Nervous but Ready!

So last Wednesday I had my 8 week appointment. They took pictures and I was finally cleared to be free of that compression garment! I was so excited I left the office with that thing finally off of me. Boy was I kidding myself...Haha. Even though Dr. Harrison told me I don't have to wear it anymore (except when working out etc) I told him I would more than likely wear it to sleep in. That night when I put it back on holy cow I felt like a busted can of crescent rolls trying to get stuffed back in. I guess my days of "yay no swelling!" were limited.
It has gotten better though, I'll admit. I do wear my CG to sleep in and when I do light working out. It's gotten easier at night, but I'm wondering when this swelling will subside.
The girls at the office said it'll more than likely dissipate within about 16 weeks (so about May). Hey, at least it'll be gone by bikini season I suppose!

Anyone else dealing with post-CG swelling? What are you doing to make it easier?

I figured I'd go ahead and update, it's definitely time!
So I'm almost at the 2 month mark of my procedure and I'm still loving every bit of my results. I went to two sessions of endermologie and hoooly moly that stuff is painful! I'm not sure how much it helped (since like I said, I really didn't have much swelling to begin with) but I'm sure it did something positive. I'm still in my stage 2 compression garment (a mid-thigh onesie type garment) and I'm really ready to be out of it...This bad boy leaves the most atrocious lines in jeans, leggings, dresses, you name it. Another reason why I am so happy I chose to do this during the winter. I think I would be incredibly miserable if I had done this in the summer. I have my next post-op appointment this upcoming Wednesday and I'm hoping I get to take off my CG for longer than 1hr a day *cross fingers*.
Anyway, I decided to go shopping this past weekend and popped into VS. I bought the suit of course :) it was too adorable and I have never been more confident with my body than I am now!

I know it's been a while but it's been very crazy and busy over here. I've been working a lot and just haven't had tons of time. Swelling is way down. To be honest, I don't feel like I've dealt with much swelling to begin with. I think I've maybe had one really "ughhhh" swollen day. I was put in a new compression garment 2 weeks ago. I went from a size small to an extra small (yay!) and man did I feel the difference in compression! I will be starting a few sessions of endermologie (it was part of my total cost) for any excess swelling I have....though, like I said, I don't really think I've had much. The skin near my flanks is a little weird to the touch (numb and almost itchy when touched) but it's not a big deal. I pulled out one of my old bikinis and I feel like I look so different!
I'm looking forward to the summer! I'm so glad I did this in the winter! How is everyone else doing??