Tummy tuck with muscle repair, 360 lipo, breast revision, chin lipo. 33 years 165lbs.

Well today is actually day 9 and let me just say yesterday I turned a *small* corner and feel much better overall. I am walking much straighter but my back still kills me. My post op went well he basically said I could do whatever didn’t hurt; that was one restriction and the other was not to lift anything over ten pounds. He also said I could take ibuprofen which was a relief bc I want to stop taking the pain meds however, i tried to replace my pain dose with ibuprofen and turns out I still need my paid meds. That discourages me but I feel right now I have no other choice. I am very happy with my results but I would be lying big time if I didn’t say the swelling is very discouraging to me. While I look much better and know it will take time, i still feel I am very critical of myself. I am looking forward to week two and will post updated pics then as well. Also, he had me star wearing a compression garment like spanx bc before I had only been in a binder. Maybe it’s me.. but I feel as soon as I take off the compression for the day I look even smaller?! I’ll take it :) Happy Healing everyone!

I wasn’t going post until after my post op which is Tuesday! I am having a hard day today. I woke up stiff as a board and completely swollen unlike before. My back is so swollen it’s like I don’t have a butt. It has been a discouraging day to say the least and I am a worry wart and just hoping tomorrow the swell will go down. My doctor only has me wearing a binder but I see so many others wearing compression garments and I feel I probably need that as well. I ordered a couple compression tanks off amazon that I will get tmrw and I will wear this under my binder. As if I can’t already breathe! On a positive note, I am getting out of the recliner by myself (very slowly) and taking small laps around my kitchen to get my body moving more. After reading years of reviews on here, you would think I know about all the swelling and what not, but when it’s happening to you, it’s so different. Praying for healing, patience and for my swelling go down.

Well I am still taking pain meds, cannot stand up straight, get so exhausted walking to the bathroom and my back absolutely kills me when I walk. I am constipated and waiting in a BM. I know I will feel so much better in my tummy after I go. After my two whole years of research and reviews I will say, I STILL underestimated the recovery. It is no joke. I told myself I was going try to wean off the meds and they lasped over 20 min and I was begging for one. I guess I am learning everyone heals at totally different paces. I will say my tummy (from what I can see) looks so flat and amazing, my breast revision is beautiful and my chin lipo looks great. My post op is Tuesday maybe I will get my tape taken off. I have a question, I feel like swell he’ll is so real at night and puts me in tears even though I have been sitting all day. I took off my binder las night for relief and that was a huge mistake as I felt all my insides would fall out. Immediately put back on. Any advice for the first week is welcomed! Happy Healing and I will continue post as I am hopeful something I write will help someone.