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3 Days Post Op Brachioplasty

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betheboo    40

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So here is some pics of my arms. I'm 3 days post op... I'm really bruised and really swollen. I'm hoping they shrink down quite a bit in the upcoming weeks...

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SVM10    6

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They look great already. How was your experience? The pain?

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Vanilla sky    28

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Does your doctor have you wearing a compression garment? Mine said to wear one for 2 weeks to help with the swelling and for me it has. You look great btw and don't be shocked if the bruising goes down to your forearms.

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Vanilla sky    28

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How do you post pictures? I would like to show mine

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betheboo    40

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vanilla Sky there is an attachment tab below the text box when you start a new topic... Idk how to add pics to reply's. But I'd love to see yours!

Thanks for the posititve comments. I am wearing a compression garmet for the next month. I took it off to wash it tonight, day 5 post op, and went to the movies and out to dinner so it was off for about 4 and a 1/2 hrs. By the time I got home I was hurting pretty bad and it felt good to put it back on. I started putting lotion on my arms today and I boosted my Vit C and Vit E intake to hopefully help with healing.

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betheboo    40

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Oh and it hurts pretty dang bad! No lies.... but it'll be worth it in the end :) I'm already so much happier with how they look. I can't wait to see them when the swelling is gone and the incisions are healed!

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123crod    170

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Och! That looks like pain!! But I bet you will be very happy.

Cheri

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SVM10    6

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Okay ladies, I have my date for brachioplasty set for July 2. I will have exactly 2 weeks to recover and start at a new job. It is a desk job. I am really nervous especially because I'm traveling about 4 hours to do it, staying at a hotel that night, then being driven about 1.5-2 hrs to stay with a relative for a week so I can go to my follow up before then traveling 6 hrs. home. Please give me any advice that may help me. Thanks in advance.

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betheboo    40

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Plan on sleeping on a couch with ur arms elevated the first few nights. Also get some surgical dressings 5×9's to put inside of ur compression shirt to catch drainage. If ur surgeon is having u wear compression shirt I suggest u order an extra, they run about 100$, to wear while u wash the other. The one my doctor gave me is beige so I ordered a black & a white one. I'm supposed tov wear it for a least 1month so I wanted options.

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SVM10    6

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Thank you so much, I'm making my list and will start buying my supplies closer to time. I have read a lot about drinking pineapple juice for the bruising too.

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betheboo    40

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Here are some updated pics... this is now 2 weeks post op.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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