Hi guys! I posted last week that I was getting surgery to deal with some loose skin problems... a lower body lift and breast augmentation. Well, it's done and I am through the hardest part of recovery.
To be honest, it hasn't been all that hard. I took prescription pain pills when I needed to and managed the pain, and now that I don't need them I don't take them and I do alright with ibuprofen and tylenol. It's better that way because the prescription pills made me feel "out of it" all the time, tired, and constipated. It's my breasts that hurt most and really it's not bad, unless I move my arms in an awkward way. The only time I really have pain is when I'm trying to fall asleep and I'm a bit uncomfortable or when I wake up first thing in the morning. Other than that, it's just the odd twinge.
I still can't move around as well as usual but I have been out walking and I can bend down and do those kind of everyday movements if I'm careful about it. I'm wearing a girdle type of garment around my middle and when I take it off, it's so strange to me to be without that constriction and also it looks strange to me in the mirror. My silhouette has completely changed since my stomach is now much flatter (no apron of skin hanging down) and my breasts are rather large for what I'm used to.. and the implants haven't settled into place yet so they look a little funny and awkward too. I also have drains coming out of my sutures, like tubes that are draining liquid into a few little containers that look like grenades, which I empty a few times a day and I record how much liquid comes out. When it gets below an acceptable level, my surgeon will remove the drains.
Although I haven't been able to fully enjoy it yet, it's already quite interesting to have a mostly flat stomach for the first time since I was a child. As I posted in the 20somethings forum, I went walking yesterday and felt my pants brushing against my pubic area which is a totally FOREIGN feeling to me. Usually my belly would push my pants out!
It's the little things like that, that I have had the opportunity to notice so far.
Anyway things are going fine and if anyone has any questions let me know.
update about my surgery last week for loose skin
You'll be amazed and delighted with your new shape as the swelling goes down and the implants drop into the right place. The hard part is over and you're on the road to a fantastic recovery!! 
