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With my age of 55+, recent massive weight loss via...
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With my age of 55+, recent massive weight loss via diet of 140+ lbs, and several pregnancies, my poor abdomen was a huge mess. For the past 35 years it has left me so humuliated and embarrassed I didn't even want primary care physicians to see it. The plastic surgeon was able to meet the challenge I presented and gave me a beautiful new tummy. Just 2 weeks post-op and I feel like a butterfly emerging. He is very skilled and I am so grateful for having found him. Besides being an intelligent and skilled surgeon, I found him kind and compassionate in his care of me. Now, my teenage grandaughters call me their new sexy grandma and it is all due to the plastic surgeon, he is my hero!
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UPDATED FROM Cher in Seattle
17 days post-op and I feel wonderful. After 35...
17 days post-op and I feel wonderful. After 35 years of excessive weight, I can finally stand and look down and see my feet! My tummy is finally in proportion to the rest of me and I love it.
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April 4, 2011
Congrats to you! Post some pictures if you have any. I too am two weeks post-op and so far so good, and I am a hot 51 year old grandma too! I don't remember my stomach ever looking so flat (even though it is swollen) even when I was a teenager...it is going to be a great summer!
April 4, 2011
Hi! I just posted some before/after photos. Hopefully not toooo embarassing. I'm very proud of my new TT and it was a good decision. I'm delighted at having found someone who has done the procedure and is grandmother also! Congrats to you!
April 4, 2011
Wow! I am so proud of you and I don't even know you!! Congrats! You are a sexy grandma!! How many lbs. did they remove? you must feel light as a feather!
April 4, 2011
Kumama, thank you for your kind comments! PS took 10 lbs off, which I guess is a lot for a TT. I'm sure glad he did. Keep looking around me, to figure out where I went LOL. I haven't been this light in 35 years, so it is totally awesome feeling.
April 4, 2011
you look great
April 4, 2011
San Francisco5707, thank you! A lot of hard work and a great PS has paid off.
April 4, 2011
My teen granddaughters are delighted I have a belly button. They could't picture a person without one and were very worried. Told them I wasn't getting it pierced, tho, lol.
April 5, 2011
Cheryl you look amazing! Congratulations on the weight loss...job well done:)
You have got to feel wonderful now. She should be very proud of yourself and thank you for sharing your story here on RealSelf.
Keep us up to date as you heal.
June 8, 2011
Kimmers25, I just downloaded your 12 things I wish I knew before TT (wish I had known about it before TT - LOL) and have a question. In #5 you mentioned IBS, so you know how to relate to this: I have had IBS and it only lightened up after the weight loss, so lots better, but one problem I have not been able to fix is the extreme gut turmoil/anxiety I have before every doctor or medical procedure visit. I can be calm & no problem until 0-30 min before the visit, then look out. Is there anything that works to help avoid the running to bathroom while putting on exam gown and again just before lying on the operating room gurney????
UPDATED FROM Cher in Seattle
We're finally getting some sun so I bought a...
We're finally getting some sun so I bought a tankini and matching beach towel yesterday. Can't wait to get a little sunbathing going. Haven't done that since I was a teen, so will be careful about overdoing. Incision seems to be healing good. My older sis told me to quit 'yanking' the tape off when I change it, to gently "walk" it off...that might help with some of the blood spots/red areas I was getting.
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