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4 week PO pics!

Name: 4 week PO pics!
Item: Shelby K. Brantley, Jr. MD
Rating: 5
Author: tattpinktrainer

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Well, to say that I am excited and anxious is an...

tattpinktrainerDecember 5, 2012

WORTH IT$13,800

Well, to say that I am excited and anxious is an understatement! After 18 years I am finally going to have something that resembles my "young" body back! I have very bad sagging skin on my stomach along with bad stretch marks and I was a full "C" cup before children so with the added weight they have been negatively affected by gravity!. LOL I have always been very athletic. I am a 'retired" fitness competitor and Personal Trainer. I worked very hard to get rid of the extra weight but unfortunately there isn't anything I can do about the sagging skin. So that being said I am scheduled for tummy tuck, breast lift with silicone implants and lipo on the love handles in 14 days!! I can't wait to feel better about my body. I have an overwhelming amount of eagerness for the day to come. Looking for an extra tips to help with before, during and after the surgery! I live in a very remote area of Mississippi where support is very minimal but nothing is going to stop me :)

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Shelby K. Brantley, Jr. MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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UPDATED FROM tattpinktrainer

13 days pre

Ugh...the anxiety of waiting really sucks! 13...

tattpinktrainerDecember 5, 2012

Ugh...the anxiety of waiting really sucks! 13 more days. There is so much information out on the internet that it can really make you crazy and stressed out trying to find "do's and don'ts". I'm just ready to get it over with and bring on the whatever comes after so I can get through it!

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UPDATED FROM tattpinktrainer

12 days pre

One more day down! I'm telling you the wait is...

tattpinktrainerDecember 6, 2012

One more day down! I'm telling you the wait is like the worst torture ever. It seems as though the days drag on and on. I think my only salvation right now is that I'm in college and I have finals next week so that seems to be keeping me busy. I find myself obsessing day and night about my upcoming surgeries. It feels like it is driving me crazy. I've been hitting the gym to relieve some of my anxiety and it seems to be helping. I stalk realself.com to make sure that I have not overlooked anything I need to do before or after surgery. I think the worst part for me will be after the surgery. I am super ADHD and very independent. It will be hard for me to rely on others for help and to just sit around and take it easy. I also have a touch of OCD and can't stand for anything to be out of place or dirty etc... So it will be a real test of my patience on the days following surgery. I am going to look into renting a recliner for the first two weeks. It seems to have helped alot of others on here. Any odd balls suggestions anyone has I definitely welcome them. Like what is the best way to get up and down out of bed? That one is stumping me! Thanks for all the information by sharing stories. It has really helped me deal with all of this. :))

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Angie_M

December 6, 2012

Thanks for starting your story on RealSelf! Being in the holding pattern is tough. Do you have everything you need for recovery? Here's a great list of supplies you might want to consider.

I hope you'll post your before and after photos and continue to keep us updated through your amazing transformation!

tattpinktrainer

December 7, 2012

Thanks! I'm so grateful for realself. I live in a very rural area where the population is like 300! Needless to say I don't have anyone to talk to here. No one here really believes in plastic surgery anyway. Thanks for the link for the supplies. So many things you don't think of that could really come in handy! I've decided tomorrow I will post my pics of the "before" even though it makes me ill thinking of it..lol Thx again!

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