I did not throw up this time afterwards, but again, don't remember much of the car ride home, being put into bed, or the rest of that afternoon. Woke the next morning and holy moly, my legs BURNED!!! Like literally were on fire. Needless to say, most of Tuesday was also spent on meds and asleep. I did get up Tuesday evening and things were better. Legs not "burning" anymore, but very tender. I was able to shower, but sitting was a real pain in the bum. Literally!! Sliding off the bed, sitting on the potty or on a chair....YEOW!! My abs bruised very little and wasn't until day 4 that I saw any bruising. I think a lot of it was from overdoing on Good Friday. My legs, however, bruised immediately. I went back to work on Weds again, and with my legs hurting the way they were I was not able to work all day. Went home early and slept again. Today, I woke up feeling much better, but legs are sore. To best describe it, it's "bruised" sore. They are tender to the touch and if I sit too long they hurt. Once I sit and get settled the pain subsides some, but then standing again there is some pain/tightness. Once I move around a little, pain subsides. It's kinda weird. All in all, I'm still totally pleased with early results. I'm still swollen, but not so much that I can't see a difference. If you're on the fence, I would say go for it!