pics...8 days post-op... i feel like a pancake!

[titty-be-gone]

Just had surgery on the 8th in Atlanta last week.  6'6'', 220lbs... I'll tell you this freakin' compression vest is something else.  My doctor recommended I buy a few under armour 'workout' shirts a size down as well to provide double compression. yowza...!  I had drains in me as well for three days... those things are fun to deal with as well.  its amazing how much fluid comes out after surgery in those 'drain bulbs' that I rubberbanded to my arms.  

I hope I post these right...

pre-op 1



pre-op 2



post-op 1



post-op 2




I would have never realized that those drains went 4" into my chest.  Overall, I'm mostly satisfied, though checking out the bird's eye view (from my eyes) , my nips are still sticking out a bit,... but I guess I'm still swolen and I know its early,... so I'm not freaking out.   My doc said after 7 to 10 days, my chest should get really hard... i believe thats the 'hard scar tissue' forming.  well i'm into 8 days... still soft as a baby's butt.... this isn't a bad thing is it... I guess the healing process is different for everyone...  He also explained that the big part of healing is getting the skin to stick back to the muscle.  I just wonder, since it's still numb and all, how I know if that aspect of the healing is progressing well..  my work is occasionally somewhat physical and i've been doing pretty well not doing to much activity...

[titty-be-gone]

...think i could've posted those pics any bigger?  

sorry bout that....

[Blarneystoner]

wow looks awesome, I'm jealous.

[Alex18]

Congrats, it came out great.  My case is pretty similar, I'm 6'0 and 165 though.  Hope mine turns out that good.

[jc71]

6'6" 220?  Damn, your pics are as big as you are.

Good results. It'll just keep getting better from here on out.

[Pferdestärken]

Good result, you must be a happy man!

[wolfman]

congrat man exelent result and u will look even better in a couple of mounths

[Grandpa Bambu]

TBG....

Congrats!  Looking good my man!

You must be one happy camper now!

John.

[titty-be-gone]

'ppreciate it, fellas...  I'm very happy.  Its funny, now that I feel comfortable just wearing a simple t-shirt out in public, I realized how much I used to slouch over to hide the ol' freakin 'mountain peaks'....

[tonysoprano]

congrats man. hopefully it will be all imporvement from here on in

ps: sheesh youre a big boy