Yesterday was a hard day... I was constipated, and then FINALLY was able to go to the bathroom (with the help of milk of magnesia...gross) but it was STILL soooo painful. Kind of like giving birth. Ok, I know that sounds super gross and way-too-much information, but when your stomach muscles have been sewn together dealing with constipation is extremely painful. So, make sure if you are going to have a tummy tuck that you TAKE your SUPPOSITORIES and have some Milk of Magnesia on hand. Thankfully this morning I was able to go potty with no issues. whew.
Also, my stomach feel pretty good today... no pain really. Right now it's 7:30am and the last Vicodin I took was last night at 9pm. The most pain comes when I stand up and walk around... and NOT from my belly- from my BACK. Oh, MY!!! My back hurts soooo much from being bent over for the past 4 days. But only when I stand up... and then after a few minutes of walking around it loosens up and doesn't hurt as much.
The day I went into surgery I weighed 134.5 pounds. The day AFTER surgery I weighed 140 pounds... all due to swelling and fluid retention. My face was swollen, my belly was swollen and the upper part of my crotch was very swollen and HURT ( I guess that area is called the pubic mound?) Well , the swelling is waayyy down and today I once again weighed in at 134.5 pounds. Yeah! I am trying my absolute hardest to eat clean so I don't gain weight while I am laying around for the next couple weeks.
My face is still swollen from the brow lift... my eye lids a nice shade of purple and I still have a gauze turban on my head- which covers my forehead and top of my head... and my hair is sticking out the back.... it is streaked red in places (yes, that would be dried blood) hopefully tomorrow at my follow-up appointment my Dr. will take this turban off and allow me to wash my hair. I have to be careful still because the type of brow lift I got was a endoscopic brow lift ... and the excess skin was lifted up and placed on these disolveable screws that were screwed into my head... so the skin needs time to reposition into its new spot... if it is disturbed too soon it could come off the screws and fall back down.
My husband was home all day yesterday and will be home all day today to take care of me... yeah! He does such a great job. The older kids (ages 8,6 and 4) are fine taking care of themselves... they can go potty, get there own snacks, etc. by themselves. But the Baby (9months) needs constant attention. I have been able to nurse her still with no problems... someone just lays her gently on a mound of pillow that I put over my belly as I sit in my recliner and she lays there and nurses. I was super worried about her getting up in the middle of the night to nurse because pre-surgery she was waking up 3 times a night... but since I have been sleeping downstairs in the recliner she has been sleeping all night long! So actually this is helping break her habit of getting up... pre-surgery I was sleeping in the next room over and every sound she made I could hear.... she would make one cry and I would go get her... no I cannot hear her little cries so I am sure she has just figured out how to go back to sleep on her own.... yeah! What a blessing to finally have her sleeping through the night!
