On the mend again

I am a 32 year old mother of two amazing kids, age 12 and 7. I was always the chubby kid growing up. My 1st pregnancy left me with stretch marks and saggy skin. After my 12 year old was born I started jogging and cut out regular soda and white carbs. I dropped a lot of weight, getting down to 118! But my stomach still looked terrible. I gained 22lbs with my second and lost it quickly. I have run, done Pilates, p90x, insanity, you name it? But no matter what I do it will not change this nasty tummy! I got into weight lifting and put on a lot of muscle, that didn't help, it only made the scale inch up. I'm tired of putting in all this effort only to be disappointed when I look in the mirror. I've wanted this for so long, and now I'm finally going to do it.

My 1st consult is May 17. I would like to do the surgery tomorrow, but practicality tells me to wait until fall. That way I can still take the kids to the pool, and sweats hide drains more easily! I've perused this site so many hours of so many days, wishing those after photos were mine. Soon...

I had my first consult today! I left the office feeling ready to do it. But I know I need to wait until fall, the kids would be disappointed to be away from the pool this summer. And I don't want tone wrapped like a sausage in the heat! This doctor told me he would do a "limited" incision with no internal sutures! It would be low enough to wear lingere and bikinis and eliminate most if not all of the stretch marks. He even said I could be back to working out in as little as 3 weeks since I'm not doing anything internally. I would meed to wear some sort of compression garment for 3 weeks, then move to spanx foranother 5-7 weeks for 12 hours a day. I would have 1 drain and a pain pump. I dont do well with anesthesia or pain meds so lots of phenergan for me. The total fee would be $7800, which seemed a bit high since I wasn't doing anything other than the tuck. I plan to have at least one more consult, then I'll set the date. I can't wait to join all of you on the flat side!

I did it! I paid my deposit to hold the date, August 10, 7am! Less than 60 days! Ahhh! That will probably be the next time I'll be able to sleep. I'm nervous and excited that this is going to happen.