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    Default what did you do while you were recovering from your BA?

    i dont think this should go in body business but i guess it could.. but i thought it made more sense here bc its not really about the actual surgery!

    i'm just wondering what you guys did while you were out of work? like, to entertain yourselves. all i really do right now is yoga/pilates, dance, take baths, and work 3 days a week during the day. occasionally i go horseback riding. none of those things will be happening obviously. my day job is at a school, and i'll be back i think the 2nd week after surgery but it's only 2 days a week. i'm used to being so jam packed now that i love any and all free time, but i cant really imagine what ill be doing.

    my boyfriend has a super busy schedule, and my friends will be at work. my best friend will be spending a lot of time riding her horses. i can see myself now, going in to work to visit just because i'll be bored!!

    any ideas?! (i'll be at my parents house the first day after surgery and i guess as long as i'm in enough pain that i cant take care of myself.)
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    I watched a lot of movies and slept.
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    Default Re: what did you do while you were recovering from your BA?

    It's not a BA I'm recovering from but... Netflix, TV, music, and sleeping. You're going to be doing a whole lot of nothing. Look up some healthy casserole (and other such) recipes and stock up on freezer food so you'll be set and prepared.
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    Lots of movies, and TV series. I bought up Freaks and Geeks, Strangers with candy and Night Court. As far as movies, I watched a ton of euro movies because I could read along lol
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    slept a lot bc of the drugs, read, watch movies and tv, had friends over and played cards and monoply, risk and balderdash and dungeons and dragons (yeah im a geek so what) and that was about it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bella21 View Post
    It's not a BA I'm recovering from but... Netflix, TV, music, and sleeping. You're going to be doing a whole lot of nothing. Look up some healthy casserole (and other such) recipes and stock up on freezer food so you'll be set and prepared.
    ugh i know, i'm going to have to bring healthy stuff with my to my parents house! though i guess i wont be eating much while i'm there bc im only staying while i cant take care of myself. i am NOT looking forward to not being able to work out

    when i broke my ankle last year all i did was sit on the couch and watch greys anatomy on dvd. i dont remember being super bored but some days were worse than others. i'm looking forward to the break from work but i go a little stir crazy sometimes. i get depressed or really anxious that something major is going to change when i'm gone.

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    Default Re: what did you do while you were recovering from your BA?

    If you're going under the muscle, just think of the muscle soreness as the DOMS soreness you get from working out. That's what I had to do for myself mentally. my eating stayed the same. I'm focused on protein to "speed up the healing" (at least in my mind).

    But I watched a lot of TV and walked around the city since jumping around at work (I work at gyms) was out of the question.

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    ^ thats a good idea. i can at least go for walks if i cant do other kinds of workouts.

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    ^^^ I walked slowly though. My boobs felt really heavy and I could feel them with every step. But I had to get out of my house - it was summer!

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    ^ yeah, im getting them in 3 weeks! so it will be nice out. im thinking of also getting a lounge chair so i can lay out on my mom's deck since i cant go tanning. my bathing suit will cover the scars.. except i just realized i wont be able to turn over so i'd be tanned unevenly

    plus, getting moving at least a little will be better than not at all. im afraid i'm going to lose so much muscle and be really unflexible and sore when i go back to working out. i can still do stretches every day, right?

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    You are not going to lose muscle. You might lose the pump in your muscles and have flatter muscles, but that's it. A week of lifting once you're back will take care of that. You WILL definitely feel weaker when you first get back into lifting after surgery, though. Surgery takes a lot out of you.

    Just take it easy. Trust me, the time goes fast and you won't WANT to exercise nearly as much as you think you will. And that's perfectly okay. Go for walks, eat healthy food, and ease back into it. You have the rest of your life to pound the weights, and muscle memory lasts a long time.

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    ^ i know i wont want to, i just dont want to get fat i know its not like im going to gain a ton of weight or anything. and really i'll probably be able to get back into pilates pretty soon anyway, since a lot of that is core work and works my abs. its mostly my stomach that i worry about.. its flat now and i dont want it to not be flat because of the surgery.

    now im feeling guilty bc i didnt work out today.

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    You won't get fat. You WILL bloat, and stay bloated for up to a month. That's normal. You'll retain water too, also normal.

    I think people spend way too much time focusing on the side effects of the healing process, and not enough time realizing that it IS the healing process and thus necessary AND temporary. Just accept right now that you won't look normal and won't have the same amount of strength and endurance during the healing process (or for several months after it), and make peace with it. Even if you had no swelling or bruising (and I had very little), your new boobs will still be too high for about 3 months, and look kind of funny for about a year. I noticed changes in my boobs for at least 3 years post surgery, but the reality is that the longer you have the implants, the more realistic they begin to look.

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    ^ That said, you won't look BAD and the few pounds you may gain will easily be lost. Plus, you'll be so absorbed in the awesomeness of the new rack that you'll barely notice.

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    Default Re: what did you do while you were recovering from your BA?

    Just eat good while you are out. Think healthy.
    I did alot of sleeping and TV watching both times and as much SWing as I could do.

    By the 3rd week I was able to go out and play. Saw a movie. After movie fell down stairs but only on my butt. Sucked.

    Don't catch a cold like I did. You don't want to be sneezing. So keep up on those vitamins and lysol everything.
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    I read a LOT and became hopelessly addicted to Veronica Mars

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    watched 2 seasons of Dexter LOL and lots of movies.

    Babe u cant really have baths for about a week afterwards as u r not supposed to get the incision too wet. You have showers but have to dry it and put the tape back on (assuming your doctor makes u wear tape).

    Sleep, sleep, sleep. All I wanted to do was sleep. My surgeon told me I could walk after 2 weeks but I didn't coz I was so tired. I also had rhinoplasty/septoplasty at the same time so maybe I was extra tired but all I wanted to do was sleep.

    I went back to the gym after 4 weeks. I could do running and weights training (but not chest) at this time and I went under the muscle.
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    im still recovering(3 weeks now) and ive never ever posted on sw this much ive been on it 24/7!

    i should have bought way more movies than i did...

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    Babe u cant really have baths for about a week afterwards as u r not supposed to get the incision too wet. You have showers but have to dry it and put the tape back on (assuming your doctor makes u wear tape).
    yeah i know it sucks! mine will be longer too bc my stitches wont be out for i think 2 weeks bc my dr is going on vacation the week after i have them done.

    i feel so boring when i literally cant think of things that i'll do to entertain myself for a few weeks.

    i cant really do too much sw until i come back home, even though my parents know i dance. i dont need them to see it!

    i guess i should start looking for good movies now. i have lots of books i havent read yet, and i'm actually in the middle of 3 diff books bc i have such a short attention span unless its something i'm reeeeally into. i dont know when that changed.. i used to not be able to put books down but now i get bored fast.

    i just need to have a plan

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    Three words:

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    I slept through the first week. I was too out of it to do anything else.
    Second week was mainly movies/tv and reading (though holding up the book hurt).



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    Quote Originally Posted by TigersMilk View Post
    Just eat good while you are out. Think healthy.
    I did alot of sleeping and TV watching both times and as much SWing as I could do.

    By the 3rd week I was able to go out and play. Saw a movie. After movie fell down stairs but only on my butt. Sucked.

    Don't catch a cold like I did. You don't want to be sneezing. So keep up on those vitamins and lysol everything.


    Oh yeah. Def try to stay away from sick people. I got the flu right after my BA. It was fucking AWFUL.

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    You will definetely be bloated. I almost cried when I looked in the mirror at my tummy the first 2 weeks or so because I looked huge. I do have a tendency to make myself think I'm bigger than I actually am though.. Anyhow, if there is a TV series or something you want to watch I recommend that. You'll be doing a whole lot of laying around. Oh, and of course there is always SW!

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    i slept a lot at first. Then spent time going for walks and when I was comfortable walking the dogs (they don't really pull) walked them and took them to the dog park. Netflix and SW too. I'll be around if you'd like to go out to coffee once you can drive (about 3 days)
    On another note, i did bloat A LOT. Not only that but when I did get back to working out you'd be surprised that when you work your core your chest hurts. I noticed that almost immediately. But each person is different and if it doesn't hurt go for it.

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    Like everyone else has said, you'll sleep A LOT. Get some books/dvds/magazines and make sure your iPod (if u have one) is updated and charged I browsed the internet a lot and just relaxed

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