Surgery day tomorrow! TT & BBA! :)

Today I feel very tight and tired easily. I am pretty sure I over did it yesterday, just up too long, back taking a toll and maybe overstretched chest muscles and coughed a time or two. Taking it EASY today but is that the sign?

I tried to sleep in my bed for the third night last night, days 1-4 were in the recliner and 5-7 in the bed. Well, I was very restless and achy last night, I came back to the recliner at 4am. My neck and shoulders started bothering me, plus the achy lower back and tailbone!

Is there a set amount of time you ladies slept upright? Can I begin to flatten out? Is the upright positioning recommended from breasts or tummy tuck?

Other updates, belly button sutures removed and looks way less angry than Thursday (when removed) and yesterday. I posted some pics of this morning's "airing of the goodies". Blisters under breasts are still there, except the one the nurse broke while removing sutures. The area under there feels sore but not sure if that''s the steri strips or blisters.

I can tell one breast is dropping a bit faster, assume that is normal. Nurse massaged on Thursday (day 6 PO) , kinda like kneading a big wad of dough! But felt great! I would be too scared to squeeze that hard lol! But- she was pro.

Breasts feel very sensitive at times (TMI but nipples harden for no good reason). Other times they feel numb or painful.

Have a red line below belly button, nurse couldn't tell if it was an inflamed stretch mark or from binder. Supposed to massage that when binder open. Figures my entire upper tummy was full of stretch marks (but none on lower tummy that's gone now!).

I just got home from the doctor, I have developed blisters under my breasts from the clear-saran wrap like tape. They felt very itchy, and I felt a pinching and pain near the outer edges of the tape. I felt them and something was very hard. I called the office and they had me come in and removed the tape. Feeling better already.

I almost passed out from sitting upright and having the nurse remove the binder! I felt like I had no support, suddenly felt very hot and nauseous, luckily they laid me back and raised my legs in time that I never actually passed out. It was so strange though cause I have given blood, platelets, fasted, had 3 kids naturally and never passed out, or came close, till today! So scary!

I am trying to cut pain med in half today. The nurse told me though not to feel bad about taking or needing pain meds and that I had 2 major surgeries, both of which induce excruciating pain, and when both procedures are done together, well, just take your pain meds ladies! It is not a contest and don't feel guilty! You are under a doctor's care!