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so, I had my  tummy tuck revision yesterday morning, and by the evening I was back at the hotel.

I had trouble sleeping last night but other than that I am not in any pain at all!!! that's because I didn't have any lipo this time. Isn' it weird that I had my stomach cut open and I don't even feel much pain.

I saw it this morning when I showered and so far I am very pleased!

I woke up 2x during surgery! that was so weird, I said Doctor- and was out again- because of the spinal block I couldn't feel anything when I woke.

I'll try to take a picture tomorrow morning :)

Well, I came home from my plastics about down 4 pounds, and guess what, I've gained those 4 pound back!!! :(

I'm going to have a revision to fix my pooch, but I have a goal with myself that I can't do it until I get those back off!!

So, Dr. S replied to my email earlier today, he said that he could make a revision to make it more adeaquate.

I was actually surprised by his answer. I thought he would say, did you gain weight? or check back with me when your six months out....

I'm feeling uplifted that there is this option for me to get the results I was hoping for in the first place!

I've asked him how long I would need to stay, hopefully much shorter because first time I had several procedures. hopefully I can find a good deal on a flight, last time it was quite spendy!

Talked to my hubby today, I thought he would flip at the idea of me getting a revision. but he said that he wants me to be happy, and he knows I'm not. He just wishes for me not to be gone while the kids are in school because life gets so chaotic with running kids here there and everywhere!

I so much just want to be a place where I'm happy with my body, but I'm just not.  OMG, I don't even want to know what my mother and sisters would say about me if they find out that I'm going to go back to get more surgery, LOL

Well my "hole"  is just about closed up, almost, still hurts when I wear my jeans and anything presses on it.

Love my breasts the most of all. My arm scars are ugly, but those need to fade in time, It's my tummy that has me sad. I just looked at my progression pictures, when I got home from surgery my tummy was gorgeous and flat, then at 7 weeks it was pooching out, and the picture I took this morning, at a little over 3 months is really pooched out.

I did a lot of research before my surgery and I didn't expect my tummy to turn out looking how it did. I was my dream come true to be able to pull the money together to have the tummy tuck after losing 100 pounds and having given birth 4 times.  I know I shouldn't look like a barbie, but really, really didn't know it would pooch over the incision line the way it does.

I don't know what to do.

So after I went back to work I had my incision on my tummy open up on both sides of my hips.  The one one the right is pretty close to being closed back up but on the left hip it's wide open.

I broke down and emailed Dr. S. today. He said that it's not healing properly because it's attached to a Seroma. Go figure in the middle of the night last night I jiggled my pooch in my tummy and I heard fluid, so I wasn't surprised that he said that.

He says I MUST keep it dry even if means changing the dressing very frequently.

Well, my husband was really starting to get worried and wanted me to go to the Dr. and get it stiched back up. So I called my dr. this morning and they woudlnt even see me, said they don't do stiches and that I need to go to the ER. That's why I was putting off making the call in the first place because I had a feeling I would be treated like that.

Well, at least we know now why it's healing so slowly.

I'm really bummed though because I miss taking my baths!

I have 2 holes, one on my right hip and one on my left, and swelling from hell occasionally, but Iv'e been seroma free!

I'm tired, achy, swollen, and cranky.

I have had issues with my eating all weekend, and I either ate too much of my frozen entree lunch,  or something because I went running to the bathroom to throw up.  I'm swollen and achy. I think I had no idea how bad the swelling would be. I am really uncomfortable when I'm sitting at my desk at work.  Right now my garment is so tight am thinking about going to the bathroom to unzip the sides.

 I'm tired all the time .

My sister still hasn't even said anything to me about my surgery. It hurts my feelings. The other day she dropped her son off to visit and didn't even park. 

I need to go back to the gym this week but I'm worried about hurting myself, my incision on my tummy isn't closed up all the way.

So I can't stop putting food in my mouth this weekend.

I'm already depressed that my pre plastics pants don't fit and know I am sabotaging myself by eating and eating and eating.  I had  no idea a goal after plastics would be to fit back in to clothes that fit me before. It's so weird because my tummy looks so good and my shirts are fitting great, or even too big.

Need to get back to the gymn this week,count my protein intake, and curb the snacking in junk food.

I went back to work yesterday and haven't had to do anything but office work so far.  Luckily my co-workers had completed all my home visits fo me so less running around.

I think it did affect me a little though. I had a ton of swelling last night. I took a look at my back and it was so swollen it was like pre-lipo, and I had a lot of lipo taken, LOL!

This morning when I took my garment off to get in the shower there was a little hole in my tt incision where fluid started leaking out like crazy. It leaked the whole time I was in the shower and then I filled up 2 whole wash cloths with the fluid while I sat on my bed and did my makeup.

I wasnt really concerned about it because it was just the redish clear fluid, no odor, but it was weird. There was so much of it!

I put some guaze over it and a clean garment and that must have done the trick because I haven't leaked on myself all day at work. I think that the swelling caused the incision to open up a little. Well that's my theory.

Still no seroma's to report!!!

Nothing else interesting to report today.