My Tummy Tuck - Pre and Post (Video Diary) - Edina, MN

You know what? Honestly a size 8 is just fine. I am only a few pounds lighter than I was the day I had my tuck, but I wear a 4. Yeah I am surprised about that! I guess it just has to do with your frame. It surprises me.

Hey girls
I am so relieved to have found you. Speedracer thanks for sharing and notimecj thank you too! I am up at 3am 10 days post op (Tummy Tuck and breast lift with lipo to hips and flanks) because I feel so bitterly disappointed, that I actually cant sleep.
My breasts are great - love em!
My tummy tuck seems to me not to have gone far enough. And I was not that bad to begin with, from seeing galleries I would say I was average. (not the tiny model or super sporty perosn with a tiny pouch that you are not sure if you'd do it for that, Not the very overweight person who had bariatric surgery. I was about 15 pounds over goal weight before surgery. I had twins and a singleton and I am 43.
I did so much research on surgeons, I interviewed 10, I chose this one and now I feel he did not do a good job. Why do I feel this? I could walk up right on the first day post op and I am now sitting 10 days post op on no pain meds at all. Its not that I want pain! But I have heard form so many people that it was so unbearable at first and they felt so stretched (skin), so I don't think he stretched my skin tight enough. I also still have some fat on my lower abdomen! He said he took off 1 kilo of skin and fat but it feels as if it needed 1 1/2. He said that the results will not look that different once the swelling has gone down. THIS is the part that upsets me the most. If he told me wait to judge its all going to go down much much more then I would be ok but if this is it - it seems so disappointing!
Please tell me if I am going through a normal psycho curve of miserable disappointment and then it all changes and it looks much better and you get smaller and snmaller or might I have just chosen a bad surgeon? I just seem to recall others telling me how elated they were as son as they woke up!
The other thing I wonder is does the scale showing a weight increase after a week seem normal? When I weighed myself a few days ago after expecting to at least be down what he said he had removed and some for not eating that much post op, I was up 4 pounds. Is that too normal?

Thank you so much for your support. I hate being so miserable as I was counting so much on this being a huge sacrifice (mother of 3 tiny people, putting my life at risk) for an outstanding result!

I just got done reading your entire story and thought it was very interesting. I'm having a consultation at the same place you had yours done in June and hoping to have my TT the end of June. Are you still happy you went through with it? Are you feeling 100% back to normal yet? You look great! Any advice or help you could offer would be much appreciated! Are you still completely happy with the doctor you chose?

Hi SpeedRacer,
I am about 2 1/2 weeks post TT. What type of stage 2 garment would you suggest? My PS told me to stick with my ztage two for the remainder of my healing (8 weeks). I am not fond of it though, the zippers and velcro are starting to bug me,

I would like to get your doctors information. I cannot find him on google for some reason. My ins just denied my claim for tummy tuck, and have seen a couple great reviews on yours. Thanks.

Thanks for the posts! My tt is next week..Oct 27th. I am so nervous!! But reading your posts make me feel a little more relaxed, especially to know that I am not the only one who is anxious/nervous about surgery. I have 3 children, 13, 11 and 4. I am 5' 2'' and 118 lbs. My belly is the one thing that I was never able to lose after my second child was born. It is wrinkled and loose around and below my belly button. I am looking forward to the results!

Thank you very much! I have been feeling guilty over spending so much money on myself and having my husband take off work for this week and next. But the surgeon told me that I work out too hard to not have the perfect body!! I compete in triathlons and marathons. She said I could diet myself down to 90 lbs and that loose skin would still be there. That made me feel a lot better and she has prescribed xanex for my nerves. Do you have any suggestions for a speedy recovery? I plan to do protein shakes for healing my muscles and to continue taking my vitamins. I wont have a pain pump, but have percocet. I also have to go back to the Dr the day after surgery for them to remove the binder and see how things look! Thanks again!

I am on day 2 of recovery from having a full tt and lipo on inner and outer thighs. I have to admit that I have been pleasantly surprised! I have had no pain at all. And I am the wimpiest of wimps when it comes to pain! I have soreness and some bruising on my thighs but nothing feels painful. I went to the dr yesterday, she removed the binder and changed the dressing, everything looked great! I go back on day 6 to have the drains removed.

Hi it's bebo. belive it or not my surgery got moved up to November 18th, My doctor had to go in for surgery himself..
So I got a few extra weeks to prepare... I have read alot of post's on the TT, I have to say I am feeling very positive about it. So I guess I will post once I am done. One question, Is it good to take a multi vitamin before?. Is there any other advise that I should know,
Thanks kindly.

Hey Bebo! There are some vitamins that sit in the system longer, and aren't great for surgery, but then again, it's not advised against them. You may want to ask your PS about this and your specific case. A couple extra weeks won't be a bad thing, make sure your getting lots of water, I was drinking around 12 glasses a day prior to surgery. Also, take vitamin C to help prevent from getting sick prior to the surgery. Eat healthy and good luck with your surgery!