Here's the YAY! My arms are actually looking good.... check out these bad boys (lol). Definition is coming along well. Also, I thought my arms were looking good at 33 days PO, but now looking back at that picture, i can tell how swollen they still were at that point.
And the NAY Now, I wish I could say I'm as happy about my stomach as I am my arms. I'm mostly pleased about the way it looks, but I still seem to be having A LOT of swelling in my stomach, especially the lower section. And recently, I felt a hard lump down there - it's painful, hurts & could be causing some changes in my cycle (over the past month or two I've had some mid cycle spotting, heavier period, bad cramps, etc). I think it's a cyst or pocket of fluid because that his how the pockets of fluids on my arms felt. I don't think it's been there this whole time... or maybe it has but has gotten bigger and that's why I can feel it now? so I'm not really sure if it was caused by my surgery or not? I am a little worried about it. I'm going to see my OBGYN for my annual exam on Friday so I'll have him check it out and see what he thinks. Hopefully he can do an ultrasound to check it out. But I'm worried that if he thinks it's related to the surgery, he will make me talk to my plastic surgeon about it. My next appt with him isn't until June 3rd, but I will call to change it if my OBGYN tells me to talk to him.
Along with Chalean I'm also still running. I'm going to do a Color Run (5K) with my boys and a bunch of friends in Sept... my first race, even though it's not timed, we will still have a blast, I'm sure!! I'm also hoping to do the Disney Princess 1/2 Marathon and Enchanted 10K in Feb 2014. But the cyst or fluid in my lower stomach has caused some pain the last few times I went for a run, so I'm a tad worried about that. Hopefully after seeing my OBGYN this week (and possibly my plastic surgeon too) we can figure out what the issue is & I can move forward with my training for the Disney races. This is something I really really want to do so I will do everything I can to make it happen!!
As for my running - before my surgery I was running about an 11:45 pace - slow & steady. my legs aren't that long & I'm not looking to win any awards. lol. Then after my surgery I had to take things slow & build myself back up. The other day I ran 3 miles with a pace of 11:26... my best pace to date (even better than before surgery). But now that I might run a half marathon (something I said I would never do! lol) I've got to start increasing my distance. My motto is still slow & steady. As long as I can keep up a 12 min pace, I'm happy. Like I said, I'm not looking to win the fastest runner award, I just want to complete the race =)
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