Tummy Tuck: Stories

I am 5' 4" weight around 190lbs with large frame. I have 2 children a 4 1/2 year old and my daughter just turned 2. I weighted 150 before my first pregnancy at age 17, at delivery i weighted 223. i lost all but 14 lbs after having my son. Then during nursing school i gained 30lbs! Then got pregnant again, i weighted 196 when i got pregnant and ended up at 254!! it took me over a year to lose all of my pregnancy weight and then some.

I have lots and lots of strechmarks, and i know it want get rid of all of them but i dont care i cant stand my stomach!! I had my consult in Feb. I am having full TT and BA, Dr. said lipo would not help much but I have decided I am going to ask him again at my pre op appt. He said he was going to be able to take out everything below my belly button and about an inch above. I am really excited!! I am taking 2 weeks off work ( I am a pediatric nurse). I am having procedure on April 24th and going back to work on May7th.

I had my pre-op this morning!! Dr. gave me my rx to get filled. pain meds, antibotics,muscle relaxers,and nausea med. also he said since i am brode chested that he is going to give me 350- 400ml implants. and that should make me a full c or d, but im not to sure about that because i am already a b or small c, sounds like a lot!! what do you guys think??

LET THE COUNT DOWN BEGIN!!! Only 9 more days to go!! I'm sort of nervous and a little bit scared but I am really looking forward to not having to be embarassed about this stomach!!!

Well only 2 days left before the big day!! I'm really excited but scared and nervous!! I was thinking about it yesterday on the way to work and got so sick to my stomach!! I really hope that it turns out worth all the money and stress! Going today to finish up getting everything for after surgery at home. i did get a loveseat recliner (it has an armseat in between so the 2 chairs dont conect to each other) so that my husband can sleep in the living room with me. i also purchased a shower chair yesterday to make it easy to take a shower my PS actually sugested it. i can't believe i have waited for almost 5 years for this and now I only have 2 days left to wait!! Thank you all for all the support and info.

I'm so nervous right now!! I've had so many emotions today. I have 10 hours to go... Good luck everyone that is going in tomorrow! Keep me I. Your thoughts and prayers

Well today is 6 days PO! I have my PO appt today I am hoping the drains will come out the right one has not drained at all in 2 days but I think it may be clotted i tried milking it but it didnt work. The left one has been less than 50 for 3 days. They are so agravating!!! I haven't had to take much pain meds but the muscle relaxers I have been taking at least 2 times a day! I still can not stand up striaght and it is killing my back. I go back to work a week from today.. I sure do hope I will be stand upright by then. My mucsles are super tight!! The doctor took out 7.5lbs off my stomach however the scales dont say so! As far as the BA we had talked about 500ml implants well i got 550ml in each they are high profile. I was a little upset about that to begin with but now I think they look fine. i still haven't had a great look at my stomach but what I can see looks soo much better. i'm glad i did it!!

my PO appt went pretty good I did get one drain out and the other should come out before friday so I wont have to go back to work with any drains!! Happy about that! It really did burn when they pulled that drain out. Some how I have a small blister above my incision I think it is from rubbing against the binder. The nurse said my belly button looked great. My grandmother went with me to my appt and she told the doctor that I was going back to work Monday and she didnt think it was a good idea. his response was Nurses are crazy lol and that we are the worst patients (joking), he said I would be fine to go back to work as long as if I felt like I needed to leave I did. I will be so glad when I can stand up straight!! I hope by monday.

Got the last drain out today!!! And was told that I could wear a different bra....I am now a DD.. WOW!!! I don't have to go bback until May 31st.

Well since both drains are out I have gained 3 lbs!! I guess it's from sitting around and the swelling.. I go back to work today, excited cause I'm sick of staying in the house. I'm sort of Ned ous though cause not a lot of peoe at work knew why I was on vacation, and I work 12 shifts so I hope I can make it through these next 3 days of 12 hour shifts.

i went back to work this past monday at 13 days PO. the first day was hard but the next 2 days were good. I was so ready to go back!! Everyone there was really supportive since only ab out 3 people knew before hand. I went out this weekend for the first time dancing, I was around a lot of cigarette smoke and I did drink some, I did ride with my husband on his motorcycle too. Now under my stairy strips there was some like watery fluid not a lot but I cut that part of the strip off and dabbed that spot with paper towel and there was a little bit of blood I put a band aid over it. I hope i didnt over do it and mess it up :(((( What do you guys think???

This whole journey is really starting to get to me. I feel like I can't do anything I did normally before surgery. I really wish I would have gotten the lipo to. I think I may have a dog ear that needs to be removed not for sure yet but if it does I am going to see if I can get some lipo to my sides and back. I am ready to start back exercising i feel like a cow!!

Well I haven't been on here in a long time. I will be 1 year PO on April 23rd. I am happy with my results over all. When I went back for my 6month PO apt the doctor told me that I did need to have a revision to my sides. I did not get lipo with my TT but wish I would have. I have a spot right above my BB that sticks out and its kinda hard I thought it was a hernia or something but he said it was fat and that at year when he does the revision he will give me lipo in that area for free. I am not looking forward to the revision but I know it needs to be done. The only thing I do not like about my stomach is that since I have had the TT my hips stick out more ( I did not have lipo). also I have noticed in the last little while that if I stand up and lean over my stomach is not tight. but I have lost about 18lbs since January. does anyone else have this problem?

well going back looking at my journey over the last year makes me realize I did the right thing for myself. I still have some issues that need to be fixed but at least I don't have to carry around that ugly belly anymore. this last year has really been hard on me. before I had my TT I went from 190 to 201 stress eating then I got down to 195 after surgery within a few weeks. I didn't exercise like I should have or eat right. Then about 4 months PO my 2 year old daughter was diagnosed with epilepsy and had 5 seizures before she was put on medication, that was very stressful. We have had to go for lots of different tests and doctors but she is doing well on her meds now no seizures since November! We bought a new house in October and went through the moving process. then in January my son was diagnosed with ADHD. So with all the things that were going on the last year I went back up from 195 to 209. which of course made me feel like I wasted a lot of money for nothing. To top it off after having surgery like within the first 3 weeks or so I got a bunch of little sideways stretch marks!! The PS told me my skin could not handle stretching anymore my pregnancies did it in big time. I started exercising and eating better in January and I am now down to 189. I am hoping to get down to at least 150 or so. I am looking forward to go to my 1 year appt and see about this revision since I do have dog ears and my scar is kind of loose where I had the issues with it coming open because of the stitches coming out and I have a "lump" above my BB that the PS said was fat but its hard... but he said when I had my revision he would do lipo in that area for free. Anyway looking back at this journey even though it wasn't easy im glad I did it.

went for my one year po appt but the dr wasnt there. i said something to the nurse about the bolge above my bb and she had me tighten up my muscles and felt my stomach and said to her it felt like the stitches had came out there and my muscles were separated there...ugh that was disappointing. but theysceduled my scar revidion and dog ear removal for may 22. im not sure what they can do if my.muscles are separated im not feeling going back through the whole healing process again if that is what it would take. what do you guys think. anybody else ever had that issue?

i also forgot to mention that before surgery i was a 36 c but not full c. went ti victoria secret and got fitted im now a 38 ddd... was suppose to only be a d... im happy with them though!