BBL scheduled with Salama November 30th! So excited! :D- Aventura, FL

Hi guys! It's been awhile. I was so obsessed with this site before my surgery and afterwards I was just so consumed with the recovery and my new body that I neglected to share as much. I was looking at before pics the other day and realized what an impact this procedure made on my life. It truly has changed my entire body and boosted my confidence enormously. Sometimes I get down on myself and think I'm the same as before, or I'm looking chunky again and then I look back and realize how far I've came and how amazing my body looks even when I'm feeling unhappy. It's important to realize this surgery does not change the way you think of yourself, you have to do that. It helps, but ultimately it's up to you to make yourself happy. You have to love yourself, easier said than done, but everyday is a step closer when you truly embrace your flaws and realize they will always be there but you're still perfect and beautiful. Surgery is not the end of feeling insecure and I could continue to pick my body apart and do surgery after surgery but now I realize I would be doing it for the wrong reasons. Don't get my wrong, I love my new body and it was probably one of the best decisions I've ever made, but it didn't fix what my brain thinks, now it's up to me to change that. I would go back and do this a hundred times, even though it was one of the most painful and difficult things I've done, my body is amazing. Dr. Salama was an excellent choice and I'm so glad I didn't let just anybody touch my body, he is truly an artist. I could've found somewhere closer, cheaper, and more convenient but I'm glad I trusted my instinct and went with him. It was more than worth it.

I think it's day 9, right? Days run together for me right now. I've just been doing the same things every day trying to recover. It's no fun I'll tell you that but it gets better every day. UPDATE on my poo situation (sorry if tmi) I FINALLY got over it yesterday, it was awful. For the past 3 days I was completely miserable on top of just recovering from surgery being constipated for over a week was the cherry on top. Wearing my garment on top of that and it being so tight and confining and feeling like I was about to poop myself every 5 minutes but not being able to was an experience I'll never forget. I was beginning to panic but finally I took enough stuff and was able to push through it. UGH. If any of you have the same prob inbox me and I will tell you what I took etc bc it was a process. I'm soo happy now I can finally focus on my actual recovery and not that. Something I've noticed is that I am so hungry now, like I will eat and an hour later have hunger pains like wtf. I'm not trying to blow up so I've just been trying to eat fruit when I get like that. I'm sure it's just my body being confused trying to get energy back. It's so annoying not being able to sit, I didn't think it would be a big deal but it really is, laying on your back constantly is very limiting and kneeling isn't any better. I do have my pillow but I don't want to use that until week 4 because my legs are so wobbly and not stable yet. I'm just so ready to get my front drain out (my mom is going to take it out eek) and this soreness to go away. It's only up from here though, that's something to look forward to.

I find that night time and first waking up are the worst. Because your body gets stiff while you sleep and you wake up so sore and hard feeling. That's why I dread going to sleep because you'll wake up throughout the night no matter what and I prefer that to loosen up my body anyway. I can't imagine the pain of not moving for 8 hours and waking up. It's tough. The mornings are ok once you get moving around and get liquids in you, I wake up and immediately want to take a pain pill but I try not to. I've only been taking two a day one in morning and one before bed, I'm so constipated though I think I'll try not to take any today but we'll see. I'm so ready to feel like myself again.