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Tri Ing for a Faster Finish - Minnesota

UPDATED FROM lindytri23

Had my "doggy ears" revised two weeks ago which...

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Had my "doggy ears" revised two weeks ago which amounted to removal of what looked like two butterflied jumbo shrimp Or 3" + from each end of the incision and a few stitches to the bb to take away the "hood". All I really feel like it did was keep me out of the pool for three weeks - maybe it would've been better toilet sleeping dogs lye ;)! Pic to follow n

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I cant see what was done to the BB you look really swollen so hard to tell about the dog ears, I think it will get better, I am sure there is fluid rushing there and making you look swollen,
You look GREAT!!
u look great!!
Looking great. Congrats on all your successes with wt loss and now a great bod to go with it. That's my goal!!!
UPDATED FROM lindytri23

Really? Feel swollen and out of shape ar 11 weeks...

Really? Feel swollen and out of shape ar 11 weeks ?howcan this be. There is a line a separation of sorts from bb up. What's that!? Have picbut no way to upload from iPhone

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Hi, i think yout last picture on here looks good. You can really see the differance compared to you before pic. I can't really see the line or bluge before and under the bb in the last picture. I had my surgery 12/12 and i am also really swollen some days. I also still have a little bit of a bulge that sits over the incision and is always puffier on my right side, which i plan on bringing up again at my next appointment. i also still have some love handles i'm not happy with, but my dr said that he really couldn't do much about them because he went as far back as he could and the only way to really get rid of them is with lipo (which i didn't have any of with the tt because he wouldn't do). So he has told me to sit tight and give it till the 6month or even year mark before really worrying and considering lipo. In addition to all that sometimes i feel like he really didn't pull me tight enough and i still have a good amount of stretch marks left all the way to my bb that i really hate! I really liked my doctor and am pretty happy with my results (expect for the few things i just mentioned) but sometimes i wish he wouldn't be so conservative and would have done the lipo at the same time as the tt... :( my main reason for picking this doctor was because I also had my gallbladder removed at the same time and he and my gi dr had worked together before...

So i would tell you to sit tight as well and give it sometime. You look great in your pics and i can really see the differance in each pictures above that you seem to improve more and more.
Good feedback. I did get theralk about going as far on the sides too /something about circulation. He has said in April he can do an in office touch up on the sides. If so it will mean another few weeks off and a possible recocery trip to Miami. I think he was ok conserative about the scar. I tell him I'm like a pirate and don't care about the scar ;).
Hi Lindy!! I think you're looking REALLY GREAT!! I really can't see any questionable areas at all! Since you're about as far along as I am-do you have some swelling/scar tissue below bb but above scar in center?? I have & have had for weeks now-hoping it will eventually go away-don't think it could be fluid because it's soo hard! I see ps again the end of this month but thought I'd check with you :)
I can't really tell about gay center area. I remember one day it felt really weird like I was getting sensation back along there. I guess everything is so sensitive and variable from person to person tha it is gonna do what it's gonna do so that's why we wait so long to give it a chance to do it whatever it may be.
*the center area ;)
Phenomenal results!!! You look so hawt! As you deserve to for all of your hard work ;^)
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I am 48, two kids 21 and 20. About four years ago...

I am 48, two kids 21 and 20. About four years ago I started working out "vigerously" as my family doctor would say. I fell into a group of triathletes and began working out outside. I had been loosing what would amount to a70# of weight loss. A lot happened as I got busy with my new hobby. Really busy. Last year I did some sort of race every weekend to include seven half ironman races. I never finished even in the top half of my age group but had a big sense of accomplishment having never biked a bike with gears, swam with my face in the water or ran anywhere except through the mall to get to a store before it closed.

I quite my desk job and started my own business cleaning homes with all natural products. Workouts became central to my life sometimes three a day and usually much more intense with dryland training for skiing, kettlebells and pump and tone raising the bar higher then the jazzercise or step aerobics I had been doing before getting into triathlons. So this year feeling that 120# will be my low weight at 5'4", I decided that the redundant skin, intense stretchmarks and various sections of flab that only I knew was jiggly when I ran a would have to go. When I looked in the mirror all I saw was a plate of deconstructed fish and chips. (sorry my husband always says I make a comparison during a story to food so that's for him).

Comparing pictures tonight I am quite pleased, day six and second drain probably comes out tomorrow. My back is sore, my stomach tight from the muscle tightening and some brusing at the flanks, but I think maybe just maybe in a couple of months I will run swim and bike just a smidge faster than I did before. If not the journey has still been amazing and I am sticking with my goal of a half ironman in every state. And when I visit my dad in Miami, I can go to the beach and shamelessly wear a bikini ;)


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Wow congratulations on the weight loss!   Job well done and I know you feel better:)

Go slow getting back into the exercise.  Don't wear yourself out the first week back at it.  Your body will take weeks to heal so stay focused on recovery and you will get there.

It sounds like you have a lot of energy!!   Do keep us up to date on your healing.  We would love to see some pre and post op pictures.

10 days post op, just posted pics - incision starting to tingle tonight but steristrips still holding on tight. For this week - dog walking - light snowshoeing on the trail (gotta make use of all this stuff), its so breathtaking outside with the little bit of new snow we finally got and watching lots of Netflix surfing movies to balance that out - while I am doing that I will get my vice grips and pinky ball, work on my hand and forearm strength I WILL be using soon enough in kettlebells and for biking- I will not waste any more time even while being idle. Signed up for two summer tri's and looking at three more for later summer.
You look great!!
You look so great... What an amazing before and after :)
Your pictures look wonderful!! Your ps did a great job.
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