Well I had my abdominoplasty yesterday. I was so nervous waiting to go into the or. Andy stayed with me while I waited and we watched Star Trek on the iPad. Yes we are Trekkies Andy more so that I but we are and proud of it lol. The doc came in and drew his plans on my belly. They prepped me with a Iv and I was ready to go on back. They took me in to the or gave me same gas and next thing I knew I was waking up and in pain! Ouch! So They loaded me up with some more drugs! They tricked me because when I got up to go to the bathroom I didn't get to go back to my comfy bed but I had to sit in a chair. I remembering asking if I could see what they took off lol of course she said no. We hung out there in recovery for a few more hours and waited to be cleared to go home. They gave
the option of spending the night but I just wanted to go home. I feel like I have spent enough time in the hospital as it is and could just picture them coming in and saying they found something and I need to stay for more tests. Probably not the most logical way of thinking but ehh. I don't remember much
from last night, mom came to pick Andy and I up from the hospital, he's still not cleared to drive because of his seizures. The drive was not to bad, the hospital is right own the road and the worst Bart was all the little bump sing the road. We made it home, now for the next challenge... Stairs! I'm all hunched over because my skin is so tight so I'm walking up the stairs like an old lady very slowly. Most people will recommend to you to get a recliner or prob up a bunch of pillows to keep you bent after this surgery but lucky me... Mom has brought her adjustable tempurtic bed with her to stay with us, so I get to spend my recovery in that! It was hard at first sitting almost straight up and trying to fall asleep but I so tired It didn't even bother me. The most difficult part so far is trying to get up to go to the bathroom. Movement hurts BAD! As long as some one helps me get up its doable. In comparison to the c section: i feel that I have more control over my muscles, with the c section I just felt sloshy. The pain of the incision is about the same. I have severe abdominal muscle pain, from sewing them back together, I did not have any pain like this with the c section. Overall it is just very painful, I hear the first week is the worst so a few more days and I'll be over the hump. Possibly tmi but I recommend starting stool softeners before surgery to keep everything flowing correctly. The pain
meds constipate you and I could not imagine how painful it would be to strain with my muscles hurting this bad.
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