35th Bday present to myself. In need of lipo and removal of loose skin.

My friend had her mommy makeover with him a few months ago and I love her results. I researched online and consulted with Dr Davoudi along with other doctors but Dr Davoudi gives the look I want. Surgery tomorrow. I will be getting a tummy tuck with lipo of anterior an posterior flanks.

I am 7 day post op today. I had my tummy tuck with muscle tightening and lipo of abdomen and posterior flanks. I did use the exparel for surgery. I actually went home after my two hour recovery in the hospital. I have more back pain then anything else. I'm not walking that hunched anymore but back is still sore. I stopped walking with walker on day three. I stopped taking narcs on post op day three . The itching was ridiculous. I had some mild nausea a couple of times but no vomiting. I believe the nausea was related to the migraines. I normally suffer from migraines but after surgery they came on a daily basis. That pain had me crying more than the surgery pain. I also had a breakdown around day five because I just wanted some sleep. I'm normally a stomach and side sleeper so sleeping on my back for anything other than a nap was a problem. I keep waking every couple hours cause my stomach and back were tight and my butt hurt. Tried to reposition but no other position I could get comfortable in with the drains present. After being asleep for a couple hours this binder feels like a body tourniquet , I wake up with pounding headache and hearing my heartbeat in my ears. I don't think it helped that I was also on my period right after surgery. It was due to start that week anyway. My blood pressures are normal but slightly high for me. My baselines are normally 90-100's/50-70's but they have been 120's/80's. I drink plenty of water and not much salty food. My appetite has been fine. I was starving after surgery. I had soup. I'm eating a regular diet now. I'm eating a lot of pineapples and substitute protein shake for a meal when I'm not too hungry. I take my vitamins and supplements. I'm moving around a lot more so the drains I thought would be able to come out can't be removed now because they are draining more fluid. Bruising is not too bad for me. It was located only on my butt and it has cleared up a lot and barely any left. I have bruising more from blood thinner shots. Lol. My swelling is not too bad. I make sure to drink plenty of fluids. Swelling mainly around hips and butt and mildly in thighs and knees. Overall I'm happy but ready for this back pain to go away.

I feel a little better today. Migraine finally subsided. That was causing me more pain than the surgery. Still have soreness but it is tolerable. I don't really take anything for pain except when I go to sleep I take Tylenol ES with some Benadryl. It is still hard to sleep on my back because I am normally a stomach/side sleeper. My sister and her dog came to visit me today so it made me feel a little better to have company. Still have buttock soreness when sitting too long. The feeling that my abdominal muscles are clamping tight is not comfortable but I have to walk it off a little bit and it loosens up. I'm really over these drains. Just when I thought the drainage was decreasing and I would be able to get one taken out, the amount increases. Other than that I'm ok. Boredom has set it. Lol. Won't be returning back to work for a few weeks because I'm a nurse and I have to push patients on stretchers.