its thursday morning, day #3 post op. I'm going back to see Sascha to have the dressing/tape on my boobs replaced. yesterday went by pretty uneventful... still very little pain in my boobs but my legs/hips have been really really stiff and i ccan feel they are very swollen. It hurts to sit, it hurts to stand. sitting on the toilet is painful. just moving in general is painful, once i get into a position on the couch i'm fine. I managed to get through 7 episodes of season 3 Dawson's Creek.

I was able to have a shower last night, so with mum's help we unzipped and peeled off the compression suit and looked at the mess underneath. my skin on my thighs and hips and ass is a mess of blue and black smears... most of it is just the blue pen Dr Gaffield had used to draw all over my but slowly the bruises are starting to show. Despite the swelling, I can definitely see a change in my shape and its exciting. By no means is my ass gone, but now its just alot more smoother... the curve from my waist to my hips is smoother and and the love handles are gone.
After the shower, mum was helping me dry myself and we removed the gauze from underneath my boobs... there was still tape all over the wounds, but through the tape you can see dried blood and get an idea of the wounds and suddenly I felt like i was going to vomit. I had a lay down on the bed for 10 minutes to stop my stomach from churning. I guess no one likes seeing their own blood and it was just too much.

I slept in a bit more this morning, but my nose was completely blocked and my couch woke me up. My legs have a dull ache all over them, worse than yesterday probably because I didnt take any pain killers last night... they have a tendency to 'bind' you up so I wanted to have a night without them to see how I went.

I miss everyone so much, although having mum around is great. I think its probably for the best that I'm away from Brisbane for these first few weeks because I dont want to put my friends or the boy through all the whinging that I'm bound to do. Mum is happy to wait on me hand and foot which is so nice, though I feel so lazy and she keeps telling me to stop saying sorry everytime i need her to do something for me.

I've been putting off sharing photos just because I know there will always be mean people out there who will have nothing but nasty things to say. It's already started in previous comments. I try to not let it bother me but of course everyone feels the hurtful remarks to some degree.
Be warned, the healing will take months, and this is by no means the final shape. They are still sitting quite high, and full at top- but over time they will settle down.

Before pic
2 day Post-Op