28 Year Old, 180 Lbs, 5'4 Height with 5 Kids - Brownsville, TX

I will have surgery on January 5, 2016, very nervous but excited at the same time. I am getting the mommy makeover which includes the extended tummy tuck and breast augmentation. I am adding tubal ligation and vaser liposuction to 4 areas: arms, flanks, back and axila. After my consultation I went home and couldn't sleep because I was just thinking maybe it's too much, maybe I should divide the surgeries so I went in the next day to talk to my doctor and he explained to me that with my age and health he feels that he can do the procedure however while I'm the operation room if he feels that it's too much for my body he will stop the operation. Patient's safety comes first is what he told me and I feel safe and I trust him so I decided to go ahead with the surgery. It is about an 8 hour surgery. still nervous but I think that's normal. So I have my preoperative appointment today 12/23/2015 @ 10 am. Right now it's 3:15am can't sleep, I'm nervous. I don't know if it's me or does it happen to everyone but I was dreaming about the surgery and my results haha so I decided to write down about this very important journey that I will be going thru. I think I have mostly everything figured out. I have my husband's aunt that will be staying at my house for the first week. She will be doing everything from cleaning to cooking to baysitting. Of course with the help of my husband but men can't do it with out us so I had to have a women come in and help. lol my hubby is great I just want him to have that extra help. My older kids will be in school and they have after school activities so don't come home until 6 pm. I have a friend who is a nurse and she will be coming by to help me shower for the first time and drain out my tubes. So I will keep ya posted and will add some pictures along the way. Thank you for reading I love this forum I feel like everyone here supports each other.

I went in today for my my preop and there did a cbc I think it's called and went over what is to be done before and after surgery I have a clear mind of what to expect after surgery. at least recovery wise it seems it will be a long process but all worth it at the end. I came home with copies of the paper work which is what my nurse explained but in detail, I'm making to do lists of what I feel I need to get done before the surgery because I will have to hand over control over my house. it's very hard because I'm used to doing things my way. so I might as well get accept that now. for example shopping for groceries and the things I will need after surgery and stuff like that. it went by smoothly and pretty quick once I was in the room. oh and the nurse took a lot of pictures so she could choose the best as the before and then said she would take some after too. I will take some myself and I promise to post tonight. Well I have an appointment Monday December28, 2015 at the hospital so that I can register. one step closer..

So I finally took the pictures and will post them right now. I only have 7 days left before I go into surgery I am very nervous and excited I can't explain but I try not to think about it so much but it's impossible. I'm almost done buying the stuff I need like the robe, slippers, sports bra no wire, medipeds, over the counter meds, cold compresses, and all that good stuff. I've read that we need something to read so I'm gonna go tomorrow and find me a really good book or two. I called today to see if I could rent a hospital bed but no luck so tomorrow I'm gonna go to this one place they recommended but it was closed yesterday. I just don't want to forget anything..