I took my pain meds on schedule and napped on and off. It was so good to be home- but it was also nice to spend the night in the Hospital- I NEEDED my pain pump. And it was my HEAD that was hurting the most!
My eyes are all swollen and a lovely shade of purple. My Dr. did a brow-lift... there are small incisions about in inch into my hairline... the Dr. loosened all the muscles in my forehead and between my eyes... that is where I had the most wrinkles... I am only 32 but had very prominent wrinkles that mad me look old, tired and mean... I hated them!!! Then the Dr. screwed in 3 hook things into my skull and then pulled up my skin and hung it on the hook. These hooks will eventually dissolve - leaving my skin in it's higher , re-attached position. So my hair is full of dried blood and wrapped up in gauze. I don't think I will be able to wash it for at least another week.
My belly looks fabulous... I only saw it briefly when the Dr. changed my bandages, but already i love it. He put the incision as low as he could... but it was still a bit above my pubic line because I did not have a TON of loose skin. I also have a short vertical incision underneath my belly button. I would rather have this short vertical incision instead of a higher horizontal incision. So to get the horizontal one as low as he could, he had to do a short vertical one... and I am happy with that!
While in the hospital I was on a fentaly pump... which was awesome... I slept so great! Then the next mourning they took me off the pump and I got started on Vicoden. I take 1-2 pills every 4-6 hours. It does a good job at keeping my pain under control. Getting up from my recliner is still painful... as is sitting back down into the recliner... I didn't realized how much I used my ab muscles to sit down! And of course I am walking bent over... and my back hurts from constantly bending over.
