Ready! - Kirkland, WA

Hey guys. I am 3 weeks post op on friday. Ive had this bad gut instinct that something was wrong with my tummy tuck and came across something on this website with someone having a seroma? Above both sides of my incisions i've had a lip of swelling. The right side has somewhat flattened out but the left side is still weird looking. I've also had a nearly black large bruise right above left side where the weird pocket looking shelf is. It is just now going down. I might be being a bit paranoid but i'm just curious if anyone has experienced one of these and how to figure out if it is said concern.. my ps is in seattle.. i am in alaska.. a nearly three hour plane ride away. I also havent really called with my concerns just because i dont want to make them think im a nut case or that i'm being.. to critical? I just anticipated a flat tummy like most of the tummy tucks i see but i can still sit with a pooch, have weird shelf life swelling and stomachs swelling is still very hang like, like my skin was before the surgery... :( my right breast is also a lot harder and more torpedo looking than the other one is. Is it pretty common that your dominant hand side will do that? i LOVE my left boob sooo much ... right one.. not so much.

I used to be bullied growing up. Which gave me motivation to get fit once i graduated high school. I then become a young mother and my weight sky rocketed up to 210. After a year of gradually losing the weight i got down to 155 and got pregnant AGAIN. This time only getting up to 180. After my second birth i worked my butt off to lose the weight. I got back down to my before weight pretty easily and decided to keep it going. Over the coarse of a year i got so into the gym that i participated in my first competition on my daughters 1st birthday. I felt more than gorgeous that day but couldnt help but feel discouraged at the sight of my extra skin on my stomach. None of the women around me had this or even noticable stretch marks. I still consider this one of the greatest days of my life. I hadnt been this small weight wise since the fifth grade!! Since my competition i have tried my hardest to get my skin as unnoticable as possible but to only notice it gradually get worse the less fat percentage i have which mentally, gets to me. It holds me back in many areas of my life. Getting dressed in the morning is a task that normally ends in sweats and a sweatshirt i once wore in highschool.. I am only 23 years old and have done so much to change my life and not be the heavy girl anymore and i have made myself so proud of that but i just cant help but not feel complete with this skin! So i finally put my fear aside and went forth with scheduling a mommy makeover. I have considered this since my sons birth back in 2009! I cannot wait to wear a pair of jeans and a t shirt without feeling gross. I cant wait to buy BRAS!!! I am now barely fitting into a AA bra.. I cant wait to go swimming with my babies and not dread wearing a bikini and people staring. I am elated.