Update from yesterday's surgery
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on 12/27/11 11:13 pm
on 12/27/11 11:13 pm
Yesterday morning was my LBL revision with Liposuction. Woke up to it snowing so it made for a little more adventurous trip to the hospital for sure! Signed in, had the normal stuff checked - BP, etc. and then my PS came in to mark the areas. Went in to the surgical area and got my IV and a nice warm blanket (the best part).
Then it was off to surgery and it was scheduled for 1 hr. 15 minutes. It ended up lasting 2 hrs. 45 minutes. To get the desired result I ended up having an incision all the way from my one hip bone around the back to the other hip bone. So, the only thing not touched/revised was my tummy area from my original LBL. Came out of surgery in some pain (I have a high threshold of pain tolerance). I knew at that point more had been done than originally expected.
When I was moved to 2nd stage recovery they gave me a pain pill that ended up causing big time dizziness and nausea once I got home.
Once that wore off I was much better the rest of the evening.
My restrictions are no driving, no exercise for four weeks, etc. Post-op appt. this Friday and I'm hoping the driving restriction is lifted since I'm not taking any pain medication. This recovery is so different due to no drains, no daily shots, I can get up and down a lot easier since it didn't involve my stomach muscles. Just basic soreness. I have peeked at my results, don't want to get my hopes up, but my saddle bags are GONE!! But I have to keep in mind that last time they showed back up at the two week mark. Fingers crossed that the combo of lipo and more lifting did the trick!
I am glad at this point that I decided to have the revision!
Gracie150
Then it was off to surgery and it was scheduled for 1 hr. 15 minutes. It ended up lasting 2 hrs. 45 minutes. To get the desired result I ended up having an incision all the way from my one hip bone around the back to the other hip bone. So, the only thing not touched/revised was my tummy area from my original LBL. Came out of surgery in some pain (I have a high threshold of pain tolerance). I knew at that point more had been done than originally expected.
When I was moved to 2nd stage recovery they gave me a pain pill that ended up causing big time dizziness and nausea once I got home.
Once that wore off I was much better the rest of the evening.My restrictions are no driving, no exercise for four weeks, etc. Post-op appt. this Friday and I'm hoping the driving restriction is lifted since I'm not taking any pain medication. This recovery is so different due to no drains, no daily shots, I can get up and down a lot easier since it didn't involve my stomach muscles. Just basic soreness. I have peeked at my results, don't want to get my hopes up, but my saddle bags are GONE!! But I have to keep in mind that last time they showed back up at the two week mark. Fingers crossed that the combo of lipo and more lifting did the trick!
I am glad at this point that I decided to have the revision!
Gracie150
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on 12/28/11 7:48 am
on 12/28/11 7:48 am
It is early evening now and while this morning I felt pretty good, by this afternoon I was feeling more and more sore, more pain, etc. Not able to get comfortable but I figured that today would probably be the roughest day and then it will be getting better. The hospital called this afternoon to check on me which was nice.
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