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34 Years Old, Mom of Two, Been Dreaming of This Forever - Tyler, TX
UPDATED FROM Kw80
1 month post
The ups and downs
K
WORTH IT$8,600
I feel so much better and am starting to get my energy back but I know I do too much each day. My doctor said I still am not cleared for anything and need to be taking it easy but I fell like myself (if you don't count the slight hunchback and alien feeling tummy). Well yesterday I understood what swell he!! is all about. It was so tight and swollen it hurt. So i tried to take it easy last night and slept in the recliner. I just couldn't get comfortable and went to lean back and tipped the chair over, so here I am at 3 am upside down and screaming for help. Funny stuff. you have to take it all together. I think my swelling is worse because it is "my time".
UPDATED FROM Kw80
26 days post
Starting to feel a little better
K
I have been full force back to work full time and dealing with three kids and all their activities. I ended up wit a fever on Monday and had to miss work. I slept the whole day. I think it was just my bodies way of telling me I needed to slow down.
I have been rubbing my scar with soap or vitamin e oil like my surgeon told me and it feels so weird. It is still partially numb and tingly and it hurts to rub it as hard as he told me to but I want my scar to look the best it can so I obey the orders.
I have a hard time sleeping and getting comfortable and I go back and forth from the recliner to the bed during the night.
I'm down 6 pounds and 4 1/2 inches in my waist which is really exciting!!!!! Some days I am so swollen though and the left side always seems worse than the right.
I have been rubbing my scar with soap or vitamin e oil like my surgeon told me and it feels so weird. It is still partially numb and tingly and it hurts to rub it as hard as he told me to but I want my scar to look the best it can so I obey the orders.
I have a hard time sleeping and getting comfortable and I go back and forth from the recliner to the bed during the night.
I'm down 6 pounds and 4 1/2 inches in my waist which is really exciting!!!!! Some days I am so swollen though and the left side always seems worse than the right.
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Looking good ! I had a lot of trouble transitioning from my recliner to my bed. My ps suggested to wear spanx and binder at night. I bought a body pillow and it works so much better! Can now sleep in my bed when I double up with both supports .
Hi, how long did it take for u to sleep on your side because my tailbone hurts so bad when I'm sleeping lol..thanks
I slept in recliner for about 2 weeks. Transitioning to bed was difficult. When I sleep in my side my hip bones hurt---I have to switch side to side and also on my back with pillow under my knees/feet. Still switching, just not as often throughout the night.
Oh ok..I've been in the bed from day one with lots of pillows but I move around a lot because my bottom starts to hurt, if it wouldn't I would be ok.
K
I get up to go to the bathroom so much at night. is all that hard to get off? I may try it. I stayed in the bed all night last night. I just wake up every 2 hours.
UPDATED FROM Kw80
19 days post
More pictures
K
Been back to work full time since Monday. I still can't stand up all the way straight so I look like a hunchback walking around. I am a teacher and I can sit most of the
time. I brought a comfortable chair for when the students are working alone and I have told them to come to me for help instead of me walking around. Hopefully next week will be better. It was actually good to get back to work as much as I was scared of it because it helped me feel somewhat normal again. I get tired easy and have to sit after walking for a while but it gets better everyday.
time. I brought a comfortable chair for when the students are working alone and I have told them to come to me for help instead of me walking around. Hopefully next week will be better. It was actually good to get back to work as much as I was scared of it because it helped me feel somewhat normal again. I get tired easy and have to sit after walking for a while but it gets better everyday.
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Great pictures! Glad to hear healing is going well.
K
Thanks. I Wish it were going faster but when I look in the mirror it gives me a little more patience
You are looking great
K
Thank you!
what did you tell your student? Do they ask why you walk bent over? Or why you lost so much weight in your belly over Christmas break? :)
K
I just said I had surgery. Some that ask what kind I say female. A couple of students know. Others said you look skinny, or you look different but they don't seem to put the two things together.
It's so encouraging to read about your great transition back to work. Gotta love the kiddies!
K
I did have one day where I ended up in tears but I overdid it. I am learning to set more limits became it is a major surgery and it takes time. I am getting around so much better.
Your results are great. Are you happy you had the surgery?
K
I really am. I'm not going to lie, it is rough sometimes but it is so worth it. I can't believe the body I see when I look in the mirror. My tummy has bothered me all my life, even before kids, but especially after. Now it is flat. It is amazing!!!
Likewise --I don't even recognize myself in the mirror!
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