I am 5'2 weighing in at 136 pounds. - 3 weeks PO - Dallas, TX

I went to my PS today and everything looks great he said. I have a few little dents along my incision line but those will smooth out. I swell in the afternoon between my incision and pubic line but that will go down in the next couple of months. Doc said I could stop wearing his binder and wear spanx now. I have some on right now and it feels weird because my upper torso is exposed where it was not before. I'll get used to it. He wants me to wear the spanx for the next couple of weeks and my binder to bed if I want to (which I will).

I am feeling good.....it's hard to believe I had major surgery 3 weeks ago! I bought a new dress and boy, does it look good on me! :) Yay! Love my new tummy! I can handle the swelling, and being tired, and the occasional feeling of tightness because I know that will all go away and that dress looked good! My husband couldn't take his eyes off me! It is very form fitting so I had a wonderful hourglass figure. This is what we all did this for, right?! Have a great day!

I am 2 weeks post-op today. I feel pretty good although of-course I am swollen and tired. I am certainly starting to see my tummy take on more defining shape. My skin is numb and tender and I am rubbing arnica gel on my tummy and putting merderma on my scar. My scar is raised but that's normal. I have been massaging it....that seems to help.

I can't go too long without my binder as my binder is my new best friend. Even though my tummy is not at it's final look yet, I am happy. When I feel like complaining about this, that or whatever, I remember that before I had a huge blob of fat in my middle and now that is gone. That keeps me real and the fact it's only been 2 weeks. My husband and I have started up relations again....with my binder on! He thinks it's sexy and I feel better with it on anyway! I am excited though to get through the binder stage and back to real life. All in due time. I will post new pictures soon. Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Got my last drain removed this morning....was soooo happy. It felt like I won the lottery and I feel like a million bucks! I'm now sporting a different binder. It has lace and velcro that attaches through the crotch. I feel pretty good....a few aches and pains here and there but overall....good. Now that I have the drains out, I'm going to put my jeans on and hopefully they will feel good. It still may be too soon yet.

Hope everyone is doing well. FYI - I was 136 before tummy tuck and now I am 134. I am happy with that. Doc took 1 1/2 pounds of skin off and tightened 10 centimeters. That's soooo awesome!