It's Finally Happening!!! - Fleming Island, FL

Hello fellow TTer's, I am finally after talking about it for 7 years having a full tummy tuck with umbilical hernia repair on Sept 30th, I think the anticipation is going to drive me crazy!! I just paid it in full yesterday at my pre-op and its just one step closer to something I have wanted for so long, so here is my story: I don't ever remember having a flat stomach, in Sept 2004 I had my first child via c-section and as expected was left with many stretch marks, before I even had a chance to get my body back, I got pregnant with my second child and he was born in March 2006 (also via c-section) Ever since then I have tried pretty much everything, my body looked good but my stomach never went away, it was always distended and stretched out and plain old ugly! I did Zumba, took up running, tried different diets, pretty much everything and still nothing. Always left with this huge belly. Finally I decided to see a plastic surgeon (2 actually) and was told by both that no matter what I did my stomach would always look like this because of a bad case of diastasis recti, skin that wouldn't retract, and a lovely hernia in my belly button!! That was all I needed to hear and then I got serious about it, I made my appointment and will have my surgery in 6 DAYS!!! It still doesn't seem real, but reality will hit me Monday morning when I walk into the surgery center, until then wish me luck, will post after pics as soon as I can! By the way this website has been extremely helpful to me the last couple months, and I truly appreciate everyone's story, so to all who have posted thank you!!!

Ahhhh.......24 hours from now I should be on my way home from my surgery!!!! I think it's starting to hit me, feeling very anxious amd have a bit of a "stress" headache today, just got back from the grocery to get all my last minute things I will need. Not sure how I will sleep tonight......guess I will find out when the time comes, 7 years of wanting this done, and it's finally happening!!! Will update either tomorrow or the next day depending on how I feel :-) "see you on the flat side" eeeek!!!!

T-minus 8 and 1/2 hours and counting how does one sleep the night before a tummy tuck? Is it even possible? .........