"Mommy Makeover" Anyone?

[MatildaMai]

One nite! Holy shit! Though if you can take to your bed with percocet, I think you'll be just fine. I got up and showered and felt pretty good the day after surgery, but the day after that was the kicker. Apparently its v common to be on a bit of a high after coming out of it and feel really good and then you kind of fall in a hole the next day.

[maidentomother]

And I am totally doing it to get my flat tummy back and look pretty, lol!

I am a skinny person so with this belly leftover, I look pregnant all the time because I am thin everywhere else. I can't take it anymore.

I am the same. It actually means we are ideal candidates for lipo.

I suffer from chronic pain due to severe spinal problems and have been on high dose opiates for years, so I am very familiar with pain...but your experience still sounds very scary, Matilda. I couldn't live without painkillers (as in, I wouldn't want to, I've tried it and it's miserable) - you are a brave woman to endure unrelieved. I get awful nausea too but not aw badly as you do, apparently. It varies widely depending on the opiate. I can't tolerate oxycodone or synthetics like fentanyl, but I do quite well on hydromorphone. I assume you've tried them all exhaustively, though.

[nuthinbutpink]

How is your stomach doing? Are you back to fully mobile?

[MatildaMai]

OMG - don't ask. Not even close. I'm going backwards. I think I felt better after the surgery than I do now! I've done everything right. Sent the kids off to the grandparents as its school holidays. No lifting, lots of rest and walking as instructed. Kept the support garment on 24/7. The 2nd week I also felt pretty good. But this last week (I am 3wks post-op now)…… I have more swelling and hard lumps forming in a couple of places along where they sewed the internal muscles together. It hurts to walk and move about, more so than before. I called the nurses last Thursday before the holiday wkend and they said its probably small haematoma or scar tissue forming and to rest over the Easter wkend and call again if worried today. So I am sitting here waiting for 9am to call! It feels like my upper stitches have separated. I am really hoping that its just the nerves coming back to life and so I am regaining sensation in these areas as they go numb after the surgery and it takes a while for the nerves to re-route themselves. Will report in after I go to the surgeons office.

[nuthinbutpink]

Oh no! They did tell me that when I start to feel better you have to make sure to take it easy for the full 6 weeks because you can go backwards if you over do it!!

I hope it will be okay.

[MatildaMai]

OK so I have a huge seroma (collection of fluid) in my abdomen. Booked in to get it drained tomorrow under ultrasound. Sounds a bit like OHSS! Fun times….

[nuthinbutpink]

Have you been doing too much since you started feeling better? Why did this happen?

[MatildaMai]

Yes, well apparently my version of taking it easy is not adequate! I have been trying, farmed the kids out to grandparents, no cooking or cleaning. Been wearing the compression garment 24/7 trying not to lift anything. But its impossible to do nothing. Dr says its very common and not to worry and draining it is a simple painless procedure. But it may need to be repeated a couple of times.

My tummy is hard as a rock and very sore & uncomfortable but still flat!! I got a clue there was s'thing going on over the wkend as I am eating very little and put on 1.5kg, so I guessed I might have fluid collecting. It still hurts my tummy muscles if my stomach gets full and presses against them, which is why I eat very little. I literally have a small latte, a handful of fruit, maybe a couple of nuts or crackers in the afternoon, small sips of water throughout the day and a tiny portion of dinner. And I can't eat more without being uncomfortable. I feel like I've had gastric band surgery! Probably not a bad thing given I can't do any exercise.

[SamS_TTCPink]

Sounds painful but glad you now know what it is. Hopefully after they drain it you'll feel a bit better. 💛

[Junie]

How are you doing now?

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