Surgery on Friday

 Now that I have been maintaining for several months I am going to have my Abdominoplasty & Panniculectomy. I am scheduled for surgery on Friday Morning. 

For anyone who has had this procedure I would appreciate your feedback on your recovery process.

Thanks for your continued support.

Nanc

Nancy,I will be thinking of you on Friday!
I'm sure all will go great!
Kathy

Thanks Kathy. Will keep you posted. Dr R did a great job and from what I can see the belly button looks good!

Nancy

I'm glad you are doing so well. You have been in my thoughts. I have a follow up on Thursday, I know we will be talking about plastics. I kind of want to pu**** out until the spring. (we are going to greece in April and I want no worries).
Glad the belly button looks good!!
talk to you soon,
Kathy

Wow Nancy - what an awesome step to be taking on your journey - congratulations and best of luck to you! Please post and let us know how you are doing!!

Is Dr. R. doing the surgery?

Hi Tammy, I m doing well. Everything is going great. I did use Dr R. He was great! Hopefully we will get an opportunity to meet at a support group this winter. Hope your journey is going well.

Nancy

Congrats and good luck.

Thanks Kathy. Appreciate the good wishes!

Nancy

Not sure if you will see this before your surgery, but I wish you all the best. I have had several differrent PS done since WLS. You will do fine, what I found after abdominoplasty and panniculectomy was that after the first 24 hours the pain was bearable and was more of a feeling of extreme tightening. Wear you abdominal binder for as long as surgeon instructs and have items you will need at a level that is easy to reach. The drains are not to bad just keep them pinned to your binder so they don't get pulled. I did find that it took many weeks to get my energy level back up and that is normal. Get your fluids in and keep your protien up for healing. Make yourself get up out of bed every few hours at home and walk around, you will have to walk a little hunched over. I did have healing issues postop that took months to heal, but now after some slight incision revisions it looks as it should and I am extremely happy with my results.

 If you have any questions at all feel free to ask. Also check in at the plastic surgery message board.

Sher

Thanks Sher,

The pain is totally manageable. So far the recovery is much better than I imagined, I have the binder on all the time, am working and have added back in a few protein drinks to help the healing. Appreciate all the advice.

Nancy