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I finally did it!!!!! My Name Says It All.... Mini tt, flank lipo and muscle repair..
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PUMPED! OK... My story... I am 49 years old....
WORTH IT$6,578
PUMPED! OK... My story... I am 49 years old. Married 31 years to the best man on the planet. I had the last of two very large children 25 years ago. (9.2 and 10.6) At that point, the damage was done... Through the years I have lost and gained 40 pounds or more about six times... Could never figure out how to keep it off. About four years ago I started on a quest. I wanted to be that healthy fit lady. Not skinny, and not jacked. Just healthy. I am happy to say I have finally figured it out! Clean eating, weight training and realizing that its a lifestyle.. Not something I can ever give up... and I don't want to! Anyway.... a tummy tuck was always joked about but was in my mind always a dream. Besides the fact I had to get over the guilt of using so much money for my own vanity and of course there's the issue of finding said moula. It just never felt right. UNTIL: NOW! I don't know what it was... the fact that I'll be 50 in January, or that I work SO hard... it just feels right...
Went to my doctor today and I LOVE him! Soooo comfortable. Checked out my muscle situation and I was beaming happy that he said they were strong... Only issue is I have a high belly button aka long torso... SO he recommended the mini. Which I am SO happy about. The recovery time was starting to scare me... especially being away from the gym for so long. I'm scheduled for exactly a month from today. I cant wait. To be able to wear jeans without looking like I have a sausage rolled up in there... Yes!!
Went to my doctor today and I LOVE him! Soooo comfortable. Checked out my muscle situation and I was beaming happy that he said they were strong... Only issue is I have a high belly button aka long torso... SO he recommended the mini. Which I am SO happy about. The recovery time was starting to scare me... especially being away from the gym for so long. I'm scheduled for exactly a month from today. I cant wait. To be able to wear jeans without looking like I have a sausage rolled up in there... Yes!!
25 yrs too long's provider
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October 1, 2013
At PUMPED - Your story is inspiring. I am 46 and I have the same weight gain and loss and gain etc. I have been working out and have never felt better. No part of my body bothered me (even though I am FAR from perfect, I am grateful for my life) except my stomach. I used to joke that it is my baby belly (my children are 17 and 18). After one c-section and one natural birth and all the loss and gain, my stomach is a little out of whack. I also would joke about a tummy tuck. My wonderful husband somehow is being very supportive. I too feel like "how can I spend this money on me". I also worry that I am being vain. Somehow I guess we are both at the age that it is time to splurge on us. I have it booked for Oct 22. I can't wait to see your results. Very happy and excited for us both. Moms counts too!
October 1, 2013
You just made me smile real big. :D Here's my thing. I dont drive a fancy car, have a big house, go on luxurious vacations. Heck I don't even wear make up or jewelry. You'd think the tummy wouldn't bother me. But the reality is it does. And thats ok. So why not fix the one thing that drives me nuts? I talked to my ultra frugal friend and she said "you're thinking of this as a want, and not a need... But it is a need. You need this." Made me well up. I love that lady. It will be fun to have someone in the same situation to do this with!
October 6, 2013
Hi. I'm not sure whose post I commented on but i love what your friend said about it being a need. I misunderstood it when I read it the other day. What a beautiful thing for her to say. That is a true friend! I am thinking of posting before pics. My surgery is oct 22. I'm scared and excited. Part of me still feels like I don't deserve it but I don't know why I feel that way. I do whatever I can for my family and I often put their needs first and yet I feel like I don't deserve this amazing thing that I believe will change my life for the better. Ty and I will let U know how things go :)))!
October 6, 2013
I totally get what you mean. But then I realized that NOT doing it made me more selfish than doing it. Like trying to be a martyr or something. Make sense? And you totally should do a review. There's a great freedom in putting up pics of your mush publicly. Especially in a place where everyone else is going thru exactly what you are. Physically and emotionally. I know there will be bad days and the only people who will understand will be here... And be encouraging. :)
October 2, 2013
You look great now . After your MTT your going to look beautiful .
October 2, 2013
thats about the nicest thing anyone has ever said. thank you so much...
October 2, 2013
So four weeks from today. Things I think about.... Buying sexy panties for the first time since 1984. And I don't mean stringy things. Just something that doesn't involve the words muffin or control... Wearing a belt because my pants are falling down, not because my gut is being squeezed out the top... and being naked in front of my husband without wanting giant hands to cover the slushy... It's still hard to imagine, it's just been so long.
October 4, 2013
I had a mini tt last year and had it revised 9 days ago. I'm much happier this go around. Look at my very first surgery back in May of 2012, then my second one which started nine days ago. I redid my ba as well. I'm totally happy with the mini although I wished I had enough to cut out all the stretch marks. Oh well.
October 21, 2013
Yeah I don't have enough skin above the belly button for a full. But the thought of having an even semi flat belly is amazing to me :)
October 4, 2013
That's what I'm looking most forward to is the no bulge in jeans or leggings! I really am flat now but can't wait for the swelling to completely go away so I'll know what pants size I will end up at. Hoping for size 6-8. I'm was at 8-10. Depending on brandname, you know what i mean?
October 5, 2013
I do! I've always had to buy sizes to compensate for the blob of skin that got tucked in.
UPDATED FROM 25 yrs too long
21 days pre
Is this really real????
The office called. post op on Monday. Makes it a bit more real... I couldn't sleep last night I was so excited. And its still three weeks away! Bought a matching set at Vickies Secret, even though it looks absolutely ridiculous. The bulge can't decide if it wants to go over or under the panties. Gave my hubby the news that we won't be sharing a bed for a while. He's 6'4 and I'm 5'9, in a full bed. So yeah..., that's not happening... He took it pretty well. Oh, and by the way. 5' 9" 160. Down from 210 four years ago. :)
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October 10, 2013
Very excited for you ! I'm right behind you best of luck!!
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