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How is the pain?

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No pain. I took pain medicine for the first 24 hours but that was more preemptively. The worst part was the itching. I had some reaction to the plastic strips on my incision. Once my doctor removed those, it was a lot better.

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My ass seems to have come out better than I thought. I'm not used to having a normal ass. To me it was just one cheek with a crack in it. Not used to have two separate cheeks. I don't know why this is an adjustment for me.

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Just now seeing your post. Congratulations on the weight loss. Hope your surgery and healing are going excellent. Please post after pics following recovery! [emoji4]


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Or if you want, feel free to post current pics! :)

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I'l post some pics when I get these drains out. It's hard to take good pics wearing a binder and having these drains hanging out.

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The numbness around my waist is weird and will take some time to get used to. When I remove the binder, it almost feels as if I'm still wearing it. Still not sure I will have these drains out by Tuesday. There really hasn't been any pain but some soreness in the tail bone area when I sit.

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Got two drains out but still have one left. This last one seems stubborn.

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Hope your recovery continues well and you're thrilled with your results. I know it was the best decision for me


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On 9/7/2017 at 0:27 PM, sgc said:

Surgery is tomorrow. I leave with some before photos. Not having the chest done yet. Doing a Tummy Tuck and lower body lift.

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Two weeks now and I finally got some after pics. Stomach is obviously still swollen and I still have one drain in.

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Wow looks great already! The side view especially, huge difference.

Thank you for sharing. Are you pleased so far?

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I am pleased. My stomach is still pretty flat despite the swelling. Backside is also better than I thought. Finally have a normal waistline.

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So glad things have gone so well for you :-)

When the swelling is all gone - You will look great!!

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Nearly three weeks and this last drain doesn't seem close to coming out yet. My stomach is still pretty swollen. With all this Fluid from this last remaining drain, I hope I don't develop a seroma in my stomach.

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It's weird to me when people in USA etc have drains in for so long - I never had any of my drains in for more than 3 days when I was going through my operations. And I had no problems from that - I guess different countries do things in vastly different ways.

Glad you are doing so well :-)

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Doctor said it cannot be removed until the output reaches a certain level and it just isn't close to reaching it yet.

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