New Picts -1 Week -Lower Body Lift

Tha Info'
One Week Out
29yrs old -34 to 35 inch waist pre surgery  - 7 lbs of skin removed.
190lbs from 430 (Stomach Stapling 09.2001/ Revision to Duodenal Switch 07.2008)
Lower Body Lift - One Night Stay Only - Drains are the worst - Took 4 hours of operating time.
Baylor College of Medicine (Residency Program)
Paid: 6,600 including 100.00 pre-op meds (meds on insurance) (1 ear patch, 40 viccodin,  i'll update)

Semi Pleased but one side seems fatter, less contoured than the other, but was walking up stairs the next day..
NOT DONE: Upper Body Lift, Breast removal, Arm Lift and Thigh Lift is all on the next leg for 8500 total..Hope the pict help someone..you'll have helped me.

You look great!  Congratulations.  Donna

Thank You Mrs Donna. I'm glad I didnt leave the country because it was harder than I though. 

I think you look great! You are very swollen, and you are going to have swelling issues for months to come. Chances are the 'fatty side' is pretty much all swelling. Give it time and you'll see. /hugs

Take it easy and get plenty of rest!
Brandi

Thank You Brandi, I can feel the swelling and its really weird and I just want it to go down. But at a week im feeling surprisingly normal. 

The worst part for pretty much all of us is the drains, so annoying!! Make sure to take your stool softeners, don't get plugged up!! Congrats, you look great!!

I hate by far the drains....I dont like blood so packing these things around and they seem to bleed non-stop is bad. can we bathe...because I sure am... 

We had the same thing. I just had mine Friday. Our pictures look the same. When do you get your drains out? It looks good BTW.

I can feel your pain NOW! I think I get them out tomorrow. I'd rather bleed and then change clothes or whatever..I think my pictures look horrible. but I think I may had or have unreasonable expectations. 

I can see one side looks bigger on me as well. I keep the binder on all the time. But I take it off about 3 times a day to let O2 get to it.  Did you get your drains out yet? Howwas it? I might get mine out monday. Did it hurt? Ugh NOT looking forward to that.