Skin Removal Surgery

I had a panniculectomy 23 days ago. My experience hasn't been terrific, but that's more about the Dr and hospital I used than anything. (It was a teaching hospital and she let a student do my surgery while she went back and forth to another surgery...which may have been ok if I had been informed of that. I only know because the interns let it slip.)

6 lbs of skin was removed, which doesn't sound like much, but it made such a difference.

I was in the hospital only 2 days (because the air conditioning went out) and had a home health nurse coming out for 2 wks. I had drain tubes for 13 days.

I was a 5+ mile a day runner before surgery, and I guess I bounced back really quickly because of that...I was told it could be months before I could really work out again, but I was on the treadmill 10 days out and progressed from 30 minutes of slow walking to 5k of intervals in another 10 days or so.

I was really disappointed and panicked by my results at first.. I looked 6 months pregnant from all the swelling the first couple of wks, but just the last couple of days, the swelling has lessened dramatically and I'm feeling better about it finally.
For me, the mental side of it has been much more of a struggle than the physical healing.