My stomach has always been in terrible shape. - Mommy Makeover - Houston, TX

Very happy with everything. Struggling with eating sensibly. Only wearing the CG off and on. I love that I can wear a lot of clothes that I couldn't before. My PS said he can give me a waist and he did. I think I look pretty hot at my age. Lol just kidding. Still can't wait to go to the gym but my life is in an uproar right now.

Went to PS yesterday complaining about my right breast. Been doing too much I open the bottom incision. Geez. I was happy that he told me no signs of CC. I bought a bed wedge today. It's time to start sleeping in the bed. Enough of the recliner! The Dr says I should be able to lay flat in the bed but no way am I ready. My breasts are preventing me from doing that. I guess I'm a slow healer in that department. I long for the gym! I can't wait until I can go back. Hopefully in December I can go back. I want to start making this TT look good.

I am 6 weeks PO, and I never thought this day would come! I feel like its Christmas or something. I am feeling a lot better. I realize on my earlier update I was PO’d about not walking straight. Well since about 5 days ago I am walking straight. I define walking straight by not walking hunched after getting up from my desk several times at work late in the afternoon. At night, I’m a little hunched. Some days I feel extreme tightness in the abdomen area, and some days I’m more swollen than others. I am trying to assess what makes me most swollen; activity or FOOD! I think its FOOD! If I cut my meals by 2 x’s a day and have some unsalted popcorn (or something equally light) at night I feel a lot better the next day. We have so many activities at work and a lot of celebrations at home it’s hard to avoid eating out. I paid a lot of money for this transformation so I don’t want to continue with my old eating habits. My opinion why some people are against plastic surgery is because they feel the majority of patients don’t change their lifestyle habits after the surgery. I don’t want to be the majority! I know as soon as I can get back in the gym FULL FORCE is when I can control my food intake. I was an avid gym rat prior to the surgery. My BA and BL are healing but the right breast has healed slower than the left. They are still very sore and I still can’t lift my hand over my head without it pulling. I was told I would endure 3 months of discomfort. Around my 6 month TT anniversary I will have lipo done on my back to accentuate the TT. I told my husband that would be the last thing for a good while. At the moment I don’t feel my back or side view is proportion to my frontal view so therefore I need the back lipo performed. The lipo will most certainly hurt but it’s a fast recovery and I want my back to look arched. Also because of the BA & BL I don’t think I’ll ever lift weights for my back again because I don’t want my chest pulling at all. I am still very happy with my doctor and his staff. They are so informative & very helpful with this process. They never make me feel that I'm bothering them at all. I was worried that after I had the surgery, paid the money, they would distant themselves from me but that is not the case at all. Everyone listen to your doctor. When they tell you that 6 weeks is a major turning point, IT IS. If they tell you to watch your sodium intake, DO IT! If they tell you your skin will loosen a little, IT WILL. This surgery has tested and probably strengthens my patience level.
My next wish: To get strong enough to get back in the gym and work out again. There's no way I can do it now.