Well I had my surgery yesterday.
We came down Thursday evening after a busy busy week doing recruiting activities for work and I flew out of the office at about 3:15pm with my bag packed to get to the airport. The flight was fine, got to Costa Rica right on time. The recovery center where im staying was waiting for us at the AirPort and took us to the inn. We slept, and the driver took us at 6:30am yesterday to the clinic.

We spoke with the doctor and decided what we were going to do: a lower body lift plus some lipo on my lower back and upper abdomen. We started surgery at about 8am and I was done around 3:30 or 4pm.  It wasn't that scary but I of course was asleep the whole time.

When I woke up i remember being extremely cold. For like 45 mins they had like 5 blankets on me and a heater blowing hot air under the blankets. I was shivering so terribly but the doctor said it was normal. Since it was such a long procedure and the operating room was so cold it was normal. I have to say the first few hours after surgery were terrible. Don't think they won't be if you are considering this type of procedure. It's terrible. There's pain, discomfort (mostly discomfort). A lot of numbness, which I did not expect.

I ended up spending the night at the clinic. The night nurse was great. Peter spent the night too. She made me chicken soup while he went across the street and had a pizza and wine (jealous). Then she gave me some morphine and a sleeping pill and I pretty much slept from 9-6:30am the next morning.

This morning she woke me up and changed my bandages, took out the catheter (this was terribly btw... I can't emphasize that enough.... Painful uncomfortable etc... Just terrible). Then she fed me breakfast (toast and Gatorade... Haha). Then she left and the day team and doctor came in. The doctor looked at the wounds and said they looked really good. Then the nurse bathed me in the bed and put the garter thing back on me. The recovery inn came to get me and they explained everything I needed to do.

I have a nurse here who is taking care of me. We just ate lunch. Now I'm laying in bed. They want me to stay in bed as much today as possible. She said tomorrow she will have me moving around more. I have to say I peed on my own today and it was glorious. I've seen what I look like at least by looking down and it is dramatically different. Like woah. It will be months before the full effects are realized. I'm very swollen and I have lots of fluids in me. The drains are a bit annoying but I'm just hanging out trying to snooze now and then and watching Netflix.

I miss home and my dog but at least my love is here with me being just as bored.

My pill lineup:
I have an antibiotic that I take twice a day (breakfast and dinner)
I have an anti inflammatory / pain pill I take once day
They also gave me tylenol with codeine if the pain or discomfort gets too bad
I have sleeping pills for at night
I have iron supplements I take once a day
They had me stop at a pharmacy and get shots they say are for my circulation. I get one a day for 5-6 more days
And I have to wear these compression socks, which are making me hot.

For the most part im really numb where they did the surgery so it doesn't hurt. It's just uncomfortable