3 weeks Post Op

Some interesting notes from the past week.

Firstly, the lumpiness has not gone away despite the swelling having now disappeared. The area although now contoured as the fat has been removed, has unsightly lumps all over. I have noticed minor improvement in the last week, perhaps sue to the daily massages, but if the lumps do not disappear I would not be happy to be showing off my abdomen as it now is. The lumps feel like scar tissue under the skin and look like the area is bumpy and bruised. The lumps are still also tender to touch. Will look out for further improvement and post photos.

Secondly, decided to go one day without the compression garment to see how it went (I was told that after the first 2 weeks of 24 hour wear I only needed to wear the garment in the daytimes). I wore jeans, and after sitting down to coffee with friends for 2 hours I had a complete indentation of the inside of the jeans imprinted on my stomach! Took a couple of hours for this to go away! Later that night went out dancing, also without compression garment on, and also slept without it. In the morning the area felt very sore and distended, like the skin had started to separate out from the stomach wall again. Won't be trying that again for a while.