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54 years old I have been considering a full tummy tuck for 15 plus years, but was afraid to do it, After all I had babies at home because I do not like needles and stitches and here I am considering to play the part of the girl being sawed in half. I was disgusted with my belly, every night I envisioned cutting it off myself. I had my first baby at age 17, and a few miscarriages and 3 more full term babies. My last was 10 lbs which really made the extra skin an issue. After being on the Depo Provera shot for years and then menopause, my belly became something I could not live with. I would lose weight and then have skin hanging, nothing made it look better. I interviewed several Doctors and after meeting Dr Peter McKenna and his staff, I knew he was the one. He was the only one that offered the 72 hour pain ball for the stomach muscle repair. He also has a state of the art surgery center attached to his office, which was very desirable for me, as I do not feel comfortable with hospitals. Once I found him, I wasted not time getting it scheduled. I had watched videos and been researching for over a year. Now I found a Surgeon I had total faith in,(I'm not going to lie, the many times he has been chosen as a top Doctor, helped) I was prepared for the worst pain of my life, but I knew it would be worth it. Friday 11/3, Day of surgery, I met the Surgery staff, who were just as friendly as the rest of the staff. I was in and out of there in about 5 hours and on my way home. Preparing for pain, I didn't really have any. I did have a bad reaction to pain pills, so immediately switched to Extra Strength Tylenol, them had a reaction to my nausea meds so completely quit that. I went back after the weekend for follow up and to have pain ball removed. I was surprised, I never had any pain in my incision, I had some tummy muscle pain, but was very careful not to aggravate it. I could not believe it when 10 days after my surgery, they removed my bandage on my incision and it looked great, it looked healed and still no pain. I thought incision would be the worst and it was the easiest. The worst part was the reaction to meds and the down time, because I am normally very active. My last appointment 6 weeks after, Dr. McKenna looked at my incision and said "It looks good". I said "I know, I had an expert do it"! My decision to chose Dr. Peter McKenna was a big part of this being the best thing I have ever done for myself. The results are amazing, I just wish I had done it earlier.