Baby Steps! 7 Weeks Post Op VTH - California

July 22, 2011

You are SO beautiful! ARE you kidding me! I am so glad you started your blog and I feel so Honored to be the first one to sprinkle you with love and joy! Welcome to your very own page of encouragement! And a place to share your journey! I love that you rated the staff a 4 and not a 5 that would already be my thoughts now that Shireen is on vacation. ha ha ha. I am not sure what your experiences have been but I feel that 1 star lack! Where are you going on your vacation?

July 25, 2011

You are too sweet! Love catching up by phone this am. Have to do it again soon!

Want to be thin

July 22, 2011

Oh my so beautiful and does not look to be 55 at all! Wow! I hope your incisions are good for your holiday! I didn't even know they did the fat transfer thing sounds interesting! The big butt look is in isn't it? LOL Mine's big naturally!

July 28, 2011

Big butt look is in...but I look like I should have a beeper attached to my butt when I am in motion. Presurgery - size 10 post surgery 14...R U kidding me....tried on clothes last weekend and was having a melt down in the dressing room. The only thing I can say about my butt is that I don't have 1 dimple on it or any loose skin. It's like the Dr blew up two great big old balloons.

July 22, 2011

Wow we are the same ht and @ the same weight and we look around the same age ! Wow you just look amazing but I am sure you know that! And we go to the same doctor!!! My point no point! ha ha ha!! Hope your having a GREAT day!

July 23, 2011

Wow, LMull, you are so pretty! Glad you are posting about the butt and fat transfer. My teen granddaughters keep telling me since TT that I have NO butt, nadda, el zippo and need some padding or something. So, hope to follow your journey as I want to learn!!!

UPDATED FROM LMull

Hey all you anticipating a thigh lift or verticle...

LMullJuly 25, 2011

Hey all you anticipating a thigh lift or verticle thigh lift. Here is the list as promised.

1. Toilet seat Riser w/handles.
2. Absolutely! Do NOT - Do NOT use stairs.
3. Order a freshette at www.freshette.com
4. For a verticle thigh lift - have on hand 5X7" sterile pads and 4X4 gauze pads for dressing changes.
5. Tape - I prefer the cloth tape - alcohol to remove the goo left behind.
6. Steri-strips in case anything looks like it might pop open unless you don't mind endless weeks of packing with gauze 2X's a day like I have had to do:( Hate it!
7. I think a hospital bed or lift chair would be great if you can afford it. I've only found 1 rental place in Los Angeles for the lift chair. I 've read that most people who have a tt/tl prefer the chair lift.

Hope this helps!

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July 25, 2011

Thank You all so much for the encouragement and compliments! Obviously, this is one of my better photos...it's not a close up!!! Big butts might be in however, after 40 years of trying to get rid of it I have no desire!! I was a size 10 prior to the "fat transfer" went shopping over the weekend and I was putting on 12's and 14's..now that was depressing!
My 8 year old granddaughter said to me..well Nanew after your surgery you're gonna have the butt of a 25 year old:) I asked her if her Mom and Dad had been talking.

July 26, 2011

Thank you for the list, LMull! I have printed it to make sure I get everything prior to August. If you think of anything else, let me know - I'm soaking in the advice!

July 26, 2011

Cheryl, Are you having a medial or verticle? From my understanding the medial is much much less painful and recovery is much quicker. I will be 8 weeks post op on Thursday and would say that I am only about 75%. On the weekends when I am up and around more I am still dealing with major swelling. I have an appointment today for a lymphatic massage. Since I am 3 weeks away from vacation I thought one a week wouldn't hurt. Hope it does the trick. We'll see.

July 26, 2011

As far as I know, it is a medial. I'll know for sure after pre-op Aug 5. Aren't lymphatic massages nice! I've had 2 since TT with a lady whose really good. I'll have to research difference between medial and verticle, as I would have though them the same ...I believe my incision will go down to the knee.
So glad you get a vacation - hopefully take your mind off thighs for awhile and onto more pleasant events! Have fun!!!!

July 26, 2011

If he is going to the knee then it is a verticle thigh lift. The recovery will take longer than the medial. I have my first lymphatic massage today - hope it helps the swelling.

K_at_RealSelf

July 25, 2011

Hi LMull. Thanks for your review and congratulations losing so much weight and managing to keep it off. You're doing a great job.

Can I ask how you lost the weight?

Kirsty

July 25, 2011

Kristy, Wish I could just tell you that I started 1 diet and stuck to it and never failed. Truth is I started many but in the end I just never gave up. Kept dieting and kept exercising. I still have a hard time keeping it off but as soon as I am at that strong 5 lb up I know I have to do something. 5 can easily become 30 for me.

Want to be thin

July 26, 2011

Oh me too! I yo yo! Lost 85 lbs gained most back lost it again this time I as well try to keep it in a 5 lb window. Still a bit from my goal but close! You have done awesome.

July 28, 2011

Right now - I am up 10 and it is driving me crazy. 8 weeks post op today. Dr released me for full activity but my legs don't really feel like they could take that much. Walked a mile last night - legs were sore a little sore. Need to get them going again. Up 10 but I've been on my butt for 8 weeks and I quit smokeing 5/1.

K_at_RealSelf

July 29, 2011

Still, whether it's one diet or many, you've done amazing. Congratulations and keep up the good work!

Mimipat74

March 10, 2015

Look for used lift chairs. I found one for each of my surgeries and resold them after recovery. They cost nothing that way. I found one on Craigs Lost and one in a resale shop. Get on Facebook as wanting one. Check all sales groups on Facebook. So many people get them for recuperation then get ride of them afterward that they are not hard to find. The are a real plus after body lifts of all kinds.

Iwtgov60

August 9, 2017

Good advice. Thanks

UPDATED FROM LMull

Went to see my Dr yesterday. Healing well now. Had...

LMullJuly 27, 2011

Went to see my Dr yesterday. Healing well now. Had a long discussion about my LBL on Sept 1. I have changed my mind and will have my arms done then and hold off for the big one in January for several reasons. I want to lose another 15 lbs prior to the LBL. My VTL was only 8 weeks ago and I am still healing and want to really feel strong when I have the LBL. Also, every year my husband and I go to Cabo in Nov for 10 days and I DON'T want to potentially jeopardize our time together there by an incision potentially opening. Not being able to swim etc etc. My arms aren't real bad and no doubt I'll be healed. Guess I am rambling. Sorry All!!

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July 27, 2011

For me I think that I will always and forever have to monitor, stay on top of etc etc my weight and the reasons behind it. I have had relatives who have said "that's just you - accept yourself" It's not about accepting myself, it's trying to better myself. Just cuz they've seen me fat all my life and that's how they have identified me does not mean that that's who I am:)

July 27, 2011

Weight is such a weighty matter for me as well~ losing the 106 pounds and keeping it off for the past 4 to 5 years has been an up and down for me as well! I did it through JennyCraig and that has been a God Send for me! but it's ALWAYS a struggle for me as well!

July 28, 2011

You certainly don't look like you lost a 106 pounds! Good genes!

July 28, 2011

Awwh Thanks lmull I will post a picture soon when I find it I only have one! ha ha ha!

July 29, 2011

Now HeatherMarie, you didn't destroy all your old pics, did you - LOL. Mine, there was only one I could find, and only because my daughter took it and I hadn't known about it or it would have destroyed also - LOL.

K_at_RealSelf

July 29, 2011

Congratulations on your weight loss Heather. Maintaining weight is difficult but the hard work is definitely worth it.

August 2, 2011

thank you your right it all so worth it~ ~ and yes my pictures are either gone or I didn't let them happen most of the time! and for the life of me I can't find it! I'll keep looking~

July 28, 2011

I agree, keeping off the weight may always be a struggle, but a struggle that is well worth it. The rewards are enormous - not just in how we look at ourselves and fitting into clothes & costmetic benefits - but the health benefits and actually feeling good. For me it is no longer diabetic being told I have to use insulin, being able to walk 60 minutes, not 5, no more sleep apnea, no more belly rashes & drying with hair dryers to keep from getting them, getting into booths at restaurants, getting into airplane without using seatbelt extensions, and the list goes on...!

July 28, 2011

LMull, I said this on HeatherMarie's postings, but with regard to arms, would like to follow that procedure too if you don't mind:) And whoo hoo for the vacation in November - awesome!