Love my results - New pics Omaha, Ne

I am almost 5 months post op and I've been meaning to get on here for awhile and give an update. I am very happy with my results. I LOVE the breasts the most. Sometimes I still think they look a little large in certain clothes. I would maybe have not gone quite as big because it was more just the lift and shape I was wanting but overall I'm happy. My husband likes that they are big. haha. I love that they no longer sag and I feel more womanly. My belly flap and saggy boobs were like a deformity in my mind. I am still not at my goal weight but I went trying on swim suits and I have never had an experience like that before. I don't feel disgusted by those "deformities" and even though I'm still a little chunkier than I'd like to be it looks like that, a little chubbiness and not a gross flap that cannot be hidden by any bathing suit on the planet. We are going on a vacation to the beach in 17 days and I am SO ready! For anyone who is considering this surgery though I must warn...the recovery is unlike anything I could have imagined. Even after my infection when I began to really heal and get better it was slow going. I am still recovering. I can do all normal things. I have been exercising for awhile now but I still cannot do situps or ab work and basically I just don't yet feel totally normal. I feel great now but it has been sllloooww. You have to be willing to deal with annoyances and minor pain for months to come after surgery. It still hurts a little when I wear an underwire bra. No big deal, I just don't wear one. But the point is, you are not completely back to normal for a very long time. I still don't know exactly when that day will come. That all being said....I am happy I did it. It was worth it. My insurance did end up covering a portion of my hospital stay for the infection. It cost me about $2000 out of pocket for that ordeal. I love the way pants fit now. I could never find a pair that fit properly on top and bottom because of my belly. There are some things that didn't go away like some stretch marks so you can't expect perfection, but a huge improvement. I will try to get some pictures taken soon. I got myself a two piece bathing suit for the first time in my life so if I dont get around to it today I'll get some pics when I'm laying on the beach in a few weeks! :)))))

I am 4 weeks post op and starting to see what the final look will be. I have a lot of swelling still and sort of a muffin top over the scar as if I'm wearing a tight band around my waist. It is worse on the left side (my right). I can't wait for this to go away. I am still taking anti-biotics and also packing quarter inch wide gauze soaked in anti bacterial wash (called Vashe) into an opening that is 2 inches deep in my incision where the infectious disease Dr. thinks that some of the bacteria is harboring. He says we need to fight the infection locally in addition to the medicine and heal that wound up. I still havn't heard a difinitive answer from my ins. company on coverage for the hospital stay. Lots of waiting right now. I'm so antsy to start doing things that I tend to over-do it almost every day. I have picked my kids up when I know I am not supposed to. I am back to work and I just wipe myself out. I am so eager to be all better!! Must be patient. This is a slow, slow process, especially with the infection that both my ps and infectious disease doc say has slowed my healing and worsened my swelling. BUT, like I said, I can see how much I will love this when it is all better. My flap is gone. My boobs are boob shaped! I'm super excited and I just can't wait until it's all better! I feel lucky that everything turned out ok after getting sick like I did. I think that despite what happened, I'd do it again. It is so freeing to have that fat/skin flap gone. :)

I am home. I am doing well. There have been a few more adventures but today I really feel like I'm on my way to getting better. I am tired from this whole past week and ready to just move on! I am drain free, both by accident, but luckily I do not seem to be getting really swelled up. I had an ultra-sound today which showed that I had very little fluid build-up and my body so far seems to be absorbing everything so I am hopeful moving forward that everything will just be healing now. I am a little swollen but it's not painful. The area around my incision is a little hard and the incision is actually leaking something a little. I am posting some new pics, I am a little curious why the right nipple looks like it sort of drags down at the bottom. I have been so pre-occupied with the infection at appointments that I feel like I've missed asking some of the regular questions, like what is the stage 2 binder I hear people talking about and when can I wear that? When do the stitches come out and then what can I use on the incision to minimize the scar or help with the appearance? I have so much I wish I had answers. I am seeing the infectious disease Dr. tomorrow morning for my follow up with him. I will be on anti-biotic at home for awhile. I am starting to see how my body will look after the swelling is down and I'm excited to get past all of this. My family is going to Florida this summer and I hope that I will be laying on the beach in a bikini :D