Okay so now I am "tweaked"

Jan 03, 2008

January 3, 2008

Okay so on December 19th, I went back in for a "scar revision" where my plastic surgeon corrected the slightly raised vertical scar from my fleur di lis (anchor cut) LBL incision, as well as addressed the muffin top and upper poofy thing going on in my upper abdomen.  

This was done as an ambulatory procedure.  I went in at about 9 something and was ready to leave by about 4ish.  Of course, since I can't seem to leave Mt. Sinai hospital without an "incident", my drain wasn't working properly and it took 3 hours to rectify the situation.  But other than that, everything went according to doc's plan, the poof is removed and that ridge and puffy thingy is gone as well.  A successful procedure.  

The recovery was good as well.  A little soreness, some minor pain in the first couple of days.  I took the vicodin a few times a day for 2 days and then gave it up.  Took extra-strength Tylenol for another day and that was all.  

Doc removed the one drain 5th day and was happy with the healing.  I think I removed all the surgi strips by around day 10 and I like the way the scar is coming along.  What a difference in recovery from the LBL.  That was a little rough for me at times.  This one was a breeze by comparison.

Folks are asking me if I'm "done".  I laugh.  I doubt that seriously but I am in no rush to go back under anyone's scalpel any time soon.  I have some other things on my to-do list for 2008 that require me to not be "recovering" from anything for a while so that's where my focus is.  However, when I do decide to go under the very talented Dr. Sterry's knife again, I am hoping to go for the upper body and arms together.  The jury is still out over whether I will do the breasts because I am very very uh...protective of the girls and the thought of having my nipples removed and reattached still freaks me out to the "Nth" degree and I am not sure I am willing to risk that everything (sensitivity and appearance) will return to "normal" after "a while".  We shall see.  But I do want the side fat, back fat and these big ol' grandmama arms done at some point so that will be down the road a little bit.  

For now, it's a new year, I have some things on my agenda and one of them is to get back on the protein train, get the hell off the carb and sugar train, and get my self moving with regular exercise because my body hasn't looked this good since "Hector was a pup" - whatever that means - so I need to do what I can to preserve it and even to improve it a little more if possible!

What a trip this all is.  But I am glad I'm on it!

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08/19/2004
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May 10, 2004
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