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Before and after 8 days ????
Day 8. Ouch!
Woke up in the morning with a pain in my side which felt like I had been in some kind of nasty motorbike accident and had lost the first layers of my skin. I actually felt to see if my skin was still there and then looked in the mirror expecting to see major distortion but there was no major evidence of the pain I felt aside from a small pink triangle. ...Hello liposuction pain!!
it's rather interesting that I'm feeling the peak of it only now... Going to likely make for an impressive bruise. I didn't take my pain pill the night before and this was perhaps a mistake- not feeling brave anymore and gone back to taking the pain pills that I was taking before (which is still half of the prescription).
Doctor took the dressings off yesterday and in doing so my incisions bled a little (which he described as normal) and I sort of feel like I've gone back a few days as a result by having that burning feeling again. Seeing the raw cuts without the dressings around the nipple and tummy was rather shocking and not cool... He then sprayed me with a glue and put on another thin tape on- it's nicer not to see the raw cuts. I do pretty well with scars and in time it'll likely disappear to a thin white line hardly noticeable but we are talking a year or so down the line.
Tomorrow is another day, and then the next and the next... Sometimes I wish to fast forward to the time where I can do as I please with my body but this is all part of the process I know..
it's rather interesting that I'm feeling the peak of it only now... Going to likely make for an impressive bruise. I didn't take my pain pill the night before and this was perhaps a mistake- not feeling brave anymore and gone back to taking the pain pills that I was taking before (which is still half of the prescription).
Doctor took the dressings off yesterday and in doing so my incisions bled a little (which he described as normal) and I sort of feel like I've gone back a few days as a result by having that burning feeling again. Seeing the raw cuts without the dressings around the nipple and tummy was rather shocking and not cool... He then sprayed me with a glue and put on another thin tape on- it's nicer not to see the raw cuts. I do pretty well with scars and in time it'll likely disappear to a thin white line hardly noticeable but we are talking a year or so down the line.
Tomorrow is another day, and then the next and the next... Sometimes I wish to fast forward to the time where I can do as I please with my body but this is all part of the process I know..
Day 6
Every day a little stronger and today is no exception.
Victories of the day:
- constipation is a thing of the past
- i washed off most of the surgery marker lines off my body and shaved my armpits (although not allowed to get the dressings wet so more of a facecloth wipe)
- I think I'm standing straight now or very close to it.
Got my period today which I'm quite pleased about as I think much of the bloating can subside with it. I'm not in all that much pain at all and most of my pain now is just regular period pain.
I'm happy with the reflection in the mirror and can't wait to get the tape off to get a better look. Watch this space for pics when that happens.
Getting tired of lounging around I think that I'd like to venture out the house from tomorrow.
The biggest struggle now is just dealing with the guilt of taking so much time for myself. I'm lucky to usually get a couple hours a day to myself but a couple weeks is a bit different...
Clearly though the benefit of doing this has outweighed the guilt so I chose to focus on myself here - if I can't take care of myself, how can I serve others right? Can't serve from an empty vessel!
Victories of the day:
- constipation is a thing of the past
- i washed off most of the surgery marker lines off my body and shaved my armpits (although not allowed to get the dressings wet so more of a facecloth wipe)
- I think I'm standing straight now or very close to it.
Got my period today which I'm quite pleased about as I think much of the bloating can subside with it. I'm not in all that much pain at all and most of my pain now is just regular period pain.
I'm happy with the reflection in the mirror and can't wait to get the tape off to get a better look. Watch this space for pics when that happens.
Getting tired of lounging around I think that I'd like to venture out the house from tomorrow.
The biggest struggle now is just dealing with the guilt of taking so much time for myself. I'm lucky to usually get a couple hours a day to myself but a couple weeks is a bit different...
Clearly though the benefit of doing this has outweighed the guilt so I chose to focus on myself here - if I can't take care of myself, how can I serve others right? Can't serve from an empty vessel!
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