13-16 Days Post-Op

Hi!

Today is 16 days post-op, so I'll update the last four days or so.

Each day the skin sensitivity has become a little less irritating, but I've spent the majority of the last few days in a sports bra and low rise yoga pants because it DOES irritate my skin when even the softest material rubs against it.

I'm now down to less than 3 pain pills a day, and even then, I only need them if I needed to wear a shirt for a while to run an errand or something. When I get home from the store I just take off the shirt and take a pain pill and it is manageable.

I stopped needing valium the day after the drains were removed. I haven't taken that for three days, I think?

I have no more abdominal muscular pain. I feel it faster if I use my abdomen to lift my baby (she is 16 pounds) but it isn't painful, it's just what I consider a warning from my body to take it easy.

Here are my 16 day post-op pictures. I have a lot of swelling from my ribcage to my belly button, making my torso wider and causing it to protrude a bit at the bottom, but the swelling is going down.

I've lost 21.4 lbs since the surgery. They removed 11.5 pounds of skin and the rest is just weight I've lost during recovery. The tightness of my stomach makes it difficult to eat large amounts of food.