My Plastic Surgery Thread

[sillykitty 10,705]

Back from the surgeon's. Said everything looked great, and healing according to schedule. Removed the 3 middle of my 5 drains. Felt a little weird, but no pain associated with the removal. The last two on my hips will come out Monday, before I fly home. Said not to worry about my breasts, just be patient and not to wear a bra, to encourage them to drop. And I do not have to do the injectable blood thinner after all. Huge relief, I was not looking forward to that!

[FluffyChix 17,409]

Yay hooorraaaayyyyyy!!! What a great report and so glad you ditched the 3 drains!!!!! You are healing like a rockstar!!! Are you getting excited to go home? Will Mom come stay with you over Christmas?

[sillykitty 10,705]

I'm actually staying at my mom's over Xmas. We get home late on the 23rd. We're doing some gift wrapping on the 24th, then off to family dinner on the 25th. I figure on the 26th I'll be all healed up enough to drive and head home.

[Healthy_life2 8,319]

Plastics is a great Christmas gift

Thanks for the update and happy that you are recovering well. I can’t wait to see your results.

[FluffyChix 17,409]

Where does Mom live? How long of a drive?

[sillykitty 10,705]

Not far ... 15 miles, but cause it's LA, 45 minutes 🤣

[GreenTealael 24,858]

2 hours ago, sillykitty said:

Back from the surgeon's. Said everything looked great, and healing according to schedule. Removed the 3 middle of my 5 drains. Felt a little weird, but no pain associated with the removal. The last two on my hips will come out Monday, before I fly home. Said not to worry about my breasts, just be patient and not to wear a bra, to encourage them to drop. And I do not have to do the injectable blood thinner after all. Huge relief, I was not looking forward to that!

YAY!

[FluffyChix 17,409]

BTW! You look FABULOUS!!!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

[Deedee12 1,859]

Omg!!! I can't wait to see!! Congratulations@Sillykitty! I'm living vicariously through your journey and it feels good!![emoji1][emoji1]

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[mousecat88 2,279]

Mind sharing photos with me? I am curious about the legs - having that done next year!

[sillykitty 10,705]

3 hours ago, mousecat88 said:

Mind sharing photos with me? I am curious about the legs - having that done next year!

Done

My thighs were smoothed out w the LBL alone. My surgeon was the only one I saw that could get those results without a thigh lift. I had low expectations that my inner thigh sag would be resolved. But I think it's going to turn out really well. 😁

Edited December 19, 2019 by sillykitty

[DaisyChainOz 343]

I wanna see photos too!

So glad you are feeling a bit brighter now, and you are recovering really well, it is very good to see! Keep on the up and up!!

[Deedee12 1,859]

Me too!! Would love to see pictures! I was trying my darndest not to be too forward but my curiosity is KILLING me!! [emoji176][emoji176]

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[sillykitty 10,705]

Third day in a row of feeling really good. Took my longest walk yet, all the way down to the hotel lobby 😳😂. I'm also standing up completely straight now. Definitely still feel odd. From my butt to my rib cage is still mostly numb, and my stomach is still clenched like I should have the world best 6 pk (spoiler, I don't 🤣)

It's been quite the roller coaster ride. I think I could have avoided some of the blahs, if I had stayed on the pain meds a few days longer. The sharp pains were gone, so I thought I was out of the woods. In hindsight, the achey pains were debilitating in a different way, and I should have respected the more. It would have been better if I had taken the good drugs, and slept off some of that pain.

[catwoman7 10,862]

1 minute ago, sillykitty said:

Third day in a row of feeling really good. Took my longest walk yet, all the way down to the hotel lobby 😳😂. I'm also standing up completely straight now. Definitely still feel odd. From my butt to my rib cage is still mostly numb, and my stomach is still clenched like I should have the world best 6 pk (spoiler, I don't 🤣)

It's been quite the roller coaster ride. I think I could have avoided some of the blahs, if I had stayed on the pain meds a few days longer. The sharp pains were gone, so I thought I was out of the woods. In hindsight, the achey pains were debilitating in a different way, and I should have respected the more. It would have been better if I had taken the good drugs, and slept off some of that pain.

for me, after that first week, it was really more discomfort than pain. That lasted quite awhile, as I recall. And as I said earlier, some of my sensation finally started coming back - about a year after surgery! So it can take awhile!