30, 5'7, 185#, No Kids but my body looks like it :( Ready to love all of me! Beverly Hills, CA

Genetics aside, my lower tummy area has always been a problem for me. I have no kids, but had a double hernia repair as an infant, leaving me with a pelvic bone scar, and slight dog ear on the "pouch" of stomach fat in my lower tummy. I'm active, play sports, make 70% good food decisions, and still, a large stomach pouch continues to haunt me. I've thought about fixing this for probably 10 years. I'm sick of quickly covering my tummy when my husband touches it, portraying myself as super confident, unless it's something dealing with my tummy super-jiggling (Sex especially), and, missing out on tons of clothes because my tummy. It's overall a big pain.

Now that I am in a better financial place, I'm finally doing a mommy makeover, as my boobs have suffered the brunt of working out, aka, pretty sad little lumps, haha! They are more like triangles than circles, appearing as if they hate each other and moving away from another instead of staying centered.

After researching/meeting 3 surgeons in LA, and 1 a few years ago in my hometown, I finally settled on Dr. Bruno. His level of experience, personality, technique, prior reviews, and photos all lead me to feel at ease and trusting in the outcome. It's still really scary because my head does go to the "Worst case scenarios", the top ones including:
Death
Blood Clots in my left leg (My ankle area is pretty gross due to sports injuries)
My breast implants being rejected by my body
My tummy surgery being a long and painful recovery
The results not being exactly what I am hoping for (A flat tummy area)

I've booked my surgery date for Dec. 17th, as I will have 2.5 weeks off from work, not taking PTO, and can work from home if I still need time, once our office reopens in the new year. I can't fly to NYC for NYE, as Marisol advised I can't fly for 15 days post-surgery, but it's worth it to stay and recover.

Now, it's getting real, and I can see how the "counting down the days" starts once you book your date.
I should have my call this week to schedule my pre-op and go over various items.

I'm still figuring out if I want/need flank lipo- I just want everything to finally fit into my underwear, if that makes sense? Will post pics once I can.

I'm going to create a google doc with a list from everyone here of the items to get. I know a front-zip sports bra is one of them, but I would rather have the items instead of hassling with leaving the house.
This community has been truly helpful, in finding people with similar body shapes, procedures, fears, etc.
Thanks in advance. I know I will have questions and concerns posted here.

Having a trusted friend in the medical field is beyond valuable in going through this experience. I am waiting for her to send me a bill for all the dumb medical questions I have texted her with.
Playing softball, I've taken several impact inuries to my left leg. As a result, I want to make sure my fears of a DVT/blood clot in that leg are somewhat minimized. My best friend, an ER nurse of 10 years, suggested I add two more labs for my pre op bloodwork. Here is the list of what my PS ordered, including the add-ons:

CBC
PT
PTT
HCS Quil (Or qual, can't tell on the writing)
HIV
Added on: D-Dimer, and HKG

Next week I will go for a venous doppler to double check my leg is not high risk for blood clots. Crazy there is a test for most things now!

My husband is joining me to help pick out my breasts and ask the PS any questions. I am starting my list of stuff to buy this week, including front zipping sports bras, the items on the list commonly found here on RS, and especially a walker since I will be hunched over.

With Pre-op this week and labs pulled today, the two next hurdles I am struggling with are:

1- How have others communicated/addressed their surgery to co workers? I feel it's going to be pretty obvious when I return after the holidays with noticeably larger breasts. Keep quiet unless someone directly asks, or proactively tell everyone I am doing this? They will talk about me behind my back and as a manager I don't want it to erode any credibility- unfortunately in our society, doing such things does actually have negative perceptions in the work place and more so as women.

2- My weight. 6 weeks ago, I started Keto, and did great for the week leading up to my world travels. I dropped 3 pounds in 5 days. Now I am finally back and resumed Keto but this leaves me with only 3 weeks to drop as much weight as I can.
A- How have people dropped weight quickly for their surgeries?
B-Has anyone had any problems continuing keto post-surgery since it's high in Protein to help rebuild the body and low in carb which (IMO) would both be good things since you are unable to be highly active for the couple weeks post-surgery.

So many questions. So excited. So nervous and hopeful. UGH!

Took my husband and met with Dr. Bruno for my pre op so hubby could ask any questions. His questions were more about financial issues (Who pays for fixing her chest if one ruptures, etc).
I was focused on re-visiting the realistic expectations post-surgery; what would I truly look like? He showed me again with his hands where/what would be cut, and pulled. It sounds very promising. I pray I don't have that inter-muscular fat that is much harder to trim off.

After some breast size debate, we settled on three possible "final" options: 450cc, 475, and 500cc. Although I am hoping for a 475 in my left and 500 in my right, I am fine with whatever he decides- he is the professional with this area, not me. My right is about 25-30 cc smaller so we couldn't go much higher than this range due to a 50CC jump after 500 (500 and a 550cc combo, etc) instead of the 25cc increment below 500cc. I pray my upper body workouts (which is where most my strength is) don't restrict the larger size from fitting :(

After going through what I will most likely look like (OMG I may finally be able to wear a bikini bottom) and breast size and trying on the sizer bra, I got my pre op instructions from Marisol. No teas 2 weeks prior, discontinue birth control, etc, along with a list of helpful items to have on hand before surgery. I already scored a loaner walker from a swap group, thanks to facebook and the tips here to get one.

The last thing I don't have an answer for: How have ladies addressed the surgery observations from co workers, friends, etc? My 3 closest girl friends know, my husband, and one co worker. My boss doesn't know, and I'm worried they will... react poorly to me, for lack of a better expression? Plan A would announce to my coworkers in a daily huddle that I am having a boob job (I can just say I lost weight for the TT), or plan B is just tell those maybe I know will gossip and let them do the work for me. What's the most respectable way to tackle this? Ultimately it's my choice so it shouldn't matter... but, the reality is, in a professional environment, as a woman, we are held to a higher level of judgement on our looks.

I've attached what I am hoping to look close to, post-surgery. I have similar structure.
Any input is helpful. Thanks.