I wore REAL pants ALL day today!

Minnesota Girl

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Joined: Jul 2011

Oct 24, 2011 - 8:54 pm

This may seem trivial, but we all know you have to celebrate the little victories. My hand-assisted lap surgery was July 6. I've been back at work since August 29 and for the FIRST TIME I was comfortable all day in my suit pants! It's nice to have an option beside skirts and dresses... particularly since yoga pants are not appropriate in my office. :)

candoredo

Posts: 44
Joined: May 2011

Oct 24, 2011 - 9:38 pm

pants

yes celebrate every victory no matter how small it may seem. My surgery was open and I had a large incission. pants were a big problem for me. Thank goodness I am retired and could wear shorts with loose elastic in them. so yes celebrate all victories. I wish you the best of recoveries. It does get easier each day. My surgery was June 9th

icemantoo

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Joined: Jan 2010

Oct 24, 2011 - 9:50 pm

Memories

Except for 1 or 2 ocassions when I had to dress up (a wedding and Court) I wore shorts for about 6 weeks after my 8.1.02 surgery. And I wore them very loose for no other reason that it was painful to wear them otherwise.

growler9

Posts: 48
Joined: Oct 2011

Oct 24, 2011 - 9:45 pm

Trivial--NAAA

Every step toward the norm is one step further away from the Doo-Doo!

Best wishes! Alan

ams123

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Joined: Aug 2011

Oct 25, 2011 - 1:20 pm

I know the feeling

Luckily I can wear yoga pants to work, but I wore jeans for the first time last week. Even with a belt! (I still like yoga pants better.)

Linda

KatfromFlorida

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Joined: Aug 2011

Oct 25, 2011 - 6:51 pm

Yeah!!!

Dear Minngirl:

Yeah!!!!! I am not yet back to work but I haven't worn a skirt in many many moons :)
Down here in Florida its too hot for panty hose and I am not one of the brave ladies that can do the bare skin thing.... Yikes!!! Anyways, Grats on your milestone and I wish you many many more....... :)

My Best
Kat

NanaLou

Posts: 71
Joined: Oct 2011

Oct 28, 2011 - 10:55 am

Great news

I am glad to hear this. Be proud of every little step!! Congrats. I am dreading this part of the surgery. When I am able to go back to work, I will probably just wear jogging pants. But I hate to wear jogging pants outside the house. I guess I will just have to get over it.

donna_lee

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Joined: Feb 2009

Oct 28, 2011 - 2:43 pm

The good & bad

In my line of work, jeans or khakis are acceptable--run a construction and trucking business, and I was able to return to work an hour at a time.
But I had lost 25 pounds between the time of DX and post surgery, so everything dropped onto my hips and didn't rub the incision anyway. Then I purged wardrobe that was way too big and started over. Guess I was lucky that even with a 14" incision, it healed easily. Now, 5+ years later, the most annoying thing is it still itches. I try to turn the shower to cool at the end and hydrate the incision with lotion, which usually stops the itch.

Recurrences and subsequent surgeries have had me on a weight yo-yo. Today, the jeans fit, snugly.

But for you...good luck on your steps to recovery. Each achievement is a feather in your cap and can make you feel great. Keep on moving forward.
donna_lee

Ojosarco

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Joined: Aug 2011

Nov 03, 2011 - 1:55 pm

This is where this forum is

This is where this forum is great---I'm back in pants after almost 3 months but I still swell and I was thinking that was abnormal but then I read the posts and realize recovery is long and it's ok to be thinking about switching back to a loose dress. Keep recovering!!
Kathy

duren

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Joined: Dec 2011

Dec 19, 2011 - 1:13 am

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