emily'smommymakeover

Ten days after surgery and things are already returning to normal. I'm almost completely off of all pain medication (just Tylenol now and then). I'm working (from my home office – not going on appointments just yet). I've been out to dinner with my family and I even attended the kids' school carnival last night.

I'm very happy with my progress. I feel great and I really like the way my body is shaping up. Nearly all of the swelling around my tummy tuck is gone and my breasts are starting to look and feel more and more natural every day. I got a lot of compliments from friends at the carnival last night, and David even got a few comments from his friends as well.

It's funny, since I'm writing a blog on this experience I think my situation may be somewhat unique. Everyone knows how open I've been about the journey, so they feel free to talk openly about it. I'm not sure, in fact I don't think, that would be the case with other women. I still think there's a silly "taboo" that comes with this kind of surgery, especially a breast augmentation. But since there's not a thing I can do about what other people think, I'm just going to focus on what this journey has done for me.

What is that exactly? It's still a little early to tell, but I can say this. I feel great about my body and my appearance. I feel beautiful and sexy and even a little powerful. David keeps telling me how beautiful I am, but he's always done that. Difference is, I'm starting to believe him. I don't feel like he's just saying it because he's supposed to. He's really attracted to me right now, but that's not new. He liked my old body too. But now it feels that

everything is heightened a bit. I teased him that now he knows how Edward feels about Bella. (Twilight reference) I'll stop there. I promised to keep the blog PG-13.

I saw Dr. Hynes again today. I've actually lost count, but I think this is the fifth visit since the operation. He really makes you come back a lot to make sure everything is going well. There wasn't much to do today since all my pumps and tubes and bulbs have been removed. So he looked me over, told me to wear the compression garment about another week and a half, said I still can't exercise for about three more weeks and then he showed me how to massage my breasts so that they will continue to take the proper shape and get softer. (Hey, was that PG-13? Just kidding.) He also gave me some scar guard to start applying to my incisions.

He gave me his blessing and we scheduled another post op appointment in two weeks. I think that will seem like a long time.

Comment by Dawn:
Loved seeing you today! You were glowing!!!