38 YO with 2 Kids (21 & 14) Now It's Time for Me - Charlotte, NC

In about 3 weeks it will be a year since I had my TT, HR, MR and lipo. Most importantly I went had my tattoo put back together lol. I really had mixed emotions about doing it but I just wasn't complete without. I knew it was going to hurt cause it hurt like Hell getting it in the first place but I was young then (19yrs old). I know it's almost been a year and I'm still not fully healed from the surgery. My stomach is still numb or I've lost a lot of nerves because I didn't really feel any pain in my stomach area. I knew he was there but it didn't hurt. What did hurt was the extension of my tatto that was once just placed on my stomach now stretches to my thigh. Yes thigh! I had so much skin cut away from stomach that my tatto now goes to my thigh. Now that was painful!!! Anyway I will show you what it looks like for now but I have to go back and get her colored in. Overall I feel sexy again with TT and Tattoo back even though my formation is still taking place. I will update and show the full pic once I get it colored in.

It will be 7 weeks tomorrow since my TT and lipo on love handles, hernia removal, & abs reconstruction. I must say I can tell a huge difference. I'm still swollen at which my dr says is normal that will take some time to go down. I wonder if it's taking longer because I didn't have to wear a compression garment. Well last night I slept in my body magic corset. I think I will continue to do this while I'm just sitting around the house and when I go to bed. Under my breast where they tighten my abs back together is really hard when you touch it. I wonder if it's the muscles that's swollen underneath. I have straighten up a whole lot but I can tell when I have done too much. In the evening when I have had a long day I can feel myself start to hunch back over. My stomach will start to feel heavy like Im carrying a ton of bricks in my stomach. There will be a slight pain of discomfort to where I'll feel as I need to lay down.
I don't eat a lot because I get full really quick. I guess my stomach don't have a lot of room with all the swelling but that's a plus I can still lose some more weight. This week I will start exercising with the weights on my arms and legs. No cardio... Yet. I think, well I know that would be toooo much! I'm still in limbo about my tattoo (the half tiger )but I thought about maybe after the swelling goes down I get the other half placed back on but have it extended to my upper thigh. We will see.???? until then here are updates of my results. Oh and disregard the impressions from my corset I just took it off to breath a bit lol ????

So since my last update I've had my drainage tubes taken out and I've lost 10lbs (YEAH) since surgery. I guess because I get full really quick. I'm not eating a lot. I'm still walking hunched over like a little old but I have straighten up some and I can walk a little faster. My back still hurts after I walk around for a bit from being bent over. So that's my indication to sit back down!! I'm still swollen. I didn't have any compression garments after my surgery but after reading reviews I wondered if I placed one of girdles on if it would help with the swelling and if I had any fluid it could shift it down as well. So of course I put on my body magic (the one that just wraps around your stomach). Lord knows it's tight when you don't have surgery so yes it was tight now that I had it on. The plus side of wearing it for a few hours ( all that I could take) it help my back. My posture was more up right and my back didn't hurt. Like I said I could only wear it for like 6 hours before feeling miserable. I have been applying some scarring cream my dr gave me which seems to be tightening the incision. In time I guess it will fade the scar. I also have been wearing a gauze on my navel. Since I had my stitches removed a week after surgery it has been draining. I thought it would have healed up by now but I guess the more movement I do the more it leaks. My drainage incisions closed in like 2 days. You hardly even can tell that there were actual holes there. I'm posting pics of 3 weeks post surgery. I'm still swollen but it's a huge difference.