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checking in after a loooong time!
Hello! Sorry it's been so long! I am one year out now and everything is going great:) my inplant have settled, great and look amazing, and my tummy looks great as well! In reply to the question about the extra dollars for the overnight:
I found it to be well worth it as I was pretty helpless immediately after the surgery. I couldn't even open my own pill jar. The nurses were wonderful and I have no regrets about spending that money.
I had no complications at all and recovered perfectly. Dr.Brown was available to answer questions when ever I contacted him. I highly recommend him!
Will post more pics when the lose the couple lbs I gained lol!
It's amazing though how much better I feel now about myself at my current weight than how I felt about myself last time I seen this number on the scale:)
I found it to be well worth it as I was pretty helpless immediately after the surgery. I couldn't even open my own pill jar. The nurses were wonderful and I have no regrets about spending that money.
I had no complications at all and recovered perfectly. Dr.Brown was available to answer questions when ever I contacted him. I highly recommend him!
Will post more pics when the lose the couple lbs I gained lol!
It's amazing though how much better I feel now about myself at my current weight than how I felt about myself last time I seen this number on the scale:)
Almost 2 weeks post op!
Well the swelling had gone down drastically in my tummy, and I'm 4 lbs away from my pre-surgery weight! Yay:) the boobs are looking better all the time also! I'm still a happy camper two weeks out:) I've noticed the skin on my tummy is relaxing into it's new shape more everyday, and the gathers at the incision line are starting to smooth out a bit already although I still have them steri stripped. I keep putting them on again when the old ones fall off and will probably keep doing that until next week then just tape my scar line.
Over all I'm still not standing totally upright, it takes a few minutes after I stand up to kind of loosen up. I'm still getting mild soreness where the stitches are under my implants. My breasts are still a little sore, but I've been off Meds completely for 4 days now.
Over all I'm still not standing totally upright, it takes a few minutes after I stand up to kind of loosen up. I'm still getting mild soreness where the stitches are under my implants. My breasts are still a little sore, but I've been off Meds completely for 4 days now.
Drains are out! Yay:)
I had my tummy tuck drains taken out at 7 days post op. It was the strangest feeling ever, but it wasn't painful like I thought it would be! Boy am I glad those are gone!
I showered late the next day, and just made sure to thoroughly dry my incisions afterwards. My tape was still on at this point as the Dr instructed to leave it on until it fell off.
The next day I noticed the tape comin up more in a few places and worries that it would trap moisture that I couldn't dry out under there, so I took off my tape, cleaned the area with sterile pads and saline solution and applied back to back steri strips to the entire length of the incision. My under breast tape is still stuck on good so I will wait to a bit to so those. I covered everything back up again with long sterile non stick pads and taped them because I couldn't find self adhesive in the right size.
That whole thing took a while so I probably won't shower again for a few days. That's ok. Hubby doesn't mind birdie bathing me! Who knew he could give a salon quality over the tub hair shampoo? :)
The pain is really minimal now and I'm only taking naproxen for its anti-inflammatory benefits. I stopped taking oxycodone/acetametaphen at 6 or 7 days post op.
Day one was pretty bad for pain and nausea-needed help with everything.
Day2-5 were still painful, was a bit more independent but hunched over from tummy tuck.
Day 6 to present have been much better. It's a game of "don't do it even though you can" now. This is really difficult when you have a 22 month old and a 7.5 month old, even with live in help!
I'm still wearing my abdominal binder and probably will for at least another couple weeks.
I was given a tensor bandage to wear over my breasts to push them down but bought and modified a rib belt to do the job the tensor was doing. (I couldn't find a 3" ace bandage I was looking for) It velcros for easier application, and applies at least the same if not more pressure down on my breasts. I have to wear this until my breast settle into what I see as the perfect position. Could be 3 weeks, 3 months or longer.
I showered late the next day, and just made sure to thoroughly dry my incisions afterwards. My tape was still on at this point as the Dr instructed to leave it on until it fell off.
The next day I noticed the tape comin up more in a few places and worries that it would trap moisture that I couldn't dry out under there, so I took off my tape, cleaned the area with sterile pads and saline solution and applied back to back steri strips to the entire length of the incision. My under breast tape is still stuck on good so I will wait to a bit to so those. I covered everything back up again with long sterile non stick pads and taped them because I couldn't find self adhesive in the right size.
That whole thing took a while so I probably won't shower again for a few days. That's ok. Hubby doesn't mind birdie bathing me! Who knew he could give a salon quality over the tub hair shampoo? :)
The pain is really minimal now and I'm only taking naproxen for its anti-inflammatory benefits. I stopped taking oxycodone/acetametaphen at 6 or 7 days post op.
Day one was pretty bad for pain and nausea-needed help with everything.
Day2-5 were still painful, was a bit more independent but hunched over from tummy tuck.
Day 6 to present have been much better. It's a game of "don't do it even though you can" now. This is really difficult when you have a 22 month old and a 7.5 month old, even with live in help!
I'm still wearing my abdominal binder and probably will for at least another couple weeks.
I was given a tensor bandage to wear over my breasts to push them down but bought and modified a rib belt to do the job the tensor was doing. (I couldn't find a 3" ace bandage I was looking for) It velcros for easier application, and applies at least the same if not more pressure down on my breasts. I have to wear this until my breast settle into what I see as the perfect position. Could be 3 weeks, 3 months or longer.
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Dr. Erin Brown