Male TT and Lipo - Austin, TX

Haven't updated in a while... it's been 10 months! I can hardly believe that... especially since I have so many vivid memories about worrying about the surgery and wondering what the whole experience would be like for me. Well, I had my last post-op appointment a couple of months ago... I still have a noticeable 'bump' or love handles above my incision line. The doctor said it was looking ok but then he offered to do a reduced fee liposuction procedure ($1750) and it would minimize it. Hmm, I'm not interested at the moment. I'm still trying to pay down the original costs! I'm hitting the gym harder and trying to see where the gym gets me over the next several months... especially since I know feel back to 'normal' (although I do sometimes still feel tightness in my abs from the muscle repair. No pain though).

My scar is still quite dark as well. However I feel absolutely great... I even went shirtless for the first time in my life kayaking down the river...haha. I've been able to maintain my weight loss with regular exercise and a decent diet. My new goal is to step up weight resistance training to develop some more muscle tone and get my bf% lower.

Tomorrow I'll be eight weeks PO. Time is flying! I feel overall really good. I had a dr appt earlier this week and he cleared me to stop using compression garments and I can now do weight training again. The only issue left is swelling. Now my left side is more "puffy" than my right side... when it was always the other way around. If I stay looking this way, I would definitely not be happy... flat stomach and love handles... no thank you. But my doctor reassured me that my body is still healing and we'll do another checkpoint at the end of January. I hope the swelling does go down because I don't want any revisions... finger's crossed.

So this is very interesting - last night was my friends birthday party... It was a night on the town... drinking and clubbing... The whole works. I was a bit worried about how I would last throughout the night but my friend and his friends are all doctors, so I did feel more at ease :) I decided to let loose a bit and see how it would affect me. Well, I felt good... Enjoyed some drinks... and danced most the night! Haha. The compression garment gave me some more bounce LOL. Also, it was the first time I dressed up since the surgery.... size 30 jeans and a slim fitting medium polo... something I would NEVER wear at my old 260 lbs. I got so many compliments and it felt great. I even had an old college friend that I hadn't seen in years completely walk by me because he didnt recognize me... it was a fun night ... helped make me feel good about my decisions. And to top it off... when I woke up this morning my swelling was the best I'd ever seen it! The firmness on my right side is completely soft and gone down considerably... not that I condone that go out and party, but I was quite shocked. Maybe all the movement helped to flush things out :)