Minimally, you should be and observation or overnight stay. I had a TT and thigh lift and was in the hospital 4 nights. I did have the stomach muscles tightened. I did have a hernia and that took care of that problem. My surgery was supposed to be about 4 hours and wound up being 7!. I lost a lot of blood and if I didn't stabilize when I did, I would have need a transfusion. I had an inverted T done and not circumfrential. I had to use a walker cuz I couldn't stand up straight at first and walked around like an evil garden troll. I had purchased a 12 in wedge pillow cuz I couldn't lay flat for a long time. It's not that your surgeon won't do a good job, but it really is a big surgery and I don't think you'd be ready to go home the same day. The surgeon, no matter how good, doesn't always know what it's like to be on the receiving end of these procedures and sometimes under-estimate the pain and movement post op! Good luck to you. Sue
|