October 14, 2012

Oct 14, 2012

 I had my tummy tuck August 9th.  Surgeon told me it'd be like a c section. I had two of them... they were a breeze.  UM... HE LIED!  It hurt much much worse than the csections.  I lived though.  And I took care of my non-ambulatory mom within days.  I'm cut from just past middle of my hips to the opposite side, just past the other middle hip.  I had two drains, down by my girly parts.  That hurt I think as bad as the actual incisions.  I had one pulled after 10 days, because it kept hitting a nerve.  The second stayed for days past the 1 month mark.  I have never been so happy as when they pulled them.  The binder still is my friend about dinner time till bedtime. My stomach muscles are still healing. They did extensive muscle reconstruction and another 2 hernias repaired.  No mesh this time... first time I had them repaired I got mesh. That was miserable. First two weeks, I was so weak and tired, i slept as often as I could. Not often enough with my other responsibilities. Then it started getting a bit easier.  By one month I was nearly myself again, just tiring easily, and still needing the binder around the clock (my surgeon recommended it for 3 to 4 weeks, then as needed).  

I lost 10 pounds of skin.  I gained some self esteem. I gained the abilty to run, and not get beat up by the skin.  It would hurt after I did anything.  

I however have had some swelling in my pouch from the surgery, as I have had in every other surgery I've had since my bypass (3rd surgery since bypass).  So I've dropped a total of 19 pounds. I had regained to 195. I'm 176 this morning.  I'm now in some size 10. I'm loving the feeling. If I could get the extra skin off my legs I'd be even in smaller sized pants. 

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