I’m doing it!!!!!

Thank you. It helps me to know that your tummy looked like mine. I’m really nervous about the pain. There are so many mixed reviews. some people had pain pumps and till had a lot of pain. Others did not have a pain pump and said that the pain was tolerable. some also talked about exparel injections. I only took a week and a half off work, Do you think that’s enough time?

It depends on what your job is. I saw one YouTube recovery vlog of a chick who went back to work as a nurse at week 1!!! Insane I’m not sure how she managed that. I began working from home at 10 days post op and it was fine just sitting at my couch on the computer. I went back to the office at my desk job at 3 weeks post op and it was fine. I was uncomfortable and hunched over a bit but I wasn’t miserable. I was quite sore once home from work that first week back but felt good by morning. I did not have a pain pump. I stopped taking pain meds at day 4 dpo and took like quarters of them here and there if I over did it. Mostly I just used Tylenol. Not because I wasn’t in pain, but I hated the fog of the meds, but it was okay with just Tylenol. I am now almost 8 weeks post op and my upper abs still hurt. Not all the time, just with certain movements, too tight of compression, and upon standing up. The first week was the worst part of it. It feels like you do a million crunches and never let go of the crunch part. You will feel very tight, and sore. Everyone handles pain differently and I personally think that it depends on how tight your muscles were repaired. I had two hernias repaired with mesh at the same time as my tt. One tip is when you are feeling good, pretend you are still feeling shitty! Your body will fake you out. I would feel good and do stuff around the house or go to the store and bam! A few hours later it catches up to you and you are like days backward in recovery. I went to the store at 2 weeks post op and tried on compression garments. Went home and for the next week I felt like I just had surgery. I thought I ruined everything. I had to recover all over again. Let me know if you have any more questions, I’ll answer it all! I wish I had someone to ask questions to

I was really nervous as well. But once I was there the morning of surgery it all went away. The surgical staff made me feel soooo comfortable. The anesthesiologist and the nurse were great. You are in great hands. I’m sure you will be happy with your outcome. I keep looking at my stomach in disbelief. I can’t believe I look like I do in a pair of pants. I’m so used to trying to find something to fit over and hide my stomach!!!! I can even see my cooch now!!!!! I can’t wait until all the swelling goes. Feel free to reach out to me anytime. It’s good to talk with someone that is going through the same process. Good luck to you!!!