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UPDATED FROM Mayela72
23 days post
Day 23 Went for a follow-up visit yesterday to...
Mayela72July 21, 2011
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Day 23
Went for a follow-up visit yesterday to check on seroma. I was poked three times but no liquid came out. Luckily, it seems to be gone Doctor will check me again next week, when I come back from vacation.
Speaking of vacation, It took me forever since I am so slow and weak; but, I am almost done packing... just need my stuff! In hopes of losing a few more grams and/or millimiters around this bloaded new body (sights), I am waiting till tomorrow to go shopping for a few cute things... now that is what my mom calls optimism!
My bb has not healed yet, so I won't be wearing a bikini... well, it'll be next time. :( However, if I get a flat tummy by December, I'll go show up my stomach at South Padre Island, our closest beach, even if it's freezing! >:)
Went for a follow-up visit yesterday to check on seroma. I was poked three times but no liquid came out. Luckily, it seems to be gone Doctor will check me again next week, when I come back from vacation.
Speaking of vacation, It took me forever since I am so slow and weak; but, I am almost done packing... just need my stuff! In hopes of losing a few more grams and/or millimiters around this bloaded new body (sights), I am waiting till tomorrow to go shopping for a few cute things... now that is what my mom calls optimism!
My bb has not healed yet, so I won't be wearing a bikini... well, it'll be next time. :( However, if I get a flat tummy by December, I'll go show up my stomach at South Padre Island, our closest beach, even if it's freezing! >:)
UPDATED FROM Mayela72
22 days post
Day 22 (3 Weeks Post-op) I tell you guys this...
Mayela72July 20, 2011
Day 22 (3 Weeks Post-op)
I tell you guys this is a curse! I wake up skinny and curvy and go to bed bloated and curveless. Not funny at all.
Hubby jokes around saying that I am very low maintenance since I only need three things: the keys to my vehicle, the i-phone, and the ATM card. Well, this low maintenance girl began began driving since last Thursday and you know nothing can keep you at home after being able to get a hold of your vehicle key... nothing but the horrible swelling, I have learned.
I was out and about for four days in a row but had to stay home for the last couple of days because I was back to walking slow and hunched. Not as bad as the first days, but definetly not a healthy, forget about sexy, image.
Yesterday, I was so bloated I looked like a big round grape. I took a couple of Diurex capsules, I think it made the trick. Swelling is less today, but I've seen skinnier days :(
Anyway, since I can fit in my shorts again, Idon't have to stay home. Getting my girl ready and... where is the world did I leave that phone?
I tell you guys this is a curse! I wake up skinny and curvy and go to bed bloated and curveless. Not funny at all.
Hubby jokes around saying that I am very low maintenance since I only need three things: the keys to my vehicle, the i-phone, and the ATM card. Well, this low maintenance girl began began driving since last Thursday and you know nothing can keep you at home after being able to get a hold of your vehicle key... nothing but the horrible swelling, I have learned.
I was out and about for four days in a row but had to stay home for the last couple of days because I was back to walking slow and hunched. Not as bad as the first days, but definetly not a healthy, forget about sexy, image.
Yesterday, I was so bloated I looked like a big round grape. I took a couple of Diurex capsules, I think it made the trick. Swelling is less today, but I've seen skinnier days :(
Anyway, since I can fit in my shorts again, Idon't have to stay home. Getting my girl ready and... where is the world did I leave that phone?
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July 20, 2011
Thank you Cabin_escape. Let me tell you that I have my good and bad days. Yesterday I looked as round as a grape... bloaded to the max! It is a little better today.
July 20, 2011
Mayela... I feel your pain! At about 20 days post op I had the same problems with swelling! Ugh! It is such an emotional roller coaster. Just hang in there girl. Some things that I found helped alot is drinking alot of water, an Aleve (it helps inflammation), good nutrition and(sorry to say)...time! I really noticed that at the 7 week mark is when I noticed a huge difference, not completely gone, but each day from then gets better! Good luck girl, it will happen.
July 21, 2011
Curveappeal,
I appreciate all the tips to control the swelling. Also, it is good to know that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks for the support.
I appreciate all the tips to control the swelling. Also, it is good to know that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks for the support.
July 20, 2011
Heck with it! I'm going to hunt down some water pills!!! I'm glad that you are better today. I'm bundled up like a grape!
July 20, 2011
me too... I feel like a watermelon actually so much pressure and this darn heat wave is not helping keep me cool..I am done at work now headed home for my ice packs TV remote and sofa.. who's making me dinner.. my house nurse left to go back home so now I am on my own..:(
July 21, 2011
Grapes, watermelons, etc.... the whole yummy fruit cocktail around here... LOL I know it will get better, but when? It's is so hard to wait!
Cabin, now that your house nurse is gone, how did it go on the first day with no help?
Cabin, now that your house nurse is gone, how did it go on the first day with no help?
July 21, 2011
I don't know if it is all in my mind, but the swelling went down after I took the water pills. Must mention that my period is finally over, too. ;)
July 21, 2011
hating it... alot.. I love flowers have the best looking store front in my town been told so for years and he carried water cause I couldnt... now i have to take several trips instead of a few its too heavy otherwise.. not easy alone at all lots of .... OMG i had to stop typing this to cut a clients hair and when I stood up my drain hole EXPLODED!!!!! i gushed fluid all over my skirt and down my leg... how embarrassing.. and I have no bandages that big here so i went into the bathroom and rinsed my skirt and used cotton for perms and scotch tape.... holly crap..!!! what next ?????
UPDATED FROM Mayela72
18 days post
Day 18 (AM) Woke up and, as every morning,...
Mayela72July 16, 2011
Day 18 (AM)
Woke up and, as every morning, first thing I did was to touch my tummy to make sure the flabbiness had not returned... it's like natural instinct now. LOL
I finally stopped using the hospital bed; so, I am back to my comfy spot sharing the bed with my papito rico. ;)
Yesterday, my mom asked to have the girls over, so I dropped them off (started driving since yesterday) and used the kid-free time to pamper myself a little bit. I spent the morning getting a much needed pedicure, manicure, and a new set of nails. I also colored and styled my hair and finally had my eyebrows shaped. What a difference! I really needed the works. Went to see my PS and he drained 30 cc more from the same spot he had extracted a full syringe of fluid last Tuesday. I went back because I felt some liquid had been left behind and sure enough. Picked up my girls, got home at 4 and took a long nap as soon as my husband got back from work 30 minutes later.
Later, we went to my brother's birthday party. I had a great time even though we were there for about two hours. My tummy felt so stretched out and heavy that I just had to whisper in my gorgeous husband ear that we had to leave before I lost the glamour walking hunched over in my stilettos! So we took off before Cinderella turned into Quasimodo from the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
I must have been exhausted because I was able to sleep eight hours straight for the first time since surgery.
Woke up and, as every morning, first thing I did was to touch my tummy to make sure the flabbiness had not returned... it's like natural instinct now. LOL
I finally stopped using the hospital bed; so, I am back to my comfy spot sharing the bed with my papito rico. ;)
Yesterday, my mom asked to have the girls over, so I dropped them off (started driving since yesterday) and used the kid-free time to pamper myself a little bit. I spent the morning getting a much needed pedicure, manicure, and a new set of nails. I also colored and styled my hair and finally had my eyebrows shaped. What a difference! I really needed the works. Went to see my PS and he drained 30 cc more from the same spot he had extracted a full syringe of fluid last Tuesday. I went back because I felt some liquid had been left behind and sure enough. Picked up my girls, got home at 4 and took a long nap as soon as my husband got back from work 30 minutes later.
Later, we went to my brother's birthday party. I had a great time even though we were there for about two hours. My tummy felt so stretched out and heavy that I just had to whisper in my gorgeous husband ear that we had to leave before I lost the glamour walking hunched over in my stilettos! So we took off before Cinderella turned into Quasimodo from the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
I must have been exhausted because I was able to sleep eight hours straight for the first time since surgery.
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July 16, 2011
Mayela,your update is hilarious . i understand exactly what u mean - if active for some time , it feels all heavy and puffy . I cannot believe u are able to wear stilettos .My husband is not letting me even go near them . He is like "u better stick to flats for now" .how coincidential , i am going to get my hair ,nails and eyebrows done today .So ready for it . Hope u had awesome time with your day of pampering.
July 16, 2011
Love your update! That's perfect you were able to pamper yourself with a day of beauty treatments. I love those days spent at the salon:) Wish i had more of them..LOL As I sit her and look at myself I find that I could really use a mani, pedi, and wax.
Good for you getting out and having some fun. You look amazing.
July 16, 2011
Thank you Kimmers. About wax, it's almost time for my bikini wax but not sure if I will just shave because I'll be kind of nervous to pull the skin around the incision. How long did you wait?
July 16, 2011
Oh yes we must keep the new and lifted Va Jay Jay's properly groomed. You do not want to look like an Amazon woman - LOL
I waited 8 weeks before I started the waxing. I was also afraid of the possible pull on the bikini line. Ouch..
July 17, 2011
Since I'll be barely 3-1/2 weeks post-op before my vacation, I guess I'll shave for now until I am closer to the eight week mark. I've been waxing since my 20s, and don't know about coarse hair down there, that's the only thing I'm afraid of. Well, will have to do cuz anyting but being part of the Amazon Tribe. LOL
July 16, 2011
mayela what a great way to spend the day after two 1/2 weeks of recovery ! I bet you looked gorgeous like a barbie,,,
July 17, 2011
FitPostKids,
It is incredible how your self-esteem and confidence soar even more after surgery (not that I needed either or before cuz I've always been vain... LOL). I did feel like a Barbie, got a lot of compliments. It was funny because people could tell there's something different on the way I look but couldn't exactly tell what.
It is incredible how your self-esteem and confidence soar even more after surgery (not that I needed either or before cuz I've always been vain... LOL). I did feel like a Barbie, got a lot of compliments. It was funny because people could tell there's something different on the way I look but couldn't exactly tell what.
July 17, 2011
Mayela, what were the symptoms that you felt when you were diagnosed with seroma . I feel really very tight and swollen today and am worried . I am sometimes also feeling short on breath and some burning sensaton in the abdomen area .
July 17, 2011
Irving, not to alarm you but those were the symptoms; however, the bump was very noticeable. It was like like half an orange sticking out on the top of my bb. Contact your PS just to make sure you are okay. The seroma was drained in seconds and it wasn't painful because my stomach is still numb.
July 17, 2011
Thanks mayela.I will make an appt with PS ,I guess even if it is a Seroma or not ,if he checks I can have some piece of mind. I am not seeing protrusion but it felt different than other times.Suddenly it is feeling rock hard few times a day and feels very heavy and tight.
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wondering with BM...anyone have problems in this area? I cant seem to have a BM and when I strain it hurts like hell.
I have been eating fairly healthy.... My daughter has been feeding me ...PB and Jelly sandwiches for breakfast and lunch along with a fruit of my choice and G2 Gatorade (no sugar gatorade and low calories) and then for supper last evening she made me stuffed chicken breast and put some peanuts in a dish for my snack. :)
Milk of Magnesia is our friend:) Try it and you will go...