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36yr Old Mother of 3. Tummy Tuck W/ Lipo
UPDATED FROM Candy Gurl
16 days post
2nd Week PO (Lost tissue in my navel)
$6,300
Hi my real self family. I haven't update since week one cause my daughter is graduating from high school. Her prom was on th 29th of April, so I been focus on her and making sure her last year in high school is perfect. So, I'm 2 weeks post up and the pain has gotten better. I no longer need pain meds and tried not to take them in week one. Into my progress about a week and a half my navel begin to bleed. I contact my doctor and he informed me it was normal. I had water proof tape placed over my navel but I could see something was wrong. I took the tape off my navel and almost passed out from the site. My navel wasn't healing correctly and you could see the fatty tissue in my navel. I contacted my PS again and after speaking to him, he informed me to come see him at 5:30am in the morning at the hospital (he was in surgery all day but didn't want to put it off). I went in and he assured me my navel wasn't infected. I had several surgeries before my tummy tuck (partial hysterectomy-March 2015 through my navel, I had another surgery through my navel June 2015 cause of the scar tissue grew on my small intestines and connected my small intestines to my vaginal cuff and finally I had to have a total hysterectomy August 2016 due to cyst on my ovaries and fluid in my fallipon tubes). All the past surgeries made my navel full of scar tissue. After the surgery when he came to visit me in the hospital that night he told me I may lose some of my navel from the scar tissue from previous surgeries but he was ready and prepared for what may take place. So in the end I did lose some of the tissue causing my navel to not heal correctly and I have a hole where my navel should be. I been cleaning it twice a day and placing bactin in the navel. It's healing but very slowly. I'm on antibiotics also that I take twice a day to ward off any infection that may hinder my progress further. So other than my navel issue my progress is going as planned.
UPDATED FROM Candy Gurl
3 days post
3 Days Post Op
Hi real self sisters, today marks 3 days since my TT w/ lipo of flanks and muscle repair. I'm doing great. I sleep often to try to repair my body. I had a BM twice on yesterday without any help from laxatives (I guess cause I'm trying not to take the pain meds). I don't regret my decision at all and extremely happy I had the procedure done. I'm very anxious to see my results once the swelling goes down but I know only time will help with that part and to be patient with the process. I'm still sleeping in my recliner and wish I could be in bed. I can sleep in the bed but I don't cause it sits to high. I have a wedge pillow from my breast reduction that will elevate me in an incline position if I needed to sleep in the bed. So far my recovery is going good and I continue to dump 40ml of fluid from my drain site about every 4 hours. I make sure to walk as much as possible very slowly to prevent blood clots. I will shower today alone for the first time and I will make sure to take pain meds for that. When I shower it takes a lot out of me and I go right to sleep after my husband lotion my body. I'll keep you updated and try to take more pictures today. On a bright side my Adore Me bathing suits just arrived and I will try them on weeks from now. My doctor told me not to try on any clothing at all lol.
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IS
April 23, 2017
Take care! You look great my sx date is 5/23 Drainless tummy tuck and breast reduction. I'm getting so excited. Happy healing
J
September 18, 2017
U look great. What was the reason for the incision being higher on the side?
UPDATED FROM Candy Gurl
1 day post
Showered Today
Today is my 2nd day PO and I showered today. My skin feels as if I have wind burn in the area I had lipo. I'm very bruised in the location of the lipo. I got to see my entire body since the tummy tuck and it really looks GREAT. My incision and BB looks great. Here is a few before and agreed with no CG on after I showered
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T
April 22, 2017
You look great !!!! Thank you for sharing your story . My tt with lipo and breast lift is schedule for June 22 and I am a nervous wreck already so hearing you're great and positive results just reassures me that I am making the right decision and I also feel if I can go through having two kids C-sections I can get through this thank you and keep up the good work with your recovery :)
CG
April 22, 2017
Thank you so much. I'm extremely happy I went through with this. I have no regrets at all. The best part is my support system at home. My kids nor my husband don't allow me to do anything. I'm able to do everything but very slowly. I make sure to walk the length of my house twice a day each time 20 times at a steady so pace. So far so good. Good luck and please keep us updated.
IS

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