4 days post op- stacey (uk0

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Hi everyone,

I went in for surgery (upper and lower) on wednesday. I

was lucky enough to come home on friday and am so far doin as well as

can be expected. Fortunately i am not wired although i have been

banded.

Swelling and pain are much worse than i imagined and i have not yet

had the confidence to look in the mirror. i dribbled really badly for

the first couple of days but this seems to be stopping. The brusing

is coming out a lot worse today but i am takin that as a good sign. I

am on regular pain killers such as paracetomol which seem to be help

easin the pain.

So far i have managed to get through about 6 glasses of chocolate

milkshake and even had a small amount of mash potato although that

was very hard work. still lets hope it gets easier from here.

i have an appointment to see a doctor tomorrow to just check

everythin is oin ok.

my surgeon was really nice and said everythin went fantastic. the

surgeon who was meant to be doin it was unfortunately taken seriously

ill 2 days before but his replacement seemed to know what he was doin.

can i just ask all post-oppers how many weeks was it before you face

looked relatively normal and u could look in the mirror with

confidence. any other advice from anyone about gettin through this

would b gratefully appreciated.

love 2 ya all

stacey (uk)