I DID IT!!!!!

Well, I was six weeks PO this past Tuesday. I go back to the doc for my month check-up next week. I am ready for him to release me to exercise (more than walking) and I am so hoping he does. I have noticed some hardening of my scar and the area above is harder than normal. It seems like I am swelling more again. I am sure it has something to do with the fact that this past week, I have been eating everything under the sun....hormonal binge eating as I call it...that I do once a month! Gotta get back on track. I can tell that it doesn't take as much to make me feel bloated as it used to. Which is a good thing because it keeps me more aware of my weight. gaining two or three pounds now makes me feel like I have gained 10. I have one dog ear that is worse than the other....it seems to hurt a little more. I hope it goes away and begins to look like the other side. I also notice that when I stand up my tummy is flat but when I sit it still has some saggy skin around my belly button and a little bit of muffin top (just not anywhere as big as before). I guess I am a little disapointed by that, but the last time the PS said he couldn't pull the top part to tight because he had to pull the bottom so tight where I carried most of my skin and weight in the lower tummy. But hey, I still love it a ton compared to what it did look like! I hope everyone is doing well. I've posted a new pic of me trying on a new bikini! I haven't worn one is about 18 yrs. I have always worn the tankini with the little tennis like skirted bottom. lol time to venture out ladies!! ;-) Love to you all and hope everyone is doing GREAT!

I had my three week and one day post-op check-up this morning. PS said everything looks great. My tape over my incision finally wore off enough last nite for me to remove it and see my scar for the FIRST time. I was very pleased as was my hubby. The PS said that my incision is going to heal nicely. I am holding him to it! ;-) I saw one little pucker on one side at the very end of the scar...it isn't big, but I can see it an feel it when touching it. PS said over time that it it will soften and look normal like the rest of the scar. There are no raised areas anywhere else on the scar and it is pretty light colored right now in my opinion compared to what I was expecting. It is without a doubt though HIP-TO-HIP plus a little more. lol. I will post a pic tonight if I can. I begged PS to release me to at least walk enough to get my heart rate up and to participate with my girlfriends in an upcoming three mile run/walk fundraiser event that will be held in a week from this Saturday which will put me at 4 weeks and 4 days post op that day. He asked me if I was trying to win some type of tough woman competition....lol. I said "No, but dang it I feel better and I am ready to walk!" So, he said laughed and me and said Okay! lol. I am going to walk when I can in the evenings and then see how long I can make it this weekend. I don't want to get in the middle of the race and have to stand on the side of the road until someone can come take me back to my car. ...I know when to stop and I am not going to push my body. However, the PS did give me very strict instructions on no lifting of any weights whatsoever for at least another three weeks or longer. He said he may release me to do that when I come back in four weeks. I also have to wear my binder/garment for three more weeks (he likes for his patients to wear it for 6 weeks total). I wore my new waiternipper from JC Pennys it was only $28.00 as I got the Maidenform brand since it was a little shorter waisted and I am only 5.2...even it still comes up at little to far under by boobs and down over my hips, but it is GREAT and it was cheaper than the other brands. I did have to get it in a large though since I am wide through the ribcage and hips. It fits much better under my cloths and that is the best part. The one the PS gave me was bulky, harder to hide when wearing and made me look bigger in my cloths.....I mean who wants that after a TT? As if my weight hasn't been crazy since the procedure anyway. I gained at first and I am just now losing some of it.

I still have some problem areas that I see, but I am hoping diet and exercise will cure all of that. It is amazing how much more pumped I am to actually start exercising now...I used to come up with every excuse in the book because I knew that no matter how much I exercised and diet that it would never fix my tummy area that was such a huge issue for me. So, I would get pissed and give-up. But, now, I am so motivated!! Time to work on these thighs now....lol. Amazing how I notice them more now that the attention isn't drawn to my tummy. However, I think I can fix those small issues with diet and exercise and stay away from the knife for a while...if not forever! I will say though that with my flat tummy, my implants that I got a year before my TT seem so much larger than they ever did before....but I am just going to see if I can get used to them...it is almost like they are new to me again as well. I guess I should just look at it and say...WOW I got double the effect for one price! HA!HA! Oh, and the best news of all, my PS said I can SLEEP ON MY SIDE now! OMG, that made me almost as happy as the TT. :-) I hope everyone is doing well. A little word of advice for those who are "blue"...I went through the same thing...but once I got well enough to just leave the house if only to ride with a friend while she ran into walmart or to just get someone to take me to Subway for 30 mins etc I did it, and I PROMISE, for ME, that was the trick to curing the depression part of the TT aftermath. I felt better just to cook my family dinner...even if it was quick spaghetti...Just to get up or get out and get moving (without over doing it) was so much better for my spirits!!! It was amazing how much the outside noise, lights, smells etc helped make me feel normal again mentally. Staying as busy as possible helped me overcome the blues mentally and it also helped me work out some of that soreness physically! Sending all my prayers and love to all my TT girls!!!! Together, we can do this!

I decided to take a few photos tonight since today was the first time I was actually able to see my scar. Also, some had asked about the implants I got one year previously to the TT....I wish I had done the procedures at the same time or had the tt first. Before the TT, my implants fit my short stocky build....now with the TT by implants look larger than life to me. Seems more people are now noticing my boob job from a year ago instead of the TT.....so here are so new pics. I am also at the very end of the day after working etc in swell hell still.