Today I am a little over 3 weeks post op from my liposuction and nipple reconstruction surgery that happened on 12/19. I am like a new woman! I am only having to wear the Spanx at night, which is GREAT and I'm still doing the gauze around my nipples. I'm not sure how long I am supposed to do that but I have another check up this week with Dr. Mosier and will ask him then.
My bruising is almost completely gone from my legs and my boobs and back are completely healed. My back is still a tiny bit sore from the lipo but nothing compared to what it was. Wearing jeans to work this past week was a weird feeling as my bruises weren't compressed by the Spanx and just kind of jiggled around when I walked. I wouldn't say it hurt but it was slightly uncomfortable. My nipples have almost completely changed and I am no longer embarrassed of them. At my last appointment with Dr. Mosier he tidied up the stitches and cut them down to make them look better and dissolve faster. Stitches were literally coming out of my nipples from every direction. It looked gross and gangly before!
I have been off of my ice packs and pain meds since the day I left for Indiana. I had such a great time hanging out with my bf's friends and we attended a PJ NYE party, which was great because we were already in our PJ's and our bed was just upstairs. We stayed up until 5 AM singing karaoke and having a blast. We later paid for that as we had to get up 4 hours later and drive to Chicago from Indianapolis. Now remember I told you he had some "surprises" for me?! Well we got to Chicago and met up with his grandma and 3 aunts that were just plain wonderful. I've never felt so loved by complete strangers! We all went out to eat at an awesome pizza place called Lou Malnati's and completely stuffed ourselves. The next morning we got up and took the train to downtown Chicago where Kody surprised me with a night at The Drake hotel. We spent the day shopping on Michigan Avenue and made our way down to see the bean in Millennium Park. We tried to go ice skating but the line was too long and we had to get back and get ready for our dinner reservations. That was my second surprise! He booked us reservations at The Sky Lounge on the 95th floor of the John Hancock building where we had a window seat with a city view. It was absolutely breath taking! My meal was to die for as well. I had pan seared sea scallops and gobbled them right down.
The rest of the trip was a blast too and we ended up driving home Sunday evening, leaving Indiana around 9 pm and making it back into Austin on Monday around 5 pm. To say we were exhausted would be an understatement but we had so much fun on our road trip.
I can't wait to go back for my follow up this week and see what's next!