Day 4 I was feeling a bit better, but I still had not gone #2 and people {i.e. Oma} were starting to get worried. So I was a brave girl and tried a suppository for the first time, yikes. Let's just say I'll forever remember my MIL handing them to me asking if I had any KY Jelly around. Then she made me drink a huge cup of HOT prune juice. OMG. Nasty, but it worked. I am already loving the results I'm seeing, my outer thighs have always been a huge insecurity of mine and to see them looking so smooth is almost shocking. I feel like it's too good to be true honestly.
I'm still bent over pretty far, about 90 degrees, and I can only walk around or stand for about 3 minutes before I HAVE to sit down. I'm very happy with my belly button so far also, it's looking very natural and I hope it stays that way once I'm all healed.
The doctor said he removed 6 pounds of skin, he said I had very little fat and he was even surprised at how much extra skin there was all the way around. He did some small lipo on my thighs mostly to loosen the skin and be able to pull it really tight. I have no bruising, and one incision line all the way around.
The kids came home yesterday and let me tell you, I was worn out just trying to 'make' dinner. I had to sit down between each task, I stopped taking my pain meds yesterday so I could poop and I had a small glass of wine, but I was so exhausted it really didn't help. I got lucky and only had to change one poopy diaper {kneeling on the floor} before Oliver got off work. I'm not even joking when I say that he came out and asked 'what's for dinner' omfg. hahahha. I told y'all he has a 2 day caretaker limit, once the kids were back he expects it to be fed to him. Negative. I feed those I birthed, he's out of luck for a while still.
He did drive me to my doctor appointment this morning, someone commented that I should at least take the pain meds before bedtime so I took 2 and woke up feeling really nauseous this morning. The doctor said he wanted to leave all my drains in until Monday because I'm still having a lot of swelling in my thighs and back, they are annoying, but I'd rather not walk around even more puffy just to have them out. He gave me a binder to wear 24/7 for the next 2 weeks, it helps with the back support so much!! The surgery nurse was telling me that my surgery was one of the most gratifying that they've had, my hard work should be shining though once I'm all healed up!! I'm really so excited to see what I can look like without all that dulling my vision. I used Dr. Lemmon at Regional Plastic Surgery Center, this is my 3rd surgery with him and can't recommend him enough, I felt like he was very upfront with what I could expect from my surgery.
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