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Round 2 of Laser Lipo - Day 2

I'm so incredibly happy to say that day 2 is significantly better!

The pain is minimal.  I did have frozen peas on my stomach and sides from the time I got home (around 4:30pm) until midnight.  I think that may have helped a lot. I didn't take any pain medications until around 2am to help me sleep. 

I decided to try and sleep on my stomach.  I never tried the last time but I have such a hard time falling asleep on my back.  I was pleasantly surprised how comfortable I was laying on my stomach.  I made sure to keep my legs straight so that my whole stomach was laying flat.

The bruising has gone down a lot.  There are some spots that have turned purple and pink but for the most part it's not bad at all. 

I think there's already a noticeable difference .. and this is with a sports bra on


I decided to go with the black garment this time .. this is the one that is just for the body .. the last pictures included the arm garment on top of the body garment.


As you can see, there is significant bruising in the thighs from the drainage but that happened last time too so I'm not too concerned.  By mid-day I definitely started having some pain again in my mid section I'm not sure if it was a result of me sitting up to eat or just that I hadn't taken any pain meds in so long.

I took two pain meds and a two hour nap.  I woke up feeling much much better!

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