Friday, June 22, 2007

One day post revision

Once the local anaesthetic wore off last night, my abdomen hurt and it also hurt to turn from side to side in bed. I thought it would not really be uncomfortable as my previous lipo as not much was taken out, however I was wrong. The upside though is that unlike the previous time I was able to take my child to school and though my stomach hurts somewhat I guess its not as bad as the time before. I had forgotten how dreadful the pressure garment was and as it was a little big for me, I am wearing a binder over it around the lipo'd area and when I woke up this morning I had backache. I really dislike wearing it, but maybe this time (seeing its a revision and most probably the last of this area) I will wear it day and night for the full prescribed time. Not looking forward to it though.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Revision done

The circled area is where there was an indentation.

I am now 5 hours post revision. Just before leaving for the procedure I intended to take pre-op pics only to find that my camera battery was flat, so will have to rely on pics my ps had taken at my pre-revision consultation. I will be seeing him on Monday just before he goes on holiday and I hope he will be able to mail my pics to me before he leaves.

My old garment is not very tight on me so I had to change when I got home to one that had been taken in a bit and also put on a binder on top of the lipo'd area.
I was quite nervous as I did not want to be sedated. He gave me a bit of meds to calm me and then proceeded with the lipo. Most of the areas were okay, just a tugging of pulling feeling, however some spots hurt especially when it felt like he was touching a rib. It was uncomfortable in places, but I am happy that I had it under local only. I went in by taxi and intended to take a taxi home, but after the procedure (must have taken about 1 and a half hours) popped across the road to have something to eat with my son (he bunked school to accompany me) and then decided to walk 2 blocks to look for a taxi instead of calling and being made to wait for them to come. When we reached a main road, a minibus (something between a normal bus and a private taxi) stopped so I decided that we might as well use it. It was about a 10 minutes ride and then just had to walk up a hill to my home.

I could definitely not have done that if I had used sedation.

My camera battery was charged when I arrived home, so took some post op pics. It looks quite swollen and large. The circled area was where I had a indentation and my ps took out a little fat above and below the indentation. He lipo'd my tummy a bit as well.


Revision Day

I have two hours to go before I have to be at my doctors rooms for my revision. This time I have asked him to do it under local anaesthetic only. I am a bit nervous, but I usually tolerate pain quite well so just cant wait for it to be over. I have had a bad flu up until about 3 weeks ago. It lingered on for about 6 weeks, so am a bit run down and have been craving chocolates so for the past 2 weeks even though I know I should not I have had chocolate in some form or the other daily. After today I have to control myself as I have not been to gym as well in more than 2 months so need to get my act together. Fortunately I have not put on any weight according to the scale, but just because it does not show does not mean that its not on its way to where I don't need it.

Just before going in will take some pics and post it later and will track my progress again post op.