25 Years Old , 2 Children - Cookeville, TN

Thank you! I'm excited, but nervous as can be... Still 14 days out!

Thank you!!! I will be alone for the recovery process and am a little nervous.

You have no help at all? First thing I would suggest is to prepare meals you can heat up - maybe a weeks worth and freeze them. How old are your kids? I had my kids help me a little (my son would hold my hand as I walked down the stairs, my daughter would get me glasses of water, things like that. Do you plan on sleeping in your own bed right away or in a recliner? How many compression garments do you have? My husband would put mine in the wash while I showered and I would only have it off for an hour - I would maybe recommend you purchase two if you do not have someone to wash yours for you when you take it off to shower.

My surgery is early Wednesday morning, my mother is off work Thursday and Friday. So she will be able to help me those two days, and can stop in before/after work to check on me other days. My step father will be driving me to and from surgery and to my post op appointments. Then my 15 year old sister will be staying at my house helping with my children (3&6). I would love to sleep in my bed, but have recliners just in case and tons of pillows. I planned on buying a few garments this weekend, what type do you suggest?? Should it be tight on my current tummy before surgery or a smaller size? I know I will come home in one, but would like to have a couple more to do as you mentioned.

Oh, perfect - the first two days will be the hardest, its great that you have your mother for those two days :-). And having someone to drive you to your appointments and surgery and your sisters help is a major bonus. I did sleep in my bed right away - my PS insisted on it actually. But I had my husband to help me get in and out of bed (its a high bed). My garment was one that had eye hooks on the side as well as a zipper and then between the legs it had a flap that hooked from back to front (kinda like a babies onesie). Getting all of the hooks done up on my own was very hard and I needed help. Not sure if the other ladies have any other suggestions. I didnt get to try my garment on until after surgery because my surgeon provided it for me.

Hmmmm, I'll call and see what my PS would recommend.

Lol! Sounds like me... Your tummy looks similar to mine in your pics. Never realized how many people had similar tummy issues as me til I found this site.

Seriously those were my exact thoughts...like hey who posted pics of my belly? Im trying to get serious about my low carbing...not trying to lose any major weight but maybe a few pounds...i dont think its a good idea to deplete your body before a major surgery...doc says im mostly stretched out skin anyways.....so im like cool...cut it all off ....lol....im hoping the kettlebell im doing is strenghthening my abs...most of my diastasis is the upper middle abs...i recall during my last (6th) pregnancy about 4 years ago that i thought i was getting more stretch marks cause it felt like i was ripping right there.....i realize now it was the fascia n muscle....but even so the separation....ive been working on it...isnt too bad...less then two fingers....the rest is smaller than that...im hoping hoping hoping....that mean less preoperative pain...hoping hoping....im doing windmills with the kettlebell...this is suppose to pull the muscle back together by working the transverse....god only knows if its helping....but i can tell overall im much stronger in the back arms n legs...so im hoping hoping...that that will compensate for the core being nonoperative lol....i already have most of my supplies in a box waiting for o day....scary scary...

Oh on top of arnica and bromelain...i would make sure you get some iron...i actually recommend black strap molasses unsulphured just got mine....it has iron calcium n potassium...the potassium is important because a draining wound drain iron and potassium....potassium helps swelling....ive read about peoples hemo dropping really after surgery cause the draining blood...one lady had to get a blood transfusion...so ive got my iron and this stuff called lactoferrin...which actual kills bacteria and raises iron levels faster than iron itself....its an iron carrier...plus remember to take the iron with vit c for absorption...orange juice works good.....im a nurse and a naturalist ...so i have learned a lot of natural healing methods...the glycine and arginine in gelatin speeds wound healing too...good luck darling...we are almost to the other side....i keep telling myself itll be worth the hassle...all we can do is mentally prepare...

Ya, mentally preparing is what is gonna get me there or have me back out one! Lol

Right.....youd kick yourself so hard....i figure im gonna be upset maybe even cry and whine like a baby.....but.....im going to go through with it....im trying to go out and have fun before hand so the month of doing nothing isnt so bad....i hope

You seem like you have a similar body type...im hoping to see your pics before i go in so i can get a glimpse of my future body ...lol

Lol! I have a super short torso :(

Ya, I would. Wanted this for years, and can now afford it! Which is why I scheduled it for so soon, didn't want to schedule it months out and back out. Lol.

I will post my after pics ASAP so you can see. :)

Awesome..i talked to a pt that had the surgery three years ago from my doc...she said she had similar body as me and never had a figure...well after the tt and lipo she said the doc gave her an hourglass figure she went from a 12/14 to a loose 8 ....im so excited i think a size 8/10 woukd help me look more proportionate for sure...it woukd be a major trip to drop a few more pounds and get to 6 ...id freaking die......lol

I'm currently a 16, which isn't an issue for me. My weight itself doesn't bother me, my lose skin does. But being only 5ft5 being a little smaller will definitely make me look more proportional. Lol. My Dr said the surgery will not give me a perfectly flat tummy, he said I needed to be realistic with where I am currently versus my end goal with surgery. Which makes sense. I understand people havehave fat under their abdomen that can not be lipo'd. But looking at pics on here has my thinking it will be very close to flat. ;)

I don't think anyone unless they are very thin and have no visceral fat....which is fat between the organs....will be flat flat...honestly...even really thin women tend to have rounded bellys unless they are very muscular in that area...im like you....i have learned to kinda hold my muscles in and all i really care about is this damned loose skin....im currently between a size 12/14 the smallest part of my waist is about 35 1/2 inches....id be happy at 32..., you know us wide waisted short torso girls....what can we do.....im sure you will look great...

Thank you!

That would probably be best rather than buying one know and it not being the right size.