This is the right hip and you can see the discoloring or hyperpigmentation. The puckering on the suture line will end up softening as the edges of the incision have.
Front view and everything is healing there is still some puckering of the incision but that will go away over time.
Left hip and you can notice the hyperpigmentation, hopefully it will go away completely
Front view again and you can see some defination of my stomach muscles...;) I'm liking it!
Alright well as far as recovery goes this is where I am at...
I woke up on my stomach this morning at 10:30 am! It is so rare for me to sleep in that late. I have mentioned before I'm a stomach sleeper. I don't believe I deep sleep until I flip to my stomach...evidently last night at some point I did just that. Usually it hurts so much I stop myself....I guess that is progress to not have any remembrance of the flip...I will say what woke me up was a tearing feeling in my left groin...it did rapidly resolve once I got off my belly...Until they run out I'm taking percocet 5 and a xanax (for muscle relaxant purposes) at bedtime, I have two percocet left so we will see how I sleep after that.
I am not in as much general pain. I still have it but not to degree it has been. I can actually stretch my belly a little bit backwards....this week I have noticed some definition on the sides of my stomach and that must be because I'm loosing water weight. It is sweet to see...I would say there are a couple of days a week I take tylenol 3 for abdominal pain, I usually end up taking two over a few hours to get relief but that is not common.
My suture line is begining to look like it is in the middle of two pieces of attached skin vs the lone holding it all together. The entire suture line is not like that but parts of it are, I guess that just takes time...
OK, there is no way to say this but to say it...this week for the first time when getting out of the shower I no longer have winced painfully at my reflection in the mirror. So yeah your reading this right. From the front view I'm OK with naked. I still want to drop weight and I'm working on that now that I am able to exercise more, but this goal of getting into shape is an attainable one. I'm looking forward to the day I can run, I'm walking now slightly over a mile whenever it is not raining.
I guess the biggest thing now is working at my stamina. I'm pushing myself now realizing I have been off 6 weeks and will be released to work again soon...I have got to get myself to the point of being able to do 12 hours. I'm sure at first it will be a challenge and I will get incredibly tired. I hope I have no pain when I go back to work...it is slowly dissipating...But I will admit this has been harder than I thought it would have been. I had no idea to the degree this would take me out. I really had no idea I would NEED 8 weeks + to recover. I honestly am doing very well this was just a tuff procedure to have the entire abdominal wall repaired...
Eating, well I can eat solids and fiber now. Every now and then something happens and I get a lot of stomach swelling and pain, but that use to happen every single time I ate, it is rare now. For the most part I can eat what I want. I can not eat a full meal, not even close, maybe a third, but at least I am on solids with less restrictions.
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