Hi Everyone, just got home from my full tummy tuck. Glad to have been given Valium to help control the muscle spasm in the top half.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

Hey congrats Farmgirl. I'm four weeks post op and to be honest I still have to take pain meds some nights.

Please rest and don't try to do too much (do as I say not as I did, lol).

Take care & keep us posted on your recovery.

so jealous here. i can't wait for my weight to come off so i can do what you have done. i have fantasied over having my upper arms done. i don't care about the scar i just want to be able to wear a tank top outside of my house once more before i die. my dream. good luck on recovery and hope all goes well

Terry you will be there soon. Keep working it!

AJ, when I took my first shower yesterday I wasn't surprised at what the bottom half of my abdomen looked like, rather I was really surprised about the top half! That seems to be where the swelling is, at least I hope that is swelling. It is also where most of my pain is coming from. Did you experience this? I'm not worried about it , just surprised. I don't see my doc till next Wednesday since we are burying my mom today. I truly had an angle watching over my surgery! Today will be a very long day, with an hour drive each way to the cemetery, and a family dinner following. At only 3 days post surgery I've noticed that one drain produces a fraction of the other. I strip it every time I empty it in case there is a clot, but nothing changes. I'm just hoping he doesn't remove it next week only to have an issue like you had. Are you driving now? Sorry if I'm rambling but these drugs really make me loopy!

My drains where never even, so that was the same. My whole abdomen hurt, top & bottom. lol Yes, I'm driving now, once I was off the pain meds I could drive.Some days are better than others. Don't be surprised if you are not flat on your back tomorrow and hurting. Sit with your feet up as much as you can.

Take care, I'll be thinking of you all day.

Made it through the day. I'm so sorry to say that partway through the family dinner I had to leave and go lie down in one of the hotel rooms so I missed a huge part of the family healing time, but it was that or face planting in the plate. My daughter said I turned white as a sheet! It least I was there! Now to readjust and get back to couch sitting! I have 5 movies waiting at redbox for my son to pick up for me

So glad you made it through the day. Now rest rest rest.