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Nervous wreck
I'm two days away and the nerves are starting to kick in but I'm trying my best to stay calm. Yesterday I cleaned my whole house, did some laundry and got all my post-op supplies in one place. I'm thinking of going last minute grocery shopping either today or tomorrow.
Oh yeah and I also started taking bromelain and arnica, I hope they help.
Oh yeah and I also started taking bromelain and arnica, I hope they help.
The flabbiness
I had been snooping around Realself for over a...
I had been snooping around Realself for over a year trying to decide if I was really cut out for this. Since I had my daughter in 2010 I knew my stomach wasn't gonna go back to way it was before (not that it was that great to begin with) and well let's just say that the weight gain didn't help. I was 183 when I got pregnant and ended up delivering at 215..yikes!! After I gave birth (C-section) it was really hard to lose the weight but I managed to lose 30 lbs in a few months. I stayed home with my daughter until she was 2, and being at home made me gain all the weight back and then some.
In 2013 I was diagnosed with gallstones, really painful ones at that. I didn't want to have surgery so my doctor gave me the option to change my diet and see if that would help, so I did. I set out to change my diet and exercise regularly, slowly but surely I started losing weight. I lost about 32 lbs before the pain started coming back, so I said eff it I'm having the surgery. In April of 2014 I had my gallbladder removed and up to now it was the best decision I ever made, no more pain!!! A few weeks after I began exercising again and in a few more months I had lost a total of 50 lbs. My whole body had changed, my legs were slimmer and more toned, my arms were also getting there but on the down side my boobs were gone and my stomach was a hot mess. No matter how much I exercised my droopy, flabby stomach wasn't going anywhere. So I decided that a tummy tuck was gonna be the only way to get rid of it. I didn't know if it was the right choice for me because I was still undecided if I wanted to have more children but either way I started looking for plastic surgeons. I looked and looked and looked some more until I was convinced that I found the right one.
I had my first consultation on Feb. 10th, I was super excited and didn't really know what to expect. I went in and asked a bunch of questions, at that point I was still undecided if I wanted to just have a tummy tuck or get a breast augmentation as well, so I tried on boobs lol it was fun!! but nope I don't think those boobs were for me. So I went home and thought about it all night..was I really ready to do it? If so who would care for my daughter? who would care for me while I'm unable to do much? I don't have a very close relationship with my family, which is why none of them even know that I'm having this done. So anywho, I said heck yes I'm doing this so I called the PS office back and scheduled a second consultation which became my pre-op. They went over everything with me, I asked a million more questions, I paid for my surgery and was all set.
In these past few weeks I've gathered all my post op supplies, mentally prepared myself for what's to come, watched a million and a half youtube videos, read a trillion posts and looked at just about every before and after picture out there, needless to say I am ready for this..bring it on!!
In 2013 I was diagnosed with gallstones, really painful ones at that. I didn't want to have surgery so my doctor gave me the option to change my diet and see if that would help, so I did. I set out to change my diet and exercise regularly, slowly but surely I started losing weight. I lost about 32 lbs before the pain started coming back, so I said eff it I'm having the surgery. In April of 2014 I had my gallbladder removed and up to now it was the best decision I ever made, no more pain!!! A few weeks after I began exercising again and in a few more months I had lost a total of 50 lbs. My whole body had changed, my legs were slimmer and more toned, my arms were also getting there but on the down side my boobs were gone and my stomach was a hot mess. No matter how much I exercised my droopy, flabby stomach wasn't going anywhere. So I decided that a tummy tuck was gonna be the only way to get rid of it. I didn't know if it was the right choice for me because I was still undecided if I wanted to have more children but either way I started looking for plastic surgeons. I looked and looked and looked some more until I was convinced that I found the right one.
I had my first consultation on Feb. 10th, I was super excited and didn't really know what to expect. I went in and asked a bunch of questions, at that point I was still undecided if I wanted to just have a tummy tuck or get a breast augmentation as well, so I tried on boobs lol it was fun!! but nope I don't think those boobs were for me. So I went home and thought about it all night..was I really ready to do it? If so who would care for my daughter? who would care for me while I'm unable to do much? I don't have a very close relationship with my family, which is why none of them even know that I'm having this done. So anywho, I said heck yes I'm doing this so I called the PS office back and scheduled a second consultation which became my pre-op. They went over everything with me, I asked a million more questions, I paid for my surgery and was all set.
In these past few weeks I've gathered all my post op supplies, mentally prepared myself for what's to come, watched a million and a half youtube videos, read a trillion posts and looked at just about every before and after picture out there, needless to say I am ready for this..bring it on!!