38 YO Forever Athlete Looking Flab After Multiple Births -TT/MR/Flank Lipo - The Woodlands, TX

Went in after surgery for a post-op check up. Was having terrible pains in my back and abdomen. Was told by Dr. Gill "you don't need a medical doctor, you need a psychiatrist." Knew something was serioulsy wrong that did not involve my brain. Ended up having an emergency gall bladder removal surgery shortly thereafter which had to be performed by open surgery. So, I'm stuck with a 3" scar on my fresh tummy and a really bummed out heart for having a real medical event completely dismissed.

Today is my first day back at work so I really hoped for a sound nights sleep. Alternatively, I've been tugging at my binder all night, I love it so much. It rides up on my hips while I'm sleeping so now I have this super itchy spot on the left side of my incision that I've been laying here awake, at this awful hour, imagining all of the hideous effects it may have, hooray. Gonna go with the leggings and shirt dress look today for work. Sounds comfortable and also will hide what I've got going on around my midsection. I can't just pop back to work completely fabulous, they'll totally know something is up. Btw, I've been out "having a hernia repaired" thats my story and, yep proverbially, I'm sticking to it. If I show up in a pencil skirt and an Oxford, I tell ya that must have been some hernia! I am down to 155 and have a flat belly now, even with the binder I am a whole lot smaller. Drastic changes in only two weeks!! I can only imagine my final result in 6 mos.
So, I've decided that salt is equally as evil as my binder. It causes me to swell big time. I haven't really been very active so I'm not sure about swelling from over doing it with activity yet. I'd love to have a cold beer but I'm afraid of the swelling consequences. Ive mostly spent my time over the past two weeks in the recliner and on the sofa. My body has gotten a lot of rest and I feel two weeks has been an ample amount of time off of work. I say that now and will probably report differently around 10 am. My brain is definitely ready for today's activity.
I look back on the past two weeks and it seems epic. So much has happened as far as recovery. I am truly amazed, once again, at what our bodies can endure and recover from. I was helpless two weeks ago laying in a hospital after being cut in half and today I am getting up and dressed by myself and am going to drive myself to work where people are going to pay me to do stuff, wow!!
Thanks for listening to my rambling, I hope all you other girls are healing well and have a great Monday, ttys!

Wooosaaaaa...had a mini melt down this morning because I haven't been sleeping well and thus feeling guilty about keeping my hubs awake all night with my tossing, scooching, spirometering and general tugging/cussing my binder. I made the damn coffee too weak, stepped in dog pee and cursed "the man" (obviously a man) who invented the maxi pad. As you already know Flo is with me and I am going the pad route this cycle based on the simple fact that I'm not positive I can contort myself to retrieve the dang tampon if I stick it up there. Anywho, I'm dressed to go to the dentist (another form of legal torture IMHO) drinking my weak coffee, guess I won't totally blow him away with my dragon's breath this way, and am hoping an uneventful drive there and back as this is my first solo flight. I'm thinking maybe a mani/pedi, since I'm already out lol, then a nice afternoon of movies and my daily imbibement of 3L of water, woohoo!