Finally home!

Hi everybody. I had surgery on Friday. The surgery itself went great. Dr Michaels was really proud of his work lol. I had a couple of complications and had to stay a little longer. But I am home on the road to recovery!

Congrats! What did you have done?

Lower body lift and arm lift

YAY - so glad to hear you're home! Honestly, had I known how much the abdominal muscle tightening was going to hurt my first night home, I would have welcomed being on a pain med IV at the hospital for a couple of days LOL! But I am sorry you had complications, I know his work will be incredible, and I am glad you can rest in comfort at home. Stay on top of your meds for a couple of days - take one right before bed and set an alarm for 4 hours later. That's my biggest tip!

lol the extra night would've been welcomed under different cir****tances. My blood pressure was too low, heart rate too high and I had a fever of 102 that did not want to go down. The nurses couldn't get they pain under control and I swear they were treating me like I was being unreasonable. They moved me from the recovery room to my room right around shift change. I handnt had any pain meds in 2 hours. So when I got to the room I asked for some. 45 minutes goes by and no ones come in yet. I was in so much pain I was hyperventilating and felt like I couldn't breathe. I made my husband go find the nurse and even then she took her time with the oxygen. After that it took a long time to get the pain level at a reasonable level, then the fevers started. It was a very rough couple of nights.

Ugh I am sorry the nurses weren't super helpful! That's annoying. How was your first night home? It only gets better and better, I promise. And hopefully even with the swelling you can already see a dramatic difference!

Last night was better, I did spike a fever again but once that was under control it was a pretty uneventful night. The swelling is insane on my thighs and legs. Even my hands and feet. My waist isn't as bad and I can see results there. Everything else though is much much bigger than I went in lol. Dr Michaels showed me a pic on his phone right on the operating table before I had swelled too much. I'm going to ask him to send it to me at today's post op. I'm still having why did I do this to myself rhoughts and need a little motivation.

Oh yeah, regret in the first week is normal. I know the healing process was many days for Gwen, and when I saw her last week at 10 weeks post op LBL and arms she was happy as could be, looking incredible, and already back to exercising! The swelling will subside - think of how long you were under the knife and pumped with fluids and gas. Just stay home, rest, binge watch some good shows, stay hydrated, and get your protein in :) I promise it only gets better. I can now wear a bikini for the first time in my life and look good! And my breasts are where they are supposed to be. You are going to love your results and this will be a distant memory in no time, I promise!

My thighs were much bigger coming out after over 4 liters of lipo removed. At a month they are about pre-surgery, but I still see the swelling and am hoping and waiting for the 'shrinkage." I will be in light compression until like, Thanksgiving.

I read that everyone hates their PS sometime in the first 3 weeks, it DOES get better after that!!

I'm so grateful that I've never hated my reconstruction. Total faith in my surgeon!