antronetter on Realself 5 years ago
05/30/2018, 14:49 PM
I would like to start off by thanking Nurse Nykee!!!! She handled my first pre op and I was a nervous wreck with 10,000 questions and shaky hands and she handled herself like a Pro. She was calm and reassuring as well as patient and kind. I had a family emergency and had to leave without completing our appointment and she still held her cool. I work with people and I understand the professional strength she had to use to not show any irritation with me and I applaud her for her wonderful attitude! Well it has been ten days now and I am swollen hard as a rock! I was repeatedly told about the swelling from nursing staff (Tara, Nykee, Alecia, Angela) surgeon(Dr Muecke) and reviews but Let’s just say until you live with it you won’t understand it. I have never had this much swelling in my entire life and I guess it really attests to the trauma I endured in my lipo areas. The body is wonderful at healing and protecting itself. Although a bit uncomfortable the swelling is more annoying then painful for two reason for me. One because it obviously is hiding my absolutely amazing shape under there! I mean in my areas were the swelling has subsided I am already so small it puts a smile on my face so I can only image the great results yet to be uncovered! Reason number two is that bending and twisting is made a bit painful and awkward from the swelling. There are only small areas that still hurt but not consistently just to the touch. I am already fitting in clothes that I haven’t worn in many many years and I look awesome!! Friends and family can see the improvement and have made comments about how nice I look even though some have no idea I even had lipo. I have been watching my meal portions, I’ve drastically cut back on snacks and I’m staying away from soda completely. I have been using the stairs in my home for workout and walking every opportunity I get to help with toning. My biggest concern is that my sides won’t match my front and I will look square so I have been just doing a few squats and side bend type of exercises gently. Overall I believe that nurses like Nykee and Alecia at Sono Bello who are honest and straight forward about what to results to expect from the procedure and what to expect from yourself really helped me to get through this process without a worry or regret.
