Body Lift After 170lb Weight Loss

First off, I'm a female over 35. I'm a mother, and I was very, very fat. I had weight loss surgery and lost 170lbs, and kept it off. But I got to the point where my body didnt function the way I needed it to- I had rashes under by belly, breasts, and armpits. I had flaps of skin all over. I decided to pursue cosmetic surgery to remove the skin that made me so self conscious. After researching 16 surgeons, I selected Dr. Streu. From my initial consultation, in which she spent a long time asking me my story and explaining realistic expectations, to my most recent follow-up, her bedside manner is spectacular. She treats me like an equal, obviously choosing to practice patient fo used team medical care. As a health care provider myself, this is really important to me. After discussing my post surgery goals, I decided to pursue a two stage body lift (the second part I'm undecided on at the moment). I chose to undergo a full 360 abdominoplasty with diastasis repair, a brachioplasty, and a breast lift. We decided to extend the incision from my arm lift down through the armpit and connect it to an anchor breast lift. Because this is so much surgery, we decided to pursue a medial thigh lift at later date. I booked the date and got my bloodwork done 30 days on advance. Upon getting those results, she asked me to load the protein, to increase the quality of post op healing. I did, and gained some weight, but I'm glad.
The morning of surgery at the Wilshire Surgery Center, the staff was so kind! Nurses and surgery staff were great. I'd had a long conversation with the anesthesia provider the night before. Dr. Streu came in and marked me all over, and I was ready. The meds hit me hard, but I woke up a few hours later and it was gone! I was sore, but able to tolerate the pain by keeping on schedule with meds and attempting to stay hydrated. I stayed the night in the surgery center, and again, amazing post-OP staff.
I'm now 7 weeks out, and I am wearing a spanx style binder during the day or compression pants, and the medical binder to sleep. I have healed really well, just the tiniest amount of breakdown at the base of my anchor incision (which healed by week 6 with no interference). I've had a few sutures pop out, and I have some scar tissue build up near some lymph nodes that I'm working on. I'm still really swollen, and have some things I notice (one breast seems minutely larger than the other, though that was the same before and I can deal). Once the swelling goes away and the numbness fades, we will assess if anything needs nipping or tucking for revision.
The cost was reasonable, the outcome at 7 weeks is blowing my mind- I feel like the person I've worked so hard to be. I would highly recommend Dr. Streu and her team!