30 days and counting til I get to the FLAT SIDE!!

Quick update. Everything is going really well. I’m healing well. All spitting stitches have been resolved. The only thing I am dealing with now is swelling in my calves and ankles. I am in a XXS faja now. I still wear it day and night. I was told to wear it like this until 3 months then I can transition to wearing it at night only. Here are a few pictures

So I left Bogota on the red eye @ 12 am. My driver got me a wheelchair assist so I didn’t have to wait in the long lines. I waited about an hour and a half before boarding. The flight was uneventful. I saved two of my hydrocodone pills for the trip home, I took one on the flight and the other on the drive home. I had a layover in Miami for 4 hours. It wasn’t bad, but Miami airport is a mess as far as logistics. Flight from Miami home wasn’t bad. I’ve been getting around on since I’ve been home. I’ve had my mom do the massages for me untill I my appointment Monday. She’s actually really good! The worst part is the feeling of the swelling in my back and lower abdomen. Today is Saturday July 6th. I woke up to spitting stitches under each breast and along the ends of my TT incision. The doc informs me this is normal. He had already given me different creams and ointments in case this happened. My drain sites are healing well, they are slightly open and still draining but no pus. Overall I feel good about how things are going, I take naproxen or Tylenol every now and then when the pain gets to be too much. I can home with 3 fajates. Somehow my medium got lost after I took it off, so I’ve just ordered another off Amazon. It looked exactly like the one i have on so I’m hoping it does the trick. Well, that’s enough for now. The pics I’m posting are of the spitting stitches and a few days ago.

I’m doing much better everyday. Did I mention I had to go for an iron infusion in Tuesday? I think that helped my weakness felling ALOT! yesterday I saw El-JEFFE (dr.G) for my first in office post op. He had been seeing me in the apartment up until this point. His office is very modern stylish. As always he greets me with
a huge hug and kiss. He really is very kind. He leaves so i can disrobe with my caregiver. Once in his exam chair he comes over and says “nice boobies!!!” And everyone laughs. Taking out sutures from breasts, arms, thighs, belly button and abdomen. It really didn’t hurt at all. I will say the belly button felt the weirdest. It’s still super numb around my belly button all the way to my mons area. Overall I feel really good. I did get a slight fever with chills later that night. I woke up feeling achy etc. I took one pain pill and two Tylenol to help with that. My caregiver made me pancakes so I ate that and walked around the apartment then went back to bed for 4 hours until my massage. Everyday I shower 30 minutes prior to my massage. I took a shower today and gel really good. My drain thats located between my buttocks hurts the worst when she massages my lower back and flanks. Today though, it really didn’t hurt. YAY! I feel I’m getting back to myself more each day. Yesterday and today the masseuse used a machine to take down swelling above the abdomen incision line. I’m posting before and after pics from yesterday and today.