3 Kids.......did I Really Need This? - Towson, MD

Im not really ready to write a review.....I absolutely love Dr. Cohen and he did a wonderful job on my breast aug last year, this tummy tuck though......everything about it is driving me crazy on day 4!! Im having muscle spasms in my abdomen, my stomach is gross looking now, and i know its going to get better but this is where i can come and vent and whine and complain about it right? The ghost itching sucks. Im itching and i go to scratch my stomach and cant feel it because my stomach is still numb.....blah. the swelling is the worst. Today has been my absolute worst day of swelling and for some reason after i had the surgery 4 days ago i decided that since i was recovering i didn't care about what i was eating and ive been eating whatever the hell i want and im sure that makes the swelling worse. I CANT WAIT to get myself back on track. I need to get over this hump! I will upload some before pics soon. The before pics that I am uploading are also before my BA in 2013, which was also done by Dr. Cohen. Ill post some after pics starting whenever i am able to stand up straight.

So today was day 7 post. Still really ugly to look at without the binder. I'm not the most patient person in the world. Still have my drains and I think I ripped the skin around the one on the right last night. It stings like crazy!!!! The swelling on my hips make me look like I have a little tire around my waist and I definitely didn't have that before so I'm confident it will go down. I'm debating whether or not to put 1 week post op pics on here.....I don't wanna scare anybody from this surgery since I don't really know how I feel about it yet!!! When do I start scar therapy?! I feel like spots on my incision are starting to separate. Also, should I try standing up straight? Like should I slowly start stretching a little to be able to or just leave it alone and let it happen?

I think I'm retaining fluid. It's gross. And I ripped the skin around one of my drains and it stings. And I fell off my diet today and ate pizza because it doesn't seem to matter what I eat I'm still effing ridiculous looking. On my way to see the nurse at the surgeons office. Boo.