A lot has changed in the past week. First, I honestly think all of the coughing I did last week helped with my soreness in my abdominal muscles. After a while the coughs didn't hurt so much and now even though I'm only coughing occasionally my tummy is only a little sore, mostly right in the middle just below my ribs. As I have been working on my posture I can definitely feel that the doctor repaired my diastasis recti (split in my abdominal muscles) because I have a hard ridge going straight down the middle of my stomach I did not have before! That's another thing... I'm finally standing completely upright! Woot-woot!! And without tons of effort too. I do find that as the day goes on I tend to slouch a bit, but that's me getting tired and lazy, as long as I focus on my posture I'm straight as can be. With this lovely posture comes another great thing... My tummy actually is starting to look small! I'm starting to really see where my end point is going to be and I'm absolutely floored by how amazing it is. My waist feels tiny to me, which is funny because of swelling my "natural waist" measurement is still bigger than before surgery (although around the belly button even with swelling I'm smaller), I can't wait for that "final" look!
I've been having strange skin sensitivity this past week. It's never really in the same place for long which makes me think that it's at least in part nerve re-growth. I had about three days where every movement I made irritated my right areola incredibly...that was horrible! Otherwise the irritation has moved to different areas around my tummy incision.
I'm also really loving the silicone scar strips. It says right on the box that results will be seen "as soon as four weeks".... Well it's only been a week and I'm seeing some awesome results! Before my scar was pretty bumpy and now it's almost completely smooth. It's also starting to fade from a deep red to a lighter red. Sorry, I don't have any up close pictures... I'll try to take some soon. I've also completely stopped all medication other than my arnica Montana (for swelling). I've never likes taking medicine anyway.
Most days I seem to have a lot of energy in the morning and as the day goes on I start to get really tired much quicker. But my doctor said to walk and also to start working back into my old routine. So, this week I've been doing my regular daily housecleaning... Nothing heavy, but Friday is my usual vacuuming day, I'm not completely sure I'll be able to do that! It has felt nice to be up more and getting the house back to the way I like it. I also had my husband unfold my elliptical machine. I haven't used the machine in almost two years, the electricity on it only sporadically works so I can't usually change the resistance. But I currently don't want the resistance I just want to go for a walk without going outside (seriously at 6am it's over 90 degrees out, I'm not going out there!!), so no extra resistance is fine. So I went for a nice leisurely thirty minute walk yesterday, it felt really good to move. Now today on the other hand I have been exhausted, I suppose the energy and push I've had the past few days has caught up with me, I can barely keep my eyes open today, I didn't go for a walk, I pretty much sat on my butt all day.
Finally some updated pictures!! Here I am-
So much better, right? And just for comparison here is a side by side of am vs pm (sorry I took the pm myself so it's a bit closer) so you can see the swelling.
I'm looking forward to the rest of my recovery, I really can't wait until I'm able to start going back to a more intense exercise routine!
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