Hello all,

I thought I would start this thread today for my PS journey. I am going today (as long as I can get there in time) to the plastic surgeon.

Here is information on my surgeon...

http://surgery.med.umich.edu/plastic/clinical/faculty/wkuzon.shtml

I am going for a consult on a Tummy Tuck and breast reduction today.

Wish me luck all, I am nervous, scared and excited all at the same time!

:car: I will post all about what is going on here!

I hope you are feeling better soon. When I had my PS 4/21 it really took me about 2 weeks to feel back to normal. I am still slow on my feet and like to rest a lot. 4-6 weeks is just about right. post when you are feeling better.

BBK - Hope everything is getting better for you. Sorry to hear about all your troubles. Becky is right though...you have inspired a lot of people, and you yet again are setting another example that surgery needs to be taken seriously! Thanks for sharing so that others may be helped.

Hi all,

thanks for all of your suport. I am back to the surgeon today. I feel horrid, I struggle with every breath. I know I have only had antibiotics a few days now but I feel I shouldn't have to work this hard to breath.

I believe that some of this is my fault. I should have been doing more deep breathing and getting out of that damn bed. Now I am paying for it. I am hoping it goes uphill from here, because it it goes downhill, I gonna just roll.................

Still thinking of you BBK. Let us know what the doc says and I hope you feel better soon. ((HUGS))

Sorry to hear of your complications, BBK. Take care and hope things turn around for you soon.

BBK,

you are in my thoughts. i hope you are feelign better very soon.

Oh, no! Sorry you aren't feeling well -- get better soon! I'm sure you will though, because you are a real trooper. :biggrin:

Hope you get to feeling better soon and sorry you have had so many complications. Thanks for posting the updates though. Take care of yourself!!

{{{hugs to BBK}}} deep breaths now!

thinking of you!

Thanks everyone, day 3 on antibiotics seems to be a bit better. They changed my pain meds and upped them. He thought (and is right) one of the reasons I can't cough this out is the pain. So he put me on Oxycodone. What a whalop!

I got my drains out and got some of the details from surgery.

5 pounds of skin were removed from my tummy. 300 grams from each breast. According to my scale I have lost 6 pounds. That I am not so excited about, but I know it is skin. I really don't want to loose anymore. Crazy from where I once was.

I did go to the store today to get a new sports bra. I don't have to wear ther ugly granny one if I have a good sports bra! SO I found a nice one that provides "Maximum support" lol....but that event wiped me out. I was only out for 2 hours and it feels like years!

BooBoo,

Sorry to hear about the pneumonia, hopefully they have you on the road to recovery now and all will turn out well.

Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers

Hey girlfriend! Sorry you had to go through all that! Geesh! I hope you're feeling better soon. I didnt' quite get how long they kept you in the hospital? I was in from Thursday to Saturday, with iv antibiotics and well all the iv crap they give you. Definitely wasn't dehydrated since I was peeing on the hour, every hour, I'm sure it was all the iv fluids. Pain killers are a MUST! For all of you who are about to proceed into the flatlands, demand good pain meds! I started out with the morphine pump, then they switched me to percocet tablets, which I had to have them cut into 1/4's. When they were sending me home I asked for a liquid so they gave me.. something yellow :smile2: When I got home my older lady friend said you need to take your pain meds every 4 hours bc she read that you heal faster when your body isn't in distress. So I did, I was running out of the liquid around the day that I got the sneezes - OMG! - so although I thought I was ready for tylonel I had him call me in another script, I'm still taking it at bedtime, just so I can sleep better.

I think you'll find yourself feeling better every day now. My big turning point was day 7 - it was like suddenly I felt good. I had the rest of the week and weekend to get back to normal - no more naps. Then I went to work on Monday, yesterday, I was planning to go home in the afternoon but I felt so good that I stayed and worked - trying to catch up on the weeks worth of work left for me. Today I breezed through the 8 hours, and I had a blast today.

Sorry for taking over your thread Boo but today was great. We had our first ladies meeting and golf day so most of the ladies were out for the first time this season, very few have seen me over the winter. I've lost 30 more lbs since last fall so the few who had seen me already had passed it on that I had lost alot of weight - well then I come in with this tummy tuck - which I didnt' and won't tell any of them about, too much gossip - and they were all streaming into my office to check me out and praise the good work! LOL So this one lady, Brenda, comes in and says how great I look and she didnt' realize I had lost so much, and she hadn't seem me all winter.. blah blah blah... so she leaves and another comes to my window and says that Brenda had asked her if I'd had a tummy tuck or what? She said I told her NO she did not, just hard work! Too flipping funny! I knew it would be like this so all I told the boss was that I had to have 'female' surgery.

Boo Boo Kitty,

I hope you get to feeling better. Breathe, Breathe. I have been so encouraged by you.

Hey everyone!

I am beginning to feel human again. I went to work today just to say hello. I miss work. I am going to go nuts. They were happy and mad to see me...lol...

My port area is so huge, I am so worried. I hope the swelling goes down or I am sure I will be having a revision. I am hoping they didn't put it too close to the skin, it sticks out above my ribs now. SUCKS....I am debating on going to see my Lap band surgeon. I wonder what he would say. What do you all think?

I am going to post some before and afters soon. :cry_smile:

BBK, glad you are starting to feel better. Sorry about your port. How far away is your lap band surgeon? If it's not that far, I would probably pop in and just let them look at it. It would at least put your mind at ease.

I can't wait to see pictures......I just know you look phenomenal! Heck, you looked phenomenal before your surgery! Feel better and take it easy!