Ready to See my New Tummy! Tummy Tuck With MR and Vertical Scar - Atlanta, GA

Hi ladies! I haven't been on in almost a month...but I feel good! There's still some swelling down the middle of my stomach which includes my BB. But I am hanging in there. I still get the zingers every now and then but it doesn't hurt as much to sneeze or cough anymore. I have been cleared to do all exercises and I have tried them all. I can do almost everything except full on abs like I use to. They started to hurt after a couple. I haven't tried my headstands in yoga...still really scared about that but give me a couple more months...LOL. My scars are healing nicely. I went through the red faze a couple of weeks ago. Now I think its going through a dark faze. I have only used coco butter on it. I wear my binder every other day and not a night. I also swell more when my eating is not as good I notice....my downfall are chips and the swelling and tightness really shows. Other than that I need to get serious about the gym to start toning up but otherwise I am a happy camper. I can't wait to see how I feel and look in a year! It gets better ladies....I promise!

Happy Friday everyone....here are a few pictures of me in the morning. I am still swollen but I guess that is to be expected for some. I notice when I stand up for longer periods of time most of my swelling is still down below...I pray this goes away before June. I am celebrating my 35th birthday with my girlfriends in Miami and don't want to have to worry about being swollen all the time. Next week is my doc appointment so I can't wait to see if he says I can start using anything or if I can switch my binder up and most importantly start working out. Did any of you start with squats? Or was that something your docs wanted you to wait on? My butt is so saggy...ok enough complaining!

I always like to read reviews where people say what has changed and hasn't and forgot to add in my previous post. My weight is now at 115. I can sleep on my side but not for the whole night. For some reason my stomach area and back starts to hurt and I turn over on my back which is weird because I was a side and stomach sleeper. I have been able to lay on my stomach but not sleep. I try to lay on my stomach for atleast a couple of minutes a day. I don't know why...just something I am doing. I bit the bullet and shaved my legs first sitting in my tub then I got in the shower. It still feels funny on my tummy to bend over for long periods of time. Most importantly I got my monthly wax and oh boy what a feeling?!!!! Everything was so sensitive down there I wanted to scream. LOL. I am pretty good when it comes to pain but I wasn't ready for that. I think the more it was closer to the incision line the more I squirmed. I can get out of bed pretty quickly but if I make a wrong turn I feel it. My stomach has started having a dropping feeling like I am on a roller coaster....has anyone experienced this? I am still wearing my binder....yes its my security however you would think as much as I wear this thing I wouldn't be so swollen. I swear I feel like I am the only one still so swollen at 4 weeks.