24 hours post mastoplexy and abdominoplasty
I'm struggling hard. Pain management is serious business. I just think I overdid it a bit today, since I had to actually leave the house and go visit my PCP for a letter to be written.
I feel like the binder sits too high on my chest and compresses my ribs a bit. My surgeon has me in a girdle with a 4 inch towel under it and then the binder on top of it. I'm supposed to sit in the recliner, but even that is horrible on my tummy muscles. I saw his lines and he cut away all the way from above my belly button down to the middle of my pubis. So I'm very, very tight and can't even consider standing even halfway strait. I have a cane that I'm using when I walk around.
My drains sting like a mofo, and for some reason my shoulders ache like I'm filled with gas, just like after my RNY.
Okay, enough whining, it will all be worth it in the end, but damn, day one sucks!
Age: 44 | Height: 5' 3" | Starting January 2015: 291 | RNY 8/4/15 with Dr. Arthur Carlin| Goal: 150
Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. ~Proverbs 19:20
Would icing help?
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
Hang in there!! It took me 3 weeks to begin to feel better. I had my lbl/bl done during my summer break so I had 7 weeks to recover. I know some people bounce back quickly, but I needed all 7 of those weeks.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
Day 6 is done and I'm feeling so much better. Pain is minimal, my follow up today with my surgeon went wonderfully, and I got my work release letter so I can go back on the 5th. I see my surgeon again on the 6th.
I've decided not share my before and after pics here on OH, but will happily share therm on Facebook. I'm amazed at the difference.
Send me a pm there and I'll share them.
Age: 44 | Height: 5' 3" | Starting January 2015: 291 | RNY 8/4/15 with Dr. Arthur Carlin| Goal: 150
Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. ~Proverbs 19:20
