Recovery Update

Recovery gets better and better by the day. Went to my daughter's dance performance yesterday. Wow. She looks so grown up. Seems like just yesterday that she was so tiny and just learning how to talk. Why does the time have to go so fast? Makes me want to cry.

Anyway, I was able to part about 1/2 mile away and walk over to Kingsbury Hall, sit through the performance and walk back. Doesn't sound like a lot but if you've been through this type of plastic surgery, it's nothing more than a miracle.

I continue to weigh myself 2-3 times a day and I'm still fluctuating between 212 and 217 lbs. Woo-hoo! I still think I might find myself at 210 lbs one of these days. But you never know. I'm very happy with where I am.

Tomorrow I head back to work. It's going to be a big week trying to catch back up.

The swelling is going down and it's pretty obvious I'm going to need a revision on my stomach (middle abdominal area by the incision line). Irritating but I guess not all that surprising. In the end I'm going to need some minor revisions done on my arm and thigh scars as well to keep them from looking too nasty down the road.

So here's the thing about this type of surgery for those who have it after losing a ton of weight. When there is more skin on one side of the incision than the other (which happens a lot), it is next to impossible for the surgeon to completely match each side of the incision up when sewing the skin together. This is what causes the nasty scars. However, there are things that can be done after healing has occured to make it better. You just have to be willing to get it done. So pick a surgeon (Dr. Scott Haupt) who can do revisions like that in his office.

So glad my inner thigh ugliness is gone and my upper arms are no longer flapping in the wind. Yay!! I'm also happier about my abdominal area though I'm still not completely happy with it and don't want to live with the lower central part of my abdomen for the rest of my life. Not the way it looks right now. One more revision and then I'll be happy.

Happy Mother's Day!