Finishing my Body Remodel - Wauwatosa, WI

I started with a breast augmentation over winter break (to even out my size A and DD disproportioned breasts). Then had lips done on my upper abs and flanks over Easter break. Got hitched :) and then got a tummy tuck, and lipo done to my inner and outer thighs.

So far I am 6 days post-op. It's not "fun," but I KNOW the end result is well worth all of the pain and hardships for now.

BTW on my honeymoon I wore a Bikini and no cover-up! It was the first time, since my early teens, that I hadn't felt a need to hide myself in a swimsuit coverup. Felt soooo good.

Dr. Kramer saw me the day after the surgery (a Saturday), which is impressive to me that she cares that much for my recovery that she was willing to come on a weekend!

I see her tomorrow too. For my 1-week post-op! My drain tubs will likely come out (they were much easier to deal with this time since I knew what to expect from my previous surgeries.

The only thing that bothers me right now is that when I pee/poop things do NOT go well with my garment. Lucky me, I get to take it off ronorrow, wash it, quickly wash myself and get back into it.

Hoping I can switch garments or cut a big whole on the existing one tomorrow

Sorry for no pics. If I shared any it'd just be of me in my garment.

Well, went to Dr. Kramers today. I wasn't able to get my drains out yet (probably even though I'm doing as little as possible it's still a little too much). So I will get the drains out Monday (if I behave) and Wednesday no matter what!

As far as the garment and going to the bathroom I read suggestions online. The one that worked best for me (going #1) was to sit backwards on the toilet. If I had a funnel I would have tried that, but so far this works fine. Only challenge is that it doesn't work so well in pants, so I'm going to wear dresses and longer shirts on my garment for now.

For #2, before today's visit with the Doctor, it was a nightmare! A big mess and it would get stuck between me and the garment. Because things are healing well, Dr. Kramer took the foam pads off of my interior thighs and was able to pull my garment up higher in the back, so now when I go, it all goes in the toilet!!!! It feels GREAT to feel like a human again.

Things are healing well. My color is good, my swelling is minimal. Pain isn't so much an issue right now. And I know I'm gonna love the results!!!!

It's 13 days PO. I got my drains out yesterday and got rightfully "scolded" by the doc to relax. My drain numbers had come down but then would teeter up and down because I wasn't relaxing like a good patient. Dr. Kramer told me that the drains needed to come out to prevent risk of infection. But the trouble is, if I didn't stop and relax (like I've needed to this far), the extra fluids could accumulate in my body and I'd have to go back into surgery.

That was a good wake up call for me. I do NOT want to go back for surgery, especially if it's to fix stuff because I wasn't resting like I should have!

Dr. Kramer told me to act as if my surgery was 2 days ago, a good "visual" for me. No more running errands or grocery shopping, more water to drink, protein drinks every 3 hours, and ask and LET people help me.

Also, she says she she gives me the ok to take a shower I need to beware of thinking that I'm "back to normal". I can't take that as a sign that I need to be running around and doing a bunch of stuff. It's hard to compare, even though it was back in December, but I'm thinking a TT requires more recovery time or movement restrictions than a BA. 2 weeks after my BA I was back to work. I have done some computer work since my TT, but I definitely couldn't be up and moving around at my job like I'd need too. Soooo glad I scheduled this over the summer where I had a bigger vacation gap!

Praying that me letting others take care of me will do the trick. I do not want to go back under the knife and pro-long my recovery or create other complications. I pray that I will remember to rest even when I feel as if I can go full tilt.


Sorry for the lack of pics. Next time they take my garment off at the docs, which is tomorrow, I'll take some pics w my phone, before the bundle me back up again.