9.5weeks post tummy tuck

Hello again...sorry it has been so long without a pic but I will have some today! Life is pretty much back to normal for me i still swell when i'm on my feet for long periods of time and when i work out but other than that i'm me again! I still wear my binder when i workout or I know i'm going to be on my feet for a while like at work or something. well here are the pics i took today!

7 weeks post op

I know it has been a while since  I updated but here goes....I went to the Dr. on Thursday (my actual 7 week day) and he said I'm not restricted on any exercise anymore and that I can stop wearing my binder 24/7. Those words were like music to my heart!! I still wear it when I exercise because I just feel like I need that extra support plus I swell when I exercise....The swelling has gone down quite a bit here lately which is awesome! The Dr. did tell me that he wants to do a revision of my scar on the ends to make it look better which is  no biggy because It takes 15 mins in the office and its under local. I'm gonna wait till cooler weather where I won't be in my bathing suit anymore before I decide to do that. ummmm.....not much else to say but I don't really have any pics here lately because I keep forgetting to take them! I will def. have some up next Thursday (8 weeks) so stay tuned!

5 weeks post Tummy Tuck

Well hate to say it but still not many changes this week....I have been swelling less (i think) but i still swell especially after i exercise. I am getting really bored with running and doing the elliptical! I wanna start back Zumba but as of last week doctor still says no...bummer! I have an appt. next Thursday which I hope he will let me start doing weights and zumba again!! I am still not supposed to lift anything over 5lbs which i have been cheating hear lately (I KNOW I KNOW!) because my 1 year old child has to get into a buggy sometimes and I just can't see me asking someone to put her in there for me! plus she likes to swing (don't tell my dr). I do try to lift with my arm muscles instead of my abs so that I don't mess up anything inside there...It has never hurt me when lifting her so i think i'm ok! Nothing really else to report.....God bless and here are the pics everyone wants lol.....I think ya'll could care less about all this blah blah blah lol

Current weight: 139.8

4 weeks post tummy tuck

Well it has been a month since I had my tummy tuck....not much has changed, I still swell and its really starting to get me down! I just wanna look down at a flat belly but I know its going to take time but it just gets old. I started back running on Monday which was great until my stupid shoes started rubbing blisters on my feet....def. gonna need a new pair soon! Still having a hard time fitting into my preop jeans due to swelling which sucks. I have a hard time trying to find stuff in my closet to wear because of this. I am gonna live in yoga pants and dresses for a while because I refuse to buy bigger jeans!!! lets just say I don't have patience when it comes to stuff like this! I am still a little sore where they did the lipo and some in my ab muscles but I can def tell its getting better. Really nothing much else to say!

Before and after...my udders in all their glory lol

still looks swollen and all that crap and you can see my old belly button more but that will be under any bathing suit so its no biggy.
Current weight:140.0

3 week Post tummy tuck

WOW I can't even believe it has been 3 already! I have been going on with my life like normal now even though I am still sore and some what hunched over by the end of the day. I have been only doing the elliptical and treadmill at the gym per Dr.s orders :). I have still been in the bed and resting comfortably but still get really stiff by the morning. ummmmm....not much has changed except I'm not quite as swollen in the am but once I'm up all day and go to the gym I pretty much look 5 months pregnant. The incision looks good and is healing quite nicely! I am still sore where the did they lipo on my sides (but who wouldn't be right?). I was putting on my binder the other day and I had a really sharp pain in my side that almost took my breath. It lasted for like 30 seconds then quit. It was in the spot on my right side where I had the lipo and I immediatly thought that I had hurt something inside that I wasn't supposed to so I called the Dr. and they told me it was normal It was my feeling coming back. Well here are some pics from this am as soon as I rolled out of bed (at my smallest point in the day).

This was actually yesterday :)

Current weight: 136.8

16 Days post tummy tuck

Well  I have been sleeping in the bed for the last 3 nights which was great! The only complaint I have about it is that I get a little stiff by the morning time. Anyway today was my first day back to work which wasn't bad at all...I tried to sit down when I could and  I didn't lift anything that I wasn't supposed to. After work I went to the gym and did 6 miles on the elliptical and then came home ate lunch took a shower and got ready for my date with hubby for his birthday (Outback, Sweet Frog and We're the Millers). Needless to say I have been on my feet all day and of course I am swollen once again but what else is new. I did get a new binder that DOESN'T zip up the side like the one the PS gave me when I had the procedure done. I find that the one that zips up the side is very uncomfortable and it digs into my side when i''m sleeping on that particular side. I didn't wanna have to spend the extra money on one that I wont be wearing much after the next month but washing it everyday was getting old and besides it was getting a little big anyway :).I have decided since there isn't much change going on I am just going to update weekly unless something new happens or I have anything i need to share with you. I am now home relaxing and fixing to go lay down in bed because getting up at 530am and not stopping till 10pm is enough to wear anyone out! Good night and God bless!

New Binder (don't mind black undies) lol

1st day back to the grind :)

2 weeks post op!

I cannot even believe it has been 2 weeks!!! I have been a little less swollen in the mornings here lately so the pics i took for this post were first thing this am when i'm at my smallest. I FINALLY go to sleep in my bed last night which was GREAT! I am still a little sore when rolling over but other than that I'm good to go and I can get up by myself! I have lost 4 lbs since surgery but I don't know if mother nature has anything to do with it because i usually gain 5lbs around that time every month. Anyway I'm looking forward to going to the gym again today even if its going to be in the afternoon because my girls have check ups this am. I have to bring someone with me to hold them for their shots because i don't want them to kick or hurt me lol. other than that there really isn't anything new to post but if something happens thats new before the end of the day I will update this post :)

Current Weight: 140.0

day 13 after tummy tuck

Today started off with getting up at 645am to get me breakfast and get ready for heading out to the gym for the first time :))))!! All of my gym clothes are tank tops at this point because its hot outside and they were tighter fitting...I had one on and you could see the hateful binder hanging out (not too appealing) so i changed into one of my exercise shirts that i used to wear that is too big but better than everyone seeing my undergarments lol. I still can't lift anything over 5lbs for another 4 weeks which is hard when you have a 30lb 1 year old that still needs her mommy....luckily I did work with her about getting in and out of the car by herself before surgery which is the only reason I can go anywhere!! I would def. recommend working with young children before you get this surgery!! It has been a life saver, but we all know how 19month olds have their attitudes about not wanting to do what you want them to do so I always plan to go a little earlier so that I won't be late because of a "independent" baby! I also forgot to update ya'll yesterday on  the peeling belly (looks like peeling after sunburn all over belly). The Dr. said that it was normal and that I just need lotion lol he even said that I could put lotion on my scars...not to comfortable with that yet since I just took the tape off yesterday!Anyway back to the 1st day back to the gym! I was a little nervous walking in there I'm not going to lie! I started on the elliptical slow and it didn't hurt and wasn't uncomfortable at all so I did 5 miles on there! I know I know take it easy! well after that I went to see how my incision looked and make sure if there were any "silent bleeders" lol but all was good so i went and got on the treadmill....I took it a little slower on there because I had already done 5 miles! After 2 miles on there I decided it was time to call it a day since it was only day 1 back to the gym! I want to be able to move tonight lol! It feels soo good to get back to the gym and I can't wait to go back tomorrow! As far as the swelling after exercise it wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be. I did swell but honestly I don't think it was any worse than when I swell while I'm up walking around at home. I do have one complaint about this whole gym thing....THIS BINDER IS HOT!! I have to keep reminding my self its for the best but if you know me and know how i sweat its going to be soaked!!! I would def. recommend having 2 binders so you won't have to keep it off as long and you have something to put on after a shower instead of having to wash it everyday like I'm having to do i just need to break down and spend the money to get another one! Other than that nothing else new to report! God Bless!

1st day back to gym!!! lets do this!

Day 12 post tummy tuck

Today has been and awesome day already! I slept really good (still in the recliner) except for my overly sweet husband waking me up at 130am to take my antibiotic so i would get my 3 doses in yesterday because i forgot to take it yesterday while he was at work. Anyway i got up early and went to my dr. appt where they were supposed to stick a needle in  my stomach to aspirate the fluid that was trapped in there after the drain was removed. When the dr. felt of my stomach he said it didn't feel like there was any fluid in there which  is great because i have gained feeling back in the part of my stomach that he would have stuck the needle in (EEEEK!). He also told me that i was ahead of most people on my healing and getting around which made me feel AWESOME lol. He said there are still some people that are having to drag themselves into his office after 12 days and that they will come in 1-2 times a week for the next 4 weeks for one reason or another. I'm def. glad that I am healing fast because i just dont think i could lay around for 4 more weeks!!! The best news of all was that he said that since i was doing so good and healing so well that i could start back at the gym either doing a fast walk on the treadmill, elliptical or spin class...This was like music to my ears!!He also told me that I could take the Steri-Strips off of my scar today so hopefully i can get a good pic of it later and post it!  Other than that I actually drove for the first time today which felt like I was an adult again and not a child that has to hitch a ride with people lol. Technically I'm not supposed to drive for 2 more days but I figured if hes letting me go to the gym and I have been off pain meds for 4 days I'm more than capable of driving lol. Well i finally went back to they gym today to study for my TEAS test that i'm taking on the 30th like i had planned, but i really wanted to go jump on a treadmill or something but wasn't dressed for the occasion! You better believe that i will be doing some sort of exercise tomorrow!!! Stay tuned for some close ups of my scar....or don't lol might gross some of ya'll out but i know there are some out the wanting to see what it looks like lol ;)

Day 11 Post tummy tuck!

Last night i didn't sleep too good at all! At first I tried to sleep in the bed I made Chris bring all my pillows (6 to be exact) into the bedroom and tuck me in. I thought I was pretty comfortable on my side in the bed so I made him bring my fan too (can't sleep without it) and after he got all settled in (about 15min) I started to feel as if I wasn't as supported as I would like to be so I woke Chris back up (yes he was already asleep and I can't get out of bed by myself yet) and made him bring all the pillows and fan back into the living room and I got back in the dang recliner. After that he said he was gonna sleep on the couch again. Anyway I got up 4 times after that either to pee or readjust myself in the recliner.....bottom line I WANT MY BED BACK! I think 11 days without sleeping in the most comfortable bed in the world is WAY too many!!! Hopefully tonight will be better! Today I feel pretty good and I think my "small dog" issues have resolved since I'm not taking the pain medication anymore which is AWESOME! I am going to try and be normal today and not lay around as much and see how I feel by the end of the day....I will keep you posted how that goes lol. Tomorrow I have another appt. with the PS and he is going to try and aspirate some fluid...not looking forward to this because I have started getting more feeling back in my belly and sticking a needle in it is probably going to hurt....oh well life goes on lol. Hopefully he gets something out this time so I'm not so swollen but my gut tells me there is nothing in there I'm just swollen...no pun intended lol. If I post pics today it will be later on tonight when Chris gets home so that I can get in the shower. There is really nothing else to report at this moment in time except that I am going against Dr's orders tomorrow and driving Kelsey to school and taking Tenley to the YMCA so I can study for my TEAS test that is at the end of this month (EEEEEK), I really don't think there is any other reason he told me not to drive for 2 weeks other than being on the pain meds and since i have been off of those for a few days I think I'm good! GOD BLESS!!!

thought I would share this with Ya'll!

Really swollen today (i haven't sat down)

Day 11 post op

     before                                                                       After (day 5 post op)

Day 10 post tummy tuck

Well today has been busy so far....I went to church this am and saw my wonderful church family at High Rock then a trip to walmart on tax free weekend. Needless to say that is alot more walking than I have been doing in a while and to tell you the truth it felt good to get out and do things but I am starting to swell and its time to take a load off. I am trying to get up and move some this week because I will be going back to work on Saturday and will be on my feet for 5 hours straight. To be honest the pain is a very minimal and its very tolerable! I still have trouble getting comfortable to sleep at night and last night I switched between laying on the couch and in the recliner. I slept ok on the couch but got too hot then after sleeping a couple hours in the recliner my back started hurting so I switched back to the couch. I can kind of sleep on my side now but only on the couch not the bed i guess its because the couch kind of eats me if that makes sense lol. Anyway I'm going to quit taking pics everyday unless alot of the swelling has gone down because It still looks the same....God Bless and Thanks everyone who follows my blog :)

Current weight: 144

Changed my mind ha ha!

still swollen but what else is new

Side view again still preggo looking lol

Day 9 post tummy tuck

Well I am in better spirits today not because the swelling is better but because I finally got some relief last night from my "dog" problems and that mother nature helped with my hormones lol but anyway I'm finally off those dang pain meds because i'm ready to being "regular" lol. I don't care how much pain I'm in i'm not ingesting another one of those things!! Last night was awful with that whole situation there but other than swelling if I'm up too long  i don't really have any pain anymore. The place where they removed my drain has become a little red yesterday so when i called the Dr. and asked what I should do for it she said to swab it with peroxide and try and keep it dry. i have been doing that 3 times a day and hopefully it doesn't get infected they also made me start taking another round of antibiotics which i think is a good thing. It is still draining a little but hopefully that stops soon! Another thing that I noticed yesterday was that where ever i'm swollen it has started peeling for some reason. not sure if its just dry or what but I will ask the Dr. on Tuesday when I go back to see if its normal lol. I have started taking my binder off for like an hour a day just to let the skin breathe and because my bruise is where the thing zips up and after a while it starts digging into my bruise....plus it needs to be washed so thats usually when i take it off. I actually can lay down on the couch now and thats a plus for my butt because it starts hurting from sitting on it all day! I'm sure if i can lay down on the couch i can sleep in the bed but i just haven't tried that yet maybe tonight not sure if i could get out of the bed or not tho. Well i'll keep yall posted on anything else that happens!

side view with the bruise

back view

Front view (still swollen but ya'll know that)

8 days post op

Well today hasn't been such a great day so far. I'm not hurting but this swelling is really starting to get me down and in the dumps. i feel like i can't do anything but lay in this recliner and rot away and its not helping and the lower sodium thing isn't helping and the no carbonation isn't working and i'm just tired of it. i can't really tell you why i'm down it just sucks....not to mention its been 3 days since the small dog and i have tried everything again....i'm seriously going to stop all the pain meds and switch to ibuprofen because this no pooping thing is for the birds....I think that not being able to go anywhere or do anything with out becoming 8 months pregnant size is really starting to wear on me! i really don't talk to anyone all day but my kids and they are mostly fighting the whole time which doesn't help my mood! sorry for all the crappy talk today but just wanted to let yall know where i stand today....probably not taking any pics today because i don't even wanna look at the swelling because it will just put me in a worse mood than i'm already in! sorry again! well I know i said i wouldn't post pics but i convinced myself to so here goes!

Front View still swollen

still pregnant

Back view

1 week post tummy tuck

Today is the 1 week mark since I had my tummy tuck....Geez has it been that long already!?!?! Today is also the day my husband had to go back to work and leave me home with a 1 yr old and 4 yr old....lets just say I'm glad Kelsey had Preschool for 3 hours today because Tenley was difficult enough alone! I'm not allowed to lift anything over 5lbs for 6 weeks which makes it hard to take care of a baby because I have to have her crawl up on my bed to change her diaper which since she is 1 doesn't always cooperate and getting down on the floor (where she wanted me to change her) wasn't going to happen today. I will admit she probably wore some diapers today longer than she should have but I have been doing the best I can. Around lunch time when Kelsey got home from school (rode with a good friend of mine because i still can't drive) she and my friend helped me clean up the tornado that had come through my living room lol. By the time Tenley laid down for her nap I was pretty miserable due to swelling but i haven't gotten up since she fell asleep and i am feeling much better! I did switch my pain med once again to taking 5mg every 6 hours instead of 4 which might not have been a smart thing since it was my first time caring for both girls but I'm tired of taking them and i really was curious how much pain i was going to be in if i waited a longer time to take it. I def. can tell a difference around hour 5 and I find myself watching the clock to see when i can take my meds again. I hate that i need it still a week out from surgery but i'm working on it! The pain has never been in my incision it has all been in the abdominal muscles that they tightened...i have had some pain where they did the liposuction of my waist but its nothing that i need pain meds for. I plan on taking a shower this afternoon and i will take pics of what my stomach looks like today but i know its probably gonna look worse because I'm so swollen from being up all morning! Well I actually took all these pics after I took a shower and hadn't had a pain pill in 5  hours needless to say i was in pain, couldnt stand straight, and i was super swollen! sorry in advance lol

Back View....OMG i'm swollen!

Left Side view...im preggo again!!!! (not standing completely straight either) and YES thats a BRUISE!

Front view

Day 6 post Tummy Tuck!

Well today I have been a little more sore but still sticking to the same amount of pain meds because I am determined to get off these things so I can drive again!! I actually straightened my hair and put a little makeup on today too!  I was supposed to call the Dr. this am because my drain hasn't been draining much and make an appt. to get the drain removed. once i called the Dr. i had an appt set for 1pm. As I was up getting ready I see that my drain won't hold suction anymore so with further inspection i see that it has started bleeding around it and that it had been pulled out a little farther and that the stitches had popped. well that made me call the Dr. again and they told me to head on up there. I have been dreading getting this drain out since before i had the surgery. I think that I dreaded this part more than the surgery itself. Anyway I get to the Dr. and they tell me that I am still extremely swollen (more than normal ppl) and they said that if its fluid it should pour out when they take the drain out...well it was absolutely nothing to freak out about because it was seriously over in 2.5 seconds and it didn't hurt at all! Well once  I had the drain out and stood up absolutely nothing came out so once again they said maybe i just swell more than most people. The Dr. still wants me to come back on Tuesday to make sure it isn't fluid. he said that if there is fluid in there building up he should be able to aspirate it by then. Hopefully i'm not this swollen by then because i am really uncomfortable by they end of the day! Anyway I always tend to feel like crap riding in the car that long and I almost always feel nauseous after the ride home (could be my hubby's driving). I have been drinking carbonated water and coffee the whole time i have been home and i'm thinking maybe that might have something to do with the swelling so as of right now i'm switching to plain water only until Tuesday to see if that helps with the swelling. I pray it does!!! Stay Tuned!!
Current weight 144.4

Still stuck in this recliner....joy!

Day 6 from the front....still swollen!

Side view still swollen :(

day 5 post op

I feel a lot better today mainly because i'm not as sore and swollen....yet. Anyway my bowel problems have resolved and I seriously pooped a small dog this am (TMI???).I seriously lost 3.5 lbs after I got of the toilet!! Anyway I decided i needed to attempt a real shower again today and it went AWESOME i did everything myself except made my hubby hold my drain. let me give you a piece of advice.....don't attempt to get in the shower until at least day 5 even if the Dr. says you can 24 hours after surgery! Sponge bathe the first few days if you need to!! I am going back to my 5mg pain pill every 5 hours today because i just don't think i''m ready to completely give it up just yet! I did take some pics of my stomach today its still quite a bit swollen and so are my thighs but its better than it has been being! My drain still isn't draining much so i will probably be visiting the dr. tomorrow to get that removed which i dread!!! I will let ya'll know how that goes tomorrow! As for the rest of the day i'm going to keep my sodium intake to a minimum to help with the swelling and i'm going to veg. all day watching tv!!

Current weight: 147.4

Don't worry these are bathing suit bottoms!

Still swollen but i'm still excited with teh results so far! and my bathing suit hides the scar perfectly!

1st post op appt. and day 4 post op

Well today started off good i got up and took a sponge bath and finally got to shave my legs! well I am extremely swollen again today and its my biggest pain right now its more uncomfortable than painful. I swear i look 5 months preggo right now! Well i tried cutting my pain meds down to a 5mg pill every 4 hours which worked until i had to ride in a car for 45 minutes to my 1st post op appt. By the time i got there i was pretty miserable and it was almost time to take my next dose of pain med anyway so Chris gave me 12.5mg which was a big jump from what i was used to taking lol...lets just say i was feeling GOOD! anyway the Dr. said that i was more bloated than normal and that he thought my drain was clogged so they tried stripping it and then shot saline up the tube to see if there were any clots clogging it and when that didn't work much he decided it was time to "drain me". that was not what i wanted to hear because i know what "drain me" meant....Needle and syringe in the stomach! anyway i braced myself and to my surprise it wasn't bad because i'm still numb  in the spot he stabbed the needle in! The bad news is that he couldn't get any fluid out and he said that the bloating was probably because i haven't pooped in 5 days....so laxatives, MOM, and coffee is what he prescribed me....They left the drain in for now in case it decides to start draining some more....I need some poopy prayers!!! Sorry for all the poop talk and if you don't want the ALL details of my life don't read my blog lol. I will keep ya'll updated of anything else that goes on lol

Update: i forgot to mention that the ride home from the Dr. was the first time i felt nauseous since i have had the surgery but i think it was from the big jump in pain meds and then the 24oz coffee on the way home lol

Extremely bloated belly today...still have the lines where the Dr. marked my belly

Day 3 Post Tummy Tuck

Well Today has gone pretty well today I have cut my pain medication in 1/2 and I had my mommy wash my hair! after pulling the pain pump out I thought i would need the extra pain pills but it turned out I'm not as sore with out it in! I am doing better on my urinary issues. when i first got out of surgery and the day after i was having trouble knowing when i needed to pee and if i was actually done peeing and it was hard to get it started lol (TMI?) anyway that is better now which I'm glad of! Some of my stomach is still numb but i think the feeling is coming back because every so often it tingles in certain spots (nerves growing back???). I have trained myself to get up and move without using my ab muscles which took a while because you actually don't realize what all you use your abs for! once i got that down pat I am having no problem getting up and down which is a relief. Its still hard for me to get out of my recliner if the feet are up because i can't get the feet to go down by myself but that's where the hubby comes in! I have been on my feet walking a lot more today than i usually do and evidently that caused me to swell more today. it seems like the later into the day the more hunched over i walk...i can get up in the am and stand almost all the way straight which i didn't think i was going to be doing at this point post tummy tuck!  I changed the bandages again today which really didnt need to be changed because they weren't draining but i felt like they needed it and dang it i bought the dressings so I'm gonna use them lol. thanks to all the support and help everyone has given us and i will keep y'all updated! I apologize in advance for the pics at the bottom because my girdle does have some blood on it and if you don't wanna see then i don't advise you look. i'm waiting for the Dr. to tell me how long i can keep it off for so i know if i have time to wash it because i don't wanna mess any of the results up! once again DON'T SCROLL DOWN IF YOU DONT WANNA SEE BLOOD!

Front view of my stomach that is really swollen (sorry about the blood guys)

side view (right) and sorry about the blood again!

Night 2 post op and morning 3 of post op

Well last night was going good because I downed my dose of pain meds and didn't hurt too much. I got some good sleep even tho the kids were here and were fighting and what not. I could tell Chris was getting aggravated with them because there was one time he said "I'm gonna Fing loose it in a minute!!" and Chris isn't the one to cuss lol. I felt bad because i couldn't do anything but tell them to stop and that doesn't really work if i cant get to their level but anyway once they went to bed he calmed down....Thank God! Well everything was going good until I got up at like 430am to use the bathroom and i noticed that my drain had started draining dark red blood and it filled up the entire tube and just kept going. My initial thought was that I was going to bleed out and die but I asked God to watch over me and help Chris to be calm about the whole thing because he tends to freak out about stuff like that. Well after I used the bathroom i stood there for a while and just waited to see if it would stop but it didn't so I walked out and told Chris to turn on the light because I had to see how bad i was bleeding...i have never seen him jump off a couch that fast after being asleep lol anyway my drain had been draining light red and only been about 7.5ml every 4 hours and now it was dark red and 40ml in 45 mins....BIG change! Talked to the dr and he said that was normal and that it was old blood so i went back to sleep and it seemed to resolve itself while i was asleep. This am i am feeling pretty good and I'm getting around pretty good. My pain pump finally became empty so I had the joy of pulling that out this am which didn't hurt too bad but it just felt funny and made me feel light headed. It felt like i was pulling it across the inside of my stomach if that makes senses. I'm not in much pain from not having the pump in but i'm sure that will get worse through out the day. I was going to down my dose again today of pain meds but i think i'll stick with the same amount until i see how i'm gonna do without the pain pump.

This is my pain pump friend that helped me out the first 3 days

Day 2 post tummy tuck

Well today hasn't been as painful which is good but i decided to try and lower my dosage of pain meds today. That has been going good so far which is a relief. I did try and get a shower which didn't go as good as i had planned. I got sat down and started taking the binder off which was ok at first until all the pressure was off then it made me feel pretty whoozie. After that feeling passed I stood up and got in the shower holding my drain and pain pump in one hand while Chris washed me off...i didn't go anywhere near the incision on the front because that is a "danger zone" right now lol. The only thing that was really uncomfortable was my back was hurting so bad while Chris was washing all my dirty parts. after a quick washing i was beyond ready to get out....3 words  of advice BRING A CHAIR because if i couldn't have sat down after that i think i would have hit the floor! when i did get out and sat down i was shivering soo bad and i'm not sure if it was from my back hurting so bad or if i was really cold either way i was ready to be done with the whole thing. Putting the binder back on was so nice because it gave me that feeling of security again. I finally am back in my recliner waiting on time for my hubby to bring me a pain pill so i can drift off into a great sleep! I did happen to snap a picture of my extremely swollen belly with out the girdle! FYI my pain pump is still bleeding but i just put a dressing over it every so often and just deal with it because the doctor said to apply pressure and it would stop but that didn't work so i'm just going to let it do its thing.

Day 1 post op

Well today has been and okay day. I am still taking pain meds every 4 hours just to stay on top of the pain. My sweet hubby informed me that if I keep taking 2 pain pills every 4 hours I am going to run out before Monday. Well with that in mind I decided to try only taking 1 at a time.....FAIL!!! I wasn't a happy camper at all....I will still take 2 for the rest of the night and try again tomorrow to cut it down. I also changed my dressings on my incision today...that wasn't the most fun thing in the world but it wasn't awful either. My incision is very low which makes me really happy but I do have a vertical scar where they had the old belly button that he couldn't pull down any farther because my skin wouldn't stretch that much. I knew this was a possibility before having the surgery so its no big deal because after it heals it's probably going to blend in with my remaining stretch marks any way.  I was surprised that i still had so many stretch marks left but overall i am pleased with what i saw when changing the dressing today. I have been eating all normal food today without any problems and i haven't even had to take my nausea meds at all which is great! I want to get a shower tonight but Chris doesn't think its a good idea to do it so early but the Dr. said after 24 hours i could shower. I guess I will take a sponge bath and call it a night. I am really ready to take these Ted hose off because they are aggravating as all get out! some more good news is that my drain isn't draining as much so i might be able to get that out sooner than he had said (which was 1 week) but i have heard horror stories on how bad it is to get the drain removed. I know i shouldn't go looking at that kind of stuff but I wanted to be prepared for what i was getting into. hopefully i will have some better pics tomorrow when i get a shower of how my stomach looks but for now this is the only one i have.
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I did have one little set back today which is that my pain pump started bleeding where it was inserted into my skin...not sure what caused it but it made a mess and i think it is still bleeding but I have faith in God that he will make sure everything is fine and healing great....Praying that i get some better sleep tonight and actually sleep more than 2 hours at a time! Praying for a better day tomorrow too1

1st night home.....

Last night was a pretty good night! I finally got to eat some rice cakes around 9pm which didn't make me sick at all so today I'm going to try some waffles for breakfast to see how that goes. I have been dozing in and out because of the pain meds. Sleeping in the recliner isn't the most comfortable but it works...Pain pump is still in and working well...boy am I going to miss that thing when its gone! The only thing that really hurts is when i have to get up or down but even that isn't as bad as i thought it was going to be. I know i may be fine now but after the pain pump is worn off it might be a totally different story lol. It takes me about 15 minutes to get up and use the bathroom but my husband is great at helping me and we have got us a little routein down and it works pretty well...my only complaint is that since i am drinking soo much water i am having to  get up every 2-4 hours to pee. Walking is a litttle painful but at least i'm up moving around and not getting stiff in the chair. Chris set his alarm and gave me all my meds through out the night like my own private nurse which was great!! One thing i learned about getting up is not to have someone try to lift you up but for you to use them as a lift...in other words use your arm muscles instead of your stomach muscles because whenever you strain your stomach muscles you will scream!! Hopefully i will have as good a day as I had a night! thanks again for all the support!

Enjoying my rice cake while walking around the house lol

My View for the next few days....i can do this!