I am Mom 3 kid - Recovery - Tualatin, OR

I am Mom 3 kids~2 are grown and on their own, the baby almost a teenager now :o) I have wanted this for years, I went for a consultation to another surgeon a few years ago and just was not comfortable through the visit, so I just dropped it for a while. It's been a few years since then and started to revisit the possibility of following through but just didn't want to go through the pain of finding a Dr...I know 2 people that have gone to Dr. Gorin and they have been begging me to get an appt. set to see him. I am glad I did. I have a few emotions about going through with my procedure, I am excited to find my belly button again!...this is the most exciting part of this whole procedure for me! haha!...although, my stretchy marks and baggy skin are a lovely reminder of my pregnancies, and do I love them for that, but I am now ready to let them go so I can have a nice mexico trip with my husband and possibly slip into a bit more sexy?
My goals through this are to keep up my exercising and eating healthy. I have kept up a pretty good exercising program with my jogging and eating healthy for years! I am not a small frame, I have and love my curves and do my best with my exercise outside of working full time, my piano lessons and my son in sports, all this time with focus on the positive results I felt throughout my whole body not the negative, with the parts of my body that couldn't change, after all "healthy" is more than skin deep. :o)

Okay, well I just returned from my vacation, and now I am off to my pre op today. I can't think of any questions at this point, so I haven't written anything down, I am sure as the conversations happen in the office I will think of a few, and my daughter is coming with me, so for all the questions I probably should have and don't, she's got handled! I feel very calm about today so with a little over 2 weeks to go I feel pretty darn ready for this!

Okay, PreOp went good. Went over the meds for after the procedure, also meds to STOP taking before the procedure (very important stuff people!) compression garments...yuck! I mean, I live in flip flops, so squeezing into anything isn't something I look forward to...haha! Picked up my necessities, antibacterial wash, extra first aid pads (they are sending plenty home i am sure but just in case i did pick some up) a new bathrobe :o) (i know not a necessity but hey I needed one anyhow) I also dropped off my prescriptions. I did have a slight issue with them, my network Dr. would not approve them, he said that it was against "policy" although my gal friend just had a procedure and has the same insurance and her Dr. did approved hers...so it is at their discretion obviously...so be prepared to pay out of pocket for your meds. I am not sure what the cost is for the meds yet and I will post that later this week, I am assuming about 300$. So far out of pocket expense has been about 100$ but keep in mind I have purchased a few extras, like the bathrobe...and candles and undies and...well you get the idea :o)
I have 2 weeks to get all my work done at work and here at home which includes new carpet and vinyl for the kitchen...it will be a busy week this week, hopefully next week will be more relaxing. I have scheduled 2 full weeks off for recovery and my Mommy and my daughter will be taking care of me :o)
I did have second thoughts show up and bounce around my head a few times, but I know I am ready, and have thought about this for a few years now and I know the feelings are mostly from the scenario of going through "the trouble" of it all...and the other feelings, well those are just the "unknowns"...nothing I can do about that, unless someone out there has a crystal ball for me :o)