39 Days into the Butt Lump Crisis.... (Good PIC)
Mmmkay-- day of surgery-- weighed 154 pounds.
Surgeon removed 9.5 pounds in my abdomen alone.
Today, 39 days later? I weigh 155.2 pounds. (I am eating less than I am spending.)
What the hell kinda math is THAT?????? And when the hell are the Franks and the VanDamme's gonna move outta my secret ass annex?
My hump. My hump. My dopey camel hump. "Whatchoo gon' do wif all that ass?"
Oh, and say hi to Shira, Jr.-- my hip sore-- which has happily decided to get much smaller and fill in, thank goodness. And enjoy the new raw stretch marks from the Lou Ferrigno-ization of my skin from all this blasted fluid!
Good news department: I can move. I am just in regular pain, not agony. My arms MIGHT be getting better. And the draining ooze over my hoo ha has crusted over and is staying relatively quiet.
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
Nope, waiting it out, for now. ::::humming, tapping fingers on desk::: Stupid interstitial fluid.
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
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This is the swelling from my recent abdominoplasty, in large part-- was not like this pre-surgery. ;) Sure I had a big butt, but it didn't settle in large hard cones! ;) There's no space in the abdomen anymore, so it had to go somewhere, I guess! It's in my backside and thighs-- 11 pounds worth of water. Yeesh!
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
I can't wear the custom compression garment yet and my surgeon doesn't think compression's necessary or particulary useful for me at this point, unless it makes me feel more comfortable-- and it doesn't. On my abdomen and arms it all tends to crease when I am sitting and cut off my circulation. I do wear a moderate compression long-line brief (goes to bra line) during the day much of the time.
If it's a seroma, it's a seroma that's in both side of my butt, my arms, both hips, both legs and my belly and weighs 11 pounds ;)-- I'm teasing-- but I am swollen all over---- so I feel pretty confident saying it's swelling-- that makes a lot more sense since I have a history of edema after surgeries. I'll keep my doc posted though-- thanks.
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
on 8/2/09 11:43 am - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
Sure hope all the "swell hell" eases up real soon for you...you've had it bad for long enough.
