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it's my turn--tt scheduled for 11/21 in the bronx, NY
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I am here to share my TT journey scheduled for NOvember 21,2011 in the bronx.
I am a 46 year old with two wonderful children ages 29 and 25. I am also a grandma to a wonderful and gorgeous 4 yrs old girl. I have been married for 14 yrs to my adorable amazing husband.
In 2003, a picture of me was taken at work on administrative day. When I saw that picture it was a wake up call. I got on a scale and scored 198lbs. That really made me depressed. When I met my husband i was 160 lbs. How did I let my self go. Two wks later I joined Weight Watchers and amazingly dropped 50 lbs in 10 mths. It wasn't easy. I hit the gym 6 times a week and did hard core aerobics and cardio.
I have been struggling to keep most of it off but it has been a struggle. I am still mindful of my eating habits. Eventhough I still hit the gym to try and keep it off that hanging pouch just keeps haunting me. I hired personal trainers, did the sit ups at home, did cardio early in the morning because apparently it would help with the mid section but ladies nothing helped. That hanging stomach has to go. NOW!!!!!!!
I am embarrased to get undress in front of my hubby. I refuse for him to see me completely naked. He constantly tells me to stop that I look great but as we all know ladies it is not easy having somthing that just doesnt make you happy or cute I want to feel sexy again.
I have been dying to undergo a TT forever but something has always came up that didnt allow me to go through with it. But this is it, its finally happening god willing. My husband's cousin had her TT done like 3 yrs ago in the bronx at North Central hospital and when I saw her scar and how well she did I immediately wanted to do it at that location. Then I came across Realself and met Tasha who by coincedence also had her TT done at the sister location Jacobi. When I came across this site and saw tasha posting I immediatley said it was a sign. So I re-book my consultation in April and scheduled my surgery for NOvember 21, 2011. Yikes next Monday. Gulp.
It was comforting to know two girls having had their TT at this location.
But ladies the time is almost here and the journey begins..
Two week ago I went for my medical clearance at which point I didnt get cleared because I had a hurting tooth. My PCP said once I take care of the tooth to get her proof that the tooth issue was taken care of. Immediately, I made an appt to see the dentist and had the tooth extracted. I just finished my last pill of antiobitic and it is healing lovely. I got the letter from the dentist and immediately faxed it to my PCP.
This Thursday, November 17 I will be having preop testing and what ever else they will be giving me to prep myself for the surgery which is scheduled for next Monday, November 21,2011.
My daugther has taken vacation time to be with me and my husband as well. I know you ladies must be saying "wow she is doing it during the Thanksgiving week but its ok I had to accur time at work and when you want something really bad you will sacrifice. Thanksgiving dinner will still be at my apt but with only my immediately family- son, daugther granddaugther, brother and wife. I will see everyone else during the christmas holidays.
Right now I am freaking out because I didnt list to my daughter when she said "ma you will need a recliner. But because in 2005 i had a hysterectomy and I survived with my bed because it isnt that low its a perfect height. But i just realized I didnt have the sofas I have now. These are very low and very soft. Ughh So tomorrow after work I will be going to purchase a recliner. Hubby will be happy because he has always wanted one. ha ha ha.
My Realself sisters sorry if i wrote too much and sound like i am all over the place but I have been trying to start this journey here but i have been very busy with my grandaughter she had a adenoidectomy so i have been running back and forth to her and staying at my daugthers place. And i know this week It will be difficult for me to do this because its my last week at work and i need to leave everything done.
Oh i know the surgeon said i can return to work in 10 days because i work behind a desk but ladies I took off from November 21 and will return to work on Dec 12. I will be home for 20 days to recuperate. I want to feel somewhat comfortable when I return.
I am going to post some before pictures. please please don't get grossed out.I will try to post my before fat pictures and the nasty ones of my nasty tummy. lol.
ok ladies there is alot I would love to share but as we post I will share.
I ask that you all keep me in your prayers. I have faith in god that I will have a safe and speedy recovery. So please keep me in your prayers.
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Replies (96)
November 15, 2011
sweetie you will be in my thoughts ;) good luck I'm 13 post op and I'm doing great it IS the best thing that I could have done for me. I feel like a woman again and most important I have confidence again. Good luck!
November 15, 2011
congrats Deb. how are you feeling? are you fully mobile?
occassionally i get aniexty but then i just ask god please help me calm down and put good thoughts in my head. this isnt easy
occassionally i get aniexty but then i just ask god please help me calm down and put good thoughts in my head. this isnt easy
November 15, 2011
Hi youngwithanewtummy, are you also scheduled for the 21st? where? we are going to be a great recovery team. how are you feeling? anxious, scared,etc?
November 15, 2011
Could we make this a trio I also am having my tummy tuck on Nov.21 Im also going to be 52.Scared to death. Would love having some support.And be helpful if I can
November 15, 2011
Hi Tammy
heck yayyyy you can. Welcome to the TT trio. whoo hooo.. I am just as scared as you are. Every time I think about it i get anxieties and when it happens i just say god help me calm down please.
We have eachother now. I will keep you in my prayers as well.
heck yayyyy you can. Welcome to the TT trio. whoo hooo.. I am just as scared as you are. Every time I think about it i get anxieties and when it happens i just say god help me calm down please.
We have eachother now. I will keep you in my prayers as well.
November 15, 2011
Clap Clap ....Feeling better already ... Ill have to get some before pics posted. August 29 I had a facelift necklift and brow lift and implants B to D. That surgery was 10.5 hours. Pretty tough but so worth it. This tummy tuck has me scared. I also need to return to work in two weeks been taking all the make me heal vitamins if it got mention as needed Ive got it also purchased the recliner. will need one of these days for retirement.Thank you Thank you for being my surgery buddy.
November 15, 2011
Wow girl that a complete make over. Love it pls post before pics. You had
10.5 hr surgery and you are scared of a TT girl pls you got this.
You are a tough cookie. I haven't taken any healing vitamins what
Are you taking? I've stopped everything. I even stopped social drinking
Since august. Nothing not even glass of wine.lol
10.5 hr surgery and you are scared of a TT girl pls you got this.
You are a tough cookie. I haven't taken any healing vitamins what
Are you taking? I've stopped everything. I even stopped social drinking
Since august. Nothing not even glass of wine.lol
UPDATED FROM mayra2011
7 days post
Hello my Realself sisters I have not posted my...
Hello my Realself sisters
I have not posted my daily post this way because getting on my lap was uncomfortable to I was just posting and ready emails via iphone. But today I made it my business to do so...
Well ladies, today I celebrate 1 week since I did my TT. Wow who would think one week ago today,this day would finally come. I went it closed my eyes and left it to god. Thank you jesus for blessing me and my surgeon and the staff. Now its time to nip the recovery in the butt. lol..
During your first week you go through so many emotions, pains, discomfort, etc. This is why I highly suggest you have a caretaker, family member, friend, husband, kids,etc. If it wasnt for mine I would of gotten myself into trouble because I am OCD with just about everything. Thanks to my kids and husband they havent let me do anything.
I never got a recliner, because I just dont have the space and what would I do with it after and renting it was so expensive. I went in with my eyes closed as well and said if it gets really bad i will purchase it. my bed is really high getting on and off my bed isnt bad and I have been sleeping on an inclined. I alternate from sleeping flat to an inclined. During the day I am in the living on my sofas. I also walk around the apt and go to the lobby for fresh air until I am unable to stand.
I stopped my meds by day 3 and only take them at night if my back pain is really unbareable. Day 5 I finally had a BM and every morning since I have been going with no problem. Day 5 I also caught bad gas pains. That was one pain I thought I was going to end up in the ER for. I was scared and not sure it was gas. But between reading online and my daugther insisting it was gas I finally took gas x that night and have taken it 2 times a day since. I think after today I dont think I will have to. I have been eating lots of pineapples, grapes and oatmeal juice that my husband makes. I have kept away from sodium and been drinking lots of liquids.
The only issue i am having other then have these crazy backaches are my drains. One of them seem to be irritated and with every movement it hurts. I am very afraid to go for my post op tomorrow because of the fear of pain when and if they remove it and if they dont remove it they would have clean it. The stitches are dry. ugghhh. my daugther is going to put bacitricim
Everyday coughing is still hell. But thanks to someone's advise on this forum I take a cough drop and it soothes the cough out. Jesus it hurts to cough. I haven't really done much. I have been home since day of surgery only have stepped out to go to my 1st post op appt and i will step out tomorrow for my 2nd postop.
Overall, ladies it hasnt been a clean slate but it hasnt been what I thought it would be. I expected worse. I am down 7 lbs today since my surgery.
I will hopefully take pictures tomorrow and post pic of 1 wk postop.
I have not posted my daily post this way because getting on my lap was uncomfortable to I was just posting and ready emails via iphone. But today I made it my business to do so...
Well ladies, today I celebrate 1 week since I did my TT. Wow who would think one week ago today,this day would finally come. I went it closed my eyes and left it to god. Thank you jesus for blessing me and my surgeon and the staff. Now its time to nip the recovery in the butt. lol..
During your first week you go through so many emotions, pains, discomfort, etc. This is why I highly suggest you have a caretaker, family member, friend, husband, kids,etc. If it wasnt for mine I would of gotten myself into trouble because I am OCD with just about everything. Thanks to my kids and husband they havent let me do anything.
I never got a recliner, because I just dont have the space and what would I do with it after and renting it was so expensive. I went in with my eyes closed as well and said if it gets really bad i will purchase it. my bed is really high getting on and off my bed isnt bad and I have been sleeping on an inclined. I alternate from sleeping flat to an inclined. During the day I am in the living on my sofas. I also walk around the apt and go to the lobby for fresh air until I am unable to stand.
I stopped my meds by day 3 and only take them at night if my back pain is really unbareable. Day 5 I finally had a BM and every morning since I have been going with no problem. Day 5 I also caught bad gas pains. That was one pain I thought I was going to end up in the ER for. I was scared and not sure it was gas. But between reading online and my daugther insisting it was gas I finally took gas x that night and have taken it 2 times a day since. I think after today I dont think I will have to. I have been eating lots of pineapples, grapes and oatmeal juice that my husband makes. I have kept away from sodium and been drinking lots of liquids.
The only issue i am having other then have these crazy backaches are my drains. One of them seem to be irritated and with every movement it hurts. I am very afraid to go for my post op tomorrow because of the fear of pain when and if they remove it and if they dont remove it they would have clean it. The stitches are dry. ugghhh. my daugther is going to put bacitricim
Everyday coughing is still hell. But thanks to someone's advise on this forum I take a cough drop and it soothes the cough out. Jesus it hurts to cough. I haven't really done much. I have been home since day of surgery only have stepped out to go to my 1st post op appt and i will step out tomorrow for my 2nd postop.
Overall, ladies it hasnt been a clean slate but it hasnt been what I thought it would be. I expected worse. I am down 7 lbs today since my surgery.
I will hopefully take pictures tomorrow and post pic of 1 wk postop.
Replies (8)
November 28, 2011
Hi Mayra. Be sure to have someone go out and get those vitamins for you. It made a world of difference in helping in my recovery. Yes, I will finish up with him. You definitely got an excellent deal. How is it for you to go to the bathroom? If you don't mind me asking, did you get to stay overnight in the hospital or did he do as an outpatient procedure? That's one of the reasons why I wanted to do it at a hospital, but since he's across the street from NYCP, that's not so bad and he's affiliated with them. What is the follow up care like at Jacobi? That's another reason why I choose Yager, he follows you for about one year and you get massages and all that good stuff:) I can't help but to keep looking at the incision, your dr did an excellent job. Are you stocking up on drinking the protein shakes? be sure to get lots of protein in your system too. Dr. Yager said there was some new "rule" that you should not be under anesthesia for more than 2 hours and my procedure would have been 3 hours. He said he would not risk it and would not do it and that safety is first for him, so I had to go with that. I didn't have to pay extra for anything so that was good. I hope the tt will be a walk in the park because the lipo and breast lift was not bad at all. Little to no pain. rest up:)
November 28, 2011
I have been eating oranges pineapples grapes. My husband has me stocked up with bottles of oatmeal shakes pineapple shakes(pineapples help heal wound incisions fast) I've had soup with chicken. I drink water, seltzer all day long. I'm constantly drinking. Not much appetitie but inlaid sure I eat something. Today I celebrate one wk since my surgery I've lost 7lbs.
By day 4 I had stopped my meds I took it if I really needed it. But because I took them on the clock every 4 hrs I knew I would not have a BM so I took myself off the meds by end of day 3. Day 4 in the evening I began to get the urge of wanting to have a BM which was day of thanksgiving when I ate 2 pieces of turkey with sweet potatoes. That nite I popped a ducolax. Next day I began to get severe BM urges it wasn't easy bc I didn't want to push thought I would pop every stitch in my body. Lol so I walked around the apt to make the urges more intensed once then I just began to do the giving birth technique and did some breathing and before I knew it was over. I have been taking one ducolax everyday since and 2 x a day of gas x. Please make sure u have these two on your list to pick up for your TT prep. Which brand of vitamins do u use? Any brand is good right?
You will do just find. Im happy he supplies you with the massager. I have one who is Colombian from qns. Make sure you have your girdle for after your recuperation. I went him in a binder some ps send u home in a full body garment I don't know if I would of survived having that on with these drains and incision.
By day 4 I had stopped my meds I took it if I really needed it. But because I took them on the clock every 4 hrs I knew I would not have a BM so I took myself off the meds by end of day 3. Day 4 in the evening I began to get the urge of wanting to have a BM which was day of thanksgiving when I ate 2 pieces of turkey with sweet potatoes. That nite I popped a ducolax. Next day I began to get severe BM urges it wasn't easy bc I didn't want to push thought I would pop every stitch in my body. Lol so I walked around the apt to make the urges more intensed once then I just began to do the giving birth technique and did some breathing and before I knew it was over. I have been taking one ducolax everyday since and 2 x a day of gas x. Please make sure u have these two on your list to pick up for your TT prep. Which brand of vitamins do u use? Any brand is good right?
You will do just find. Im happy he supplies you with the massager. I have one who is Colombian from qns. Make sure you have your girdle for after your recuperation. I went him in a binder some ps send u home in a full body garment I don't know if I would of survived having that on with these drains and incision.
November 28, 2011
Oh forgot to tell you it was an outpatient process. Surgery was at 245pm and at 5pm the ps told my family they were done at 545 I saw them. They don't discharge you until you pee, and drink juice, water.. Girl my mouth was so dry I woke up asking for it. Bc of all the meds and anesthesia you are dizzy/nauseous so they won't discharge you. I was finally discharged at 9pm home in my bed at 10pm. As for my incision i love it. Well it's still in steristrips but because it's that low I love it hope the outcome once it's completely healed is good as well.
November 28, 2011
I went to the vitamin shoppe and bought my vitamins. I forgot to tell you that vitamin K is good also. Make sure you take the vitamins an hour apart so they can absorb in your body. I was also drinking Zico Coconut water, it's kind of expensive but worth it. The seltzer is good for the gas. I was so constipated I thought I had hemroids but I'm preparing myself this time. Im going to fast for 2 days before the surgery so there is absolutely nothing in my system and I have aloe vera juice to keep me going. I have the full body garment from the first surgery and Im still wearing it. It's security for me:). That is one of the questions that I have, would he give me a binder or full garment. Do not want full body garment, that would be too much. How are you getting around, are you really stiff. that drain should be out be out tomorrow and then you will be in 1st position.:)
November 28, 2011
Im not sure what Yager uses I think he uses full garment bit let him know u prefer binder. It's a white binder goes completely around your body. U can see it wild opened in my pics. When i woke up from surgery I was wrapped it in. When i got home from surgery I marked it with a marker indicating that was the target point where the ps put it at. When I went for my PO that mark changed to further away indicating I didnt I had less swelling. It also helps me in the morning when you wake up u have Jo swelling so what I do is have my husband open it up I rub my tummy and then he wraps me up until it reaches that marking. Keep binder on helps with swelling.U are stiff but not uncomfortable at all.
November 28, 2011
Ok, thanks for that question. I will be sure to ask for the binder, not sure if he wants me to continue wearing this full body binder or not. Will post pictures soon.
November 29, 2011
If I remember right your going to PS today. Truly a milestone to get staples and drains removed. My PS seems aggressive to me wondering if you got yours removed today. Feeling really weird today daughter went back to school drove this morning I was fine. So home alone I'm normally not the lonely needy kinda. Glad I'm not like this often. Hard to not be busy doing something. Worried about if I'm going to be ready fot work next week.rather work than lay in this chair. I guess, next focus is not swelling and keeping incision in tact. Just wondering about your Dr visit. Overall do see huge improvement on how I'm feeling everyday.
November 30, 2011
Hello Tammy girl
I just posted a nice post on my day yesterday. pls read. why are you saying your ps seem aggressive? Would you believe I also will be alone tonight for the first time. My husband works the night shift tonight from 3 to 12am. I told my daugther to go back home because its more comfortable for her to be at her apt with her own stuff. Plus here my granddaughter doesnt want to go to school when she is here because she wants to stay home with grandma and grandpa. lol. As for my son him and his girlfriend are staying with my daugther to help her out this week with dropping her off to school because her daddy has the over nighte shift this week.
So tammy I also will be alone tonight for the first time. I am scared. But hubby said he will leave everything in site for me. I guess I will wash my shows and maybe be online. Thank god i dont have those drains. yes tammy she removed both. yayyy me. pls read my update.
how are you feeling? I am concerned about returning on the 12th I could imagine how you feel about the 5th. but i guess if you dont have sutures its less frighting.
I just posted a nice post on my day yesterday. pls read. why are you saying your ps seem aggressive? Would you believe I also will be alone tonight for the first time. My husband works the night shift tonight from 3 to 12am. I told my daugther to go back home because its more comfortable for her to be at her apt with her own stuff. Plus here my granddaughter doesnt want to go to school when she is here because she wants to stay home with grandma and grandpa. lol. As for my son him and his girlfriend are staying with my daugther to help her out this week with dropping her off to school because her daddy has the over nighte shift this week.
So tammy I also will be alone tonight for the first time. I am scared. But hubby said he will leave everything in site for me. I guess I will wash my shows and maybe be online. Thank god i dont have those drains. yes tammy she removed both. yayyy me. pls read my update.
how are you feeling? I am concerned about returning on the 12th I could imagine how you feel about the 5th. but i guess if you dont have sutures its less frighting.
UPDATED FROM mayra2011
9 days post
Hello My Dear RS sisters Today I am pleased to...
Hello My Dear RS sisters
Today I am pleased to announce the separation between those horrible annoying balls that once hanged along with me wherever I went.
LOL also she informed me that she removed 5 lbs from that hanging belly. OmG how gross. wow..
Ladies, yesterday was my 2nd post op appointment and due to a delay I waited approximatley 2 hrs before I was seen leading me to get home mentally and physically drained. I got home ate and fell asleep.
The great news is that she removed both my drains. While I am holding my daugthers hand and thinking I was just about to get tortured because I thought pulling them out would hurt just especially having one irritated that I would be in tons of pain. Well as she is doing whatever she was doing there she was talking to me asking me questions about my kids,grandaugther, etc it was to keep my mind occupied. lol. while I answered her she had pull the left which I didnt feel anything. Then she did the right and I also didnt feel it. The only thing that stinged was her cleaning the area that was irritated because she had to clean it and pressed down and put bacitricum. Overall the pulling of the drains was an easy slate. she just said keep an eye on the right side for the redness and infection. As of now it looks great. thank you jesus
I am suppose to see her in 2 wks but she wants me to go back in 1 wk just to check out the drain area and the incision. She didnt remove the sutures because she said they will fall off on their own. As of today I am able to shower from head to toe. OMG can not wait. just waiting for hubby to wake up to help me out. I am going to shower do my hair and get sexii...lol
So, my ps saw me a little too straight and she advised me not to stand up too straight because I am only 1 wk postop and even though I can be feeling good at times i can bust a suture and that would not be cool. And of course my daugther told her she had been telling me but i dont listen. but dam being hunch hurts my back.
She advised me no working out, no lifting and no strenous activities for approximately 6 wks. I must wear my binder for 6 wks before I can go put on my surgical girdle. she said I had mild swelling which was good and it looked great and once i am done with swell hell I will be nicely flatter. I will need to go purchase another binder because this one needs to be washed and I do not want to spend not even one hr without it on. I am making it my business to keep the swelling down.
The only thing I am still experiencing is backache I fall asleep perfectly fine but I wake up at 4ish or 5ish with my back killing me. This morning I got up at 4am and came to the living to lay on my sofa. Ughh hate this back pain. but over all I am doing great from swell hell, incision and bellybotton. Did anyone or does any one that had the surgery on the 11/21 experiencing this backache? PS said its normal that it should subsizes.
Well ladies, now that those crazy drains are gone its time to recuperate from the wound and keep swelling down. I will still be home relaxing and doing nothing because I return to work on the 12th. I am hoping and praying the suture come off soon because I must return to work on the 12th. I think I would be perfectly comfortable and well by then.
Once I shower I will take pictures and post them.
Today I am pleased to announce the separation between those horrible annoying balls that once hanged along with me wherever I went.
LOL also she informed me that she removed 5 lbs from that hanging belly. OmG how gross. wow..
Ladies, yesterday was my 2nd post op appointment and due to a delay I waited approximatley 2 hrs before I was seen leading me to get home mentally and physically drained. I got home ate and fell asleep.
The great news is that she removed both my drains. While I am holding my daugthers hand and thinking I was just about to get tortured because I thought pulling them out would hurt just especially having one irritated that I would be in tons of pain. Well as she is doing whatever she was doing there she was talking to me asking me questions about my kids,grandaugther, etc it was to keep my mind occupied. lol. while I answered her she had pull the left which I didnt feel anything. Then she did the right and I also didnt feel it. The only thing that stinged was her cleaning the area that was irritated because she had to clean it and pressed down and put bacitricum. Overall the pulling of the drains was an easy slate. she just said keep an eye on the right side for the redness and infection. As of now it looks great. thank you jesus
I am suppose to see her in 2 wks but she wants me to go back in 1 wk just to check out the drain area and the incision. She didnt remove the sutures because she said they will fall off on their own. As of today I am able to shower from head to toe. OMG can not wait. just waiting for hubby to wake up to help me out. I am going to shower do my hair and get sexii...lol
So, my ps saw me a little too straight and she advised me not to stand up too straight because I am only 1 wk postop and even though I can be feeling good at times i can bust a suture and that would not be cool. And of course my daugther told her she had been telling me but i dont listen. but dam being hunch hurts my back.
She advised me no working out, no lifting and no strenous activities for approximately 6 wks. I must wear my binder for 6 wks before I can go put on my surgical girdle. she said I had mild swelling which was good and it looked great and once i am done with swell hell I will be nicely flatter. I will need to go purchase another binder because this one needs to be washed and I do not want to spend not even one hr without it on. I am making it my business to keep the swelling down.
The only thing I am still experiencing is backache I fall asleep perfectly fine but I wake up at 4ish or 5ish with my back killing me. This morning I got up at 4am and came to the living to lay on my sofa. Ughh hate this back pain. but over all I am doing great from swell hell, incision and bellybotton. Did anyone or does any one that had the surgery on the 11/21 experiencing this backache? PS said its normal that it should subsizes.
Well ladies, now that those crazy drains are gone its time to recuperate from the wound and keep swelling down. I will still be home relaxing and doing nothing because I return to work on the 12th. I am hoping and praying the suture come off soon because I must return to work on the 12th. I think I would be perfectly comfortable and well by then.
Once I shower I will take pictures and post them.
Replies (18)
November 30, 2011
Hi Mayra2011,
I understand about your back hurting. I am two weeks post op tomorrow and I promise it will get better. I went back to work yesterday with sutures and it hasn't been too bad. I get tired really easy and swelling is worse by the time I get home but everyday gets easier. Once you start standing upright your back will do better.
You look great. I haven't posted my after pics yet. Plan to tonight but the swelling bothers me.
Have a great day! Glad you are doing well!
I understand about your back hurting. I am two weeks post op tomorrow and I promise it will get better. I went back to work yesterday with sutures and it hasn't been too bad. I get tired really easy and swelling is worse by the time I get home but everyday gets easier. Once you start standing upright your back will do better.
You look great. I haven't posted my after pics yet. Plan to tonight but the swelling bothers me.
Have a great day! Glad you are doing well!
November 30, 2011
Are you sure this backache will go away? I have been up since 4am went to my sofa didn't help now I'm back in bed. The only complaint I have is the hole from where the right drain was got irritated so she did wants me to monitor it make sure the redness gies away and have me putting bacitricum. Been praying it dries up and closes. And my back is a torture. I hope god hears you bc I must get back to work on the 12 I sit all day so that's a plus.
December 10, 2011
Is the backache from walking hunched over? That was my problem. Try walking like that for 5 weeks. I hope you are trying to strech out to stand up straight. My ps was always on my case about standing upright. she started on my 1st post op visit on day 4. She said there was no reason to not walk upright. She must not have ever had her muscles sewn that tight before! Sleep flat in bed. Don't use extra pillows. It will feel so good to lay flat. Remember that is how you were laying when they did the surgery.
December 10, 2011
In the beginning it was from being hunched. im standing straight up since like day 5. Im still experiencing them in the middle of the night it creeps up on me and im forced to get out of bed and go to sofa. For me i think its from sleeping on my back i am a tummy sleeper.
I cant wait until that day when i can sleep on my belly.
I cant wait until that day when i can sleep on my belly.
November 30, 2011
I'm trying not to pop meds for this back pain do you take anything? I really dont want to take any percocetbi think I might take a motrin. I just want some relieve
December 1, 2011
Your back will feel better!!! Take Tylenol, that's all I've been taking. I stopped my pain meds 4 days after surgery. My complaint now is swelling. Since going back to work it has been awful. I'll say a prayer for you. Hang in there. This summer we will be so happy we did this!!!
December 1, 2011
good to hear you are coming along fine. try putting some pillows behind your back and a hot water bottle.
December 1, 2011
Hello ladies first I want to congratulate those of you that went threw your TT & I wish you a fast & great recovery, I was doing some online research when I came across this site which turned out great for me because I live in the bronx & saw that someone had just got a TT done in my neck of the woods lol so I'm looking to get a TT done soon & I just need to know from the time I contact the Dr for my first appt how long does it take till I actually go under? & Does it take Weeks or Months? Because I read & heard a lot of good things about Jacobi & that is where I plan to go, So if anyone can help me out I would really appreciate it Thanks in advance=)
December 1, 2011
Welcome Deeone
I just had my TT last wk Monday the 21th at jacobi. Checkbout my before and after pics. I have day 2 PO pics and 8 day PO pics posted feel frees to check them out.
I use my iPhone to check my blog and it isn't as comfortable but once I get on laptop later on I will message u.
But really quick I had my consult in march 2011and on that day I booked my surgery day he was ready to put on that following week. But bc of work I told him no I had to wait until November so I chosed that week. So if the time frame u want is avAilable they work with you.
Another blogger I met here liked my incision and they work that she called and made her appt they gave her consult appt for Dec 8 which she really can't do so she moved it to January. I was surprised they had appts for next wk bc they book up fast. But they also open up additional appt days when they get really booked. I suggest u get that appt made just so u don't wait long for a consult. Check out my home page for the telephone.
If u have questions inbox me. I have to run out be back feel free to ask any questions
I just had my TT last wk Monday the 21th at jacobi. Checkbout my before and after pics. I have day 2 PO pics and 8 day PO pics posted feel frees to check them out.
I use my iPhone to check my blog and it isn't as comfortable but once I get on laptop later on I will message u.
But really quick I had my consult in march 2011and on that day I booked my surgery day he was ready to put on that following week. But bc of work I told him no I had to wait until November so I chosed that week. So if the time frame u want is avAilable they work with you.
Another blogger I met here liked my incision and they work that she called and made her appt they gave her consult appt for Dec 8 which she really can't do so she moved it to January. I was surprised they had appts for next wk bc they book up fast. But they also open up additional appt days when they get really booked. I suggest u get that appt made just so u don't wait long for a consult. Check out my home page for the telephone.
If u have questions inbox me. I have to run out be back feel free to ask any questions
how are you? i am excited to know i have someone going through it same day as me. woohoo we will have alot to compare.
as for your headache do not take anymore of it. hopefully you are feeling better. since friday i have had a migraine and havent taken my imitrex or anything because of the fear. i have been drinking my coffee, putting vicks vapor rub on my forehead and drinking lots of water. the things we do for beauty. lol.
i will keep you in my prayers. hope to see you before pic soon.
god bless
you will also be in my prayers. working on before pics. Take care..5 days and counting!!
how are you? are you reading for Monday? as the count down begins its becomes more nerve wrecking. what tinme is your surgery i have to be at hosp at 9am yikes.