Mini TT & BBL w/ Dr. Dass 7/27/18

I had my PO Appt today at Dr. Dass' office, and they took out the drain, yay! I think that was the most bothersome part of this whole thing! It is a yucky feeling when it was coming out, not really painful, just yucky. They replaced my TT tape as well. Everything is healing nicely.
I'm still uncomfortable with the size of my hips and butt, but the nurse assured me that it will go down and that I'm still at maximum swelling, so that gave me some comfort.
They gave me my stage 2 garment that I will start next Friday and some scar gel to start on my incisions in about a week as well. Idk what it is about leaving that appt, but I feel so much better! Stopped and had lunch on my way home, we stopped at a place that had a high counter so my husband could sit and I could stand next to him so it wasn't awkward.
Other than that I think I'll just continue to watch as my body morphs into what it will eventually settle in to! I know I still have healing to do and I'm going to continue to rest and take it easy until I return to work around day 17 or 18. I am going to have my husband take some photos for me, the ones I take are no good, I have no idea how these girls get all these amazing angles! I'll try to get some to post :)

It's getting better day by day. I've weened off of pain meds so I do feel a little more sore than I did on Day 2/3, but it's bc I'm not taking anything. If I'm off pain meds and the pain is only like 4-6, then I'm telling you, you will be fine!! I am a HUGE baby when it comes to pain, blood, cuts, etc. I seriously have barely looked at my body undressed bc I don't want to see it so bruised and bloody I will freak out. So if you're thinking that the pain will be too much, i think you'll be fine. AND the most painful part is the mini TT incision, if I didn't have that I'd be super good right now.

Hoping each day gets better from here, I have my post op Appt with Dr. Dass on Friday so hopefully I'll have my drain out then. The perks of a drain is that you don't gush fluid from your incisions, so it's a lot neater and cleaner, but the drawback is that you have a drain sticking out of your body and have to be careful not to pull at it.

I think the hardest part of all this is that the days are sooooo long. I'm limited in what I can do, so I'm bored all day. I usually am a busy body all around town with work and the kids, and now I'm just stuck!

Tbc...

Phew!! That sure was a task! My husband had to help me get in and out of my garments, I don't know how anyone can do this alone!? Shower felt good, didn't get very dizzy and didn't need assistance while showering, just dressing/undressing.

Rubbing the arnica gel on is painful, my body is sore to the touch so that was unpleasant. I took a nap after my shower and now I'm itchy, this will be torture bc I hate being itchy, a mosquito bite is literally the most annoying thing in the world for me.

I'm still taking pain meds around the clock, mainly bc I don't want to feel tons of pain. Depending on how I feel tomorrow I may start to scale back. My mom is on my ass about taking too many pain meds, i love her!

The hardest part has been not being able to pick up my kids, and limiting what I can do with them. I need these next few days to fly by so I can at least be a little more engaged with them.

So far, Day of SX: pain around a 4-6
Day after SX: pain around 5-7
Day 2: pain around 4-6

If it doesn't get any worse I will be a happy camper. I'm sort of worried that I put my garments back on wrong and that is going to mishape me somehow, but I think that's just paranoia.