Updates?? How are all you recent post-ops doing???

I'm 4 months out from my BL/BA - is that recent?  LOL

My lollipop scars are doing pretty good, thin and just pink, the ones that run under the breasts are going to heal like my TT - which means the scars will be visible and red forever...  oh well, I can't see them, no one else can either. 

Thanks, Jody!!  I'm having a bl, but Dr. L said I need to wait at least 6 months for my implants.  Boo!!  lol My boobs are in terrible shape so I know I need to wait to get a better look in the end.  But being a b-cup (I've been DDD since i was 13) is going to SUCK!!  I love having boobs!! 

Laura

Laura,
I know you are familiar with all the crap I've been through. I had a breast reduction. Took me from a 38H to around a 38D. I was happy with that. Then I had the double mastectomy with immediate reconstruction (boobs made from tummy fat so I had a tummy tuck too) last October. It took my D's to a 36B or C. Not quite sure yet because I just had the "sculpted" 2 weeks ago. I think it's somewhere in-between. It took awhile to get used to my new small boobies but I am loving life as a small breasted woman now. After years of those things getting in the way of everything I do enjoy looking smaller. Just my 2cents  :)

Thanks, Nora, for your perspective!!  You have definitely been through a lot.  I'm glad you're loving the size you are now.  I am definitely going to give it a while and see how I feel before I make any decisions (and Bill emphatically told me NOT to get implants, even though he is a boob-man...lol)!!

Laura

I had my tummy tuck anchor cut on May 12th. Tomorrow I go to the Dr for my post op. I hope I get my drains out, not sure if he will though. I had 5 lbs of skin removed from my stomach. I am currently down 9 lbs. Everyday is better than the last strength wise. It is still not that good, I get winded pretty quickly. That is hard for an impatient girl like me! Im going back to work next Thursday hopefully my energy will come back somewhat.

Good for you!!  Continue to rest up and take care of yourself.  I want the anchor cut, but my surgeon did not mention it.  Maybe I need to ask him about that.  I want all the excess skin to be GONE (and scars do not bother me)!!

Laura

Hey Laura, I know you are getting so excited!  Trust me tho, the time will fly by!

I'm now at 2 weeks out from LBL w/hernia repair & muscle tightening, butt aug, thigh lift.  I went back to work on Thursday & was DRAINED!  Came home, took a pain pill & went to sleep!  Yesterday wasn't so bad, was a slow day tho @ work, but MUCH better!  The DDS I work for told me to STAY on the ibuprofen every 4 hours so that the pain won't start, then said that will help w/the swelling & soreness also....I REALLY do think it helped tremendously!

My drains came out on day 10, was such a RELIEF!  You will HATE those drains, but make yourself love them!  They are there for a reason!  At first it was hard to tell how I looked, and all who called kept wanting to know how skinny I felt!!!  My thighs were wrapped in ace bandages, I was on morphine, I had a binder on my tummy, then I had the lovely 4 drains protruding from my pubic area!  I couldn't tell anything hardly!  The day after surgery was the worst when you first have to start getting up & walking around.  Mainly because when I'd get up I'd start dry heaving....not great after stomach surgery!  They said it was the morphine as I did the same thing after gastric bypass.

Have to say the thighs are the most sore.  The butt aug has surprised me also, but I now have a butt!  The buttocks are just SO HARD!  I don't know exactly how many sizes I've gone down but it's alot!  I wore some pants yesterday to work that were too small before, they are now to big even w/the stomach binder underneath them.  By the end of the day tho my thighs were swelling & I could tell the leg on the right side of the pants was getting tighter.  The swelling seems go to down as soon as I get home & put my feet up.  I did put a box under my desk to rest my feet on yesterday & that seemed to help.

Long story....I know.  Am feeling TONS better, just on Ibuprofen now, did take a pain pill the last 2 nights before bed tho.  The improvement is just INCREDIBLE!  I was so scared beforehand that I'd go thru all this & not be able to tell a difference.  Boy....is there a difference!  I just wish I'd not waited 8 years to do this!   All the girls at work tell me they are so jealous!  They call me skinny now!  I use to have this big old fold of skin & camel hoof for the mons area that I had to be sure my shirts were long enough to cover this..............NOT NOW!   It is all gone!  WOOT! WOOT! 

All the pain, soreness, time off & mental wondering is WORTH IT!  You'll be so happy!  I just can't wait for the top half to be done now!

Be patient, your time's a comin girl!

Thanks so much, Cyndi, for the update.  I'm so happy for you!!  It sounds like you are doing well and healing nicely.  Back to work in 2 weeks is impressive.  It gives me hope that I'll be able to do stuff with the kids this summer (I'm a teacher and off for the summer). And since you said your thighs are the most sore and I'm not having them done yet, I hope I will be fine in 2 weeks, too.

One quick question, though, are we allowed to have ibuprofin (I also had RNY)???

Laura

Wow Cyndi - you have the right attitude and outlook!  The drains DO suck and that's what wore me down the worst...

Glad you are doing so well and are uber happy with your results!!

Congrats!

Well, I had RNY 8 years ago and never heard anything about NOT taking ibuprofen.  I hadn't even heard of this til I found out about OH about a year ago!  I've always taken it and never had any problems, but I DO NOT know what the medical protocol is.  The plastic surgeon told me ibuprofen is fine.  I think I respond better to it than to Tylenol, just me tho.  I wasn't suppose to take ibuprofen tho 2 weeks before or after my plastic surgery, but can take it now just fine.