I survived!

Jun 26, 2009

I wanted to make sure that I posted after plastics before the TRUE feeling of OMG what have I done is over and I am all "it was soo worth it".

It was hell...still is pretty bad.  I had the extended tummy tuck, breast augmentation, and thigh lift done in a 9.5 hr procedure June 19th.  I am one week post op and still can't be left alone since I can't get up and down from the recliner or bed alone.  It is the thighs!  They are tender and impossible to avoid moving and getting rubbed by the seam of my garment.  If the thighs would heal faster I think I would feel much better.

I just wanted to stay knocked out for 3 days.  I had swelling in my knees and that was my breaking point as far as keeping my chin up.  Once the knee swelling subsided I began to feel better, but was still very imobile.  My arms were sore from the  breast work so I couldn't shift with them.  Then my legs hurt from the knees up from the thigh lift with lipo so they were no help either.  I felt miserable!  I had to have my mom place gauze pads around the groin opening in my garment just to keep the seam from rubbing on the incisions.  The garment was too tight on my stomach for 4 days, but fits ok now.  I am getting a new one since it is too big in the thighs, so I worry it will be uncomfortable in my tummy again.

I am still not sure how the breasts turned out since they are swollen like mad!  Then the tummy looks weird.  The skin looks strange and I can't stand upright so it looks sunken.  I need to take pics.  The incision lines look even on both sides and they tell me it is looking as good as expected if not better at this stage.  I have tape blisters from the breasts and tummy tape, so I assume it will be the same when the thigh steri strips come off.  Ouch.

The drain came out today, so one week with a drain.  I can start wearing a sports bra, but still need the band across the top to help push them down into the pocket.  They have not dropped much.

Well that's the update.  Hopefully all of this pain and misery with be a distant memory next time I post.  If anyone tries to tell me I got skinny the easy way, I will go ape shit on them!  This journey might be faster than other ways, but it certainly isn't easier.

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