Well i am now 3 days out of surgery. The surgery took 11 hours i ended up with a catheter, 8 drainage tubes and a whole 24 hours in the high dependency unit.

It was more uncomfortable and sore rather than lots of pain, today i have had my pressure garments changed and my arm drains out tomorrow i should have my abdomen drains out and finish with them yay lol

i am sitting out in a chair today looking at a nice sunny day ty all for your caring words and concerns .. i am not expecting miracles at my age but it certainly is looking good from what iu can see

they took 9lbs of skin away

Congrats Cazzy and wishing you a speedy recovery!

I'm very happy for you Cazzy. Here's to the easiest recovery possible.

Wow! You have had rough couple of days! Im glad to hear you are doing well! Keep getting strong and enjoy that new body!

Good for you Cazzy. So excited for you! Heal quickly and welcome to the new you!

Congratulations on your surgery and the removal of soooo much skin! That's great The road ahead of you is going to be rough.... I'm 3 weeks out from brachioplasty and still struggling due to complications. Take everything one day at a time. The biggest thing I can tell you is get on some major stool softeners or mirilax now! I've had a huge problem with constipation b/c of being on pain medications for so long. I've never had to stay on pain medications longer than 4 days and here I am 3 weeks out still on them

Things are going to be rough... look at the long term results! Keep up the great work!

Yay...road to recovery!! Congrats....my turn in 4 weeks...keep us posted!!

Thanks everyone for the positive thoughts

Going home today so will have spent 5 nights 6 days in hospital. Am swelling up a little at the minuter but got rid of all my drains and am just in compression garments now ... arms look great but hard to see scars at the minute as i have to leave compresssion garment on for another 10 days before i see the surgeon and change it to a clean one they changed the tummy compresssion one from the normal type shorts one to a wrap around girdle type this gives me a little more control over the tightness and its easier to keep clean etc.

have been on anti biotics since day 1 and all scars at present looking ok but will be monitoring closely for any leaks/changes etc

well now we have a mini heat wave so am gonna be too hot lol .. will post another update soon ...

Glad to hear you're doing well

Yep get proactive on the constipation, i am struggling badly (and i do have surgically altered bowels) and i wasnt wven on pain meds past day two!

Glad to hear that you did well, its hard waiting yo get a really good look, isn it?

Congratulations and I'm so glad you're doing well. I can't wait until I'm where you are someday!

I am so very happy for you! I'm one week out and feeling good. Just wanting that last drIn out! GRRRRR!!! I'm amazed at how fast the healing is coming along fro. my tt and br. BUT I have major surgery blues! Can't seem to shake it.

Thanks all for the nice messages

well i had to return to the ward over the weekend as i am so full of fluid at the minute that the surgeon requested me to go there so she could look me over .. all is ok but i need to go back to the girdle compression with legs as my legs are really full of fluid .. apart from that all is ok , suprisingly very little pain with no heavy duty painkillers from around day 3 .. can see anything till after next week and the compression garments come off for the first time lol shape looks good tho .. am eating like a horse so will need to get some fill in a couple of weeks ..

and yes post surgical blues seems obligatory.. i been crying and stressing out lol poor DH he has the patience of a saint

Glad to know I'm not the only one with the post surgery blues. You'd think we would be over the moon with relief at getting rid of all that excess skin!!!Sometimes I think it's hard realizing that we really are going to be "normal"!!! Best of everything to you cazzy! I say a little prayer everynight for myself and you! We're going to do great !!!!!

I hear ya with the whole "eating like a horse" thing! lol After being at super tight restriction fro 4 months I've gone a bit wild also! lol I go on the 5th of June for a fill. I've been trying to focus on protein for the healing process

I have had a bad case of the blues too, I wasnt completely back to a good place yet aftercancer so this did knock me around a bit. All giod now though.