25 Yr Old, 5'2", No Kids, Liposuction of Abdomen and Flanks

I was always a "big" girl and what I mean by big is that I wasn't the same size as most girls my age but I wasn't obese (maybe like 20 lbs overweight). I was fine with that. The problem began when I was in high school and gained a lot more weight after being in a relationship with someone that really didn't care about his weight. After the relationship ended I started to work out and I lost the weight that I had gained and was content with that. But after graduation I felt like what I had lost wasn't enough, so me and my sister got on the most popular weight loss program at the time, Weight Watchers. When I first started the program I was 162 lbs and I went down to 130 lbs in three months. Got off the program because I hit my target weight and felt like I could continue doing what they taught us by myself (this was in June of 2011). I maintained my weight for about a year or so but started to slowly gain lb by lb. I ended up at my highest weight somewhere in the low 200's. Since 2013 I've been gaining and losing weight from diet and exercise. Losing weight has been harder than it was when I lost weight right after high school. In addition to the struggle, I've always had big breast and with the weight gain over the years by breast has grown even bigger as well, which also made it very hard to exercise (36DDD/F). Recently, I scheduled a breast reduction surgery, which will be 4/17/17. I figured this would be the best time to get a little extra work done while under the knife, so I decided to get lipo to help kick start my healthy journey. My patient coordinator stated that with breast reductions, by Florida state law, they weren't allowed to take out more than 1000 cc's at the same time as the breast reduction. So they scheduled my liposuction surgery a week later on 4/24/17.

I told them that i wanted my belly, flanks, and inner thighs done but during my pre-op consultation I want to see about my arms being done as well.

Hello all!!
So today I had my first face appointment with my PS (pre-operative). Before I checked in to my appointment I got a call around 2pm (appointment was at 3pm) from one of the nurses in my PS's office, stating that there will be a change in the order of my surgeries. Like I had mentioned in my first review, my original date for my BREAST REDUCTION was tomorrow 4/18/17 and my LIPOSUCTION would be the following Monday, 4/24/17. She stated that the doctor wanted to switch the two procedures because the areas that I wanted treated with lipo would be hard to treat post breast reduction (he'd have to flip me over on my belly which isn't good for my breast). Which makes A LOT of sense, I just wished I was told in advance not the day before.

ANYWAY! My original appointment with my PS was for 3pm but because he was running a little late I didn't see him until around 4ish. My first impression of him was bad! He didn't greet me with a "Hello" or a handshake, not even a smile. First thing he asked me was what I wanted done. I told him, my abdomen, flanks, inner thigh and arms. He asked if I wanted the back done too. I was like well if you think that's best, sure (I really didn't care). He stated that having all that done at one time would be too much!! He stated that he'd take a little from my inner thighs and he'd do my abdomen. He stated that if I were to only get my abdomen done it'd look "ugly" (his exact words, which I think was a poor use of words/insensitive when there is a woman standing in front of him with no shirt on, but maybe I'm just being too sensitive). So he says he'd only be able to do abdomen, bra rolls, flanks, and inner thigh in one setting. The arms would have to be done another time (which we later decided would be with my breast reduction, YAY!!). The whole appointment the doctor seemed to be in a rush which really put me on edge, the appointment took less than 10 mins. Even though I had a really bad first impression of Dr. Nees at the end of the appointment I did feel a lot better than when I first went in. The whole nursing staff was really nice to me! They reassured me that I was in very good hands and that Dr. Nees was the best surgeon they had! The nurse that was taking my before pictures, blood pressure, weight etc. really helped calm me down. She stated that my doctor was highly demanded and very hard to get because everyone requests him. Dr. Nees flashed me a little smile at the end, which really made feel at ease as well. So all in all, I'm really excited about my surgery for tomorrow. They scheduled it for 1pm.

So I had my surgery last night. Was supposed to be 1pm but wasn't seen until about 6ish, because my PS's first patient was late and it through everything off. They hydrated me with an IV before going back. My PS marked me up telling me all that places that he'll be lipoing (said I'd be losing about 10-20 lbs). I waited another hour or so while they cleaned the operating room. A nurse gave me a little of the anaesthesia before I went back (it burned like hell). Another nurse wheeled me back to the operating room. The last thing I remember is laying on the bed and soon as the anaesthesiologist started putting the rest of the medication in me she said my vision would get a little blurry. I just said screw it and just closed me eyes. OH FORGOT TO MENTION, I was given general anaesthesia, if that wasn't obvious yet! After waking up from my surgery, I remember being in so much discomfort and felt like I had to pee so bad. I started to squirm and they told me to stay still BUT I DIDN'T LISTEN! lol The nurse took out my catheter and it felt sooooo disgusting! She also told me that the PS took out 4000 ccs of fat!! I know WOW! All he was able to do at the time was my lower/upper abdomen, flanks, inner thighs, and I believe my bra rolls. He said he'd do my back along with my arms with my breast reduction. Last night I was very nauseous when I got back to the hotel and when I finally peed it burned soooo bad because of the catheter. I felt like crap, so I went straight to bed. I went to bed at around 12 am and slept alright but I just woke up very 2-3 hours. Woke up today at 6 something this morning.

So today is Day 1 Post-Op. I got a call from PS's office. She asked a few questions about my current state (i.e. did i pee, eat, any draining, etc.) and stated that I should be elevating me legs will laying down, and that I should walk around for like 15-17 mins and taking deep breaths as I walk. Eat heavy meals with my pain medication. Speaking of medication, PS prescribed me Oxycodone for pain, promethazine for pain, motion sickness, nausea, and vomiting, diazepam for anxiety, muscle spasms, and seizures (which I don't take), and cephalexin is an antibiotic. I was supposed to do post op appointment this Thursday but I wanted to go in today because there was a problem with the date of my Breast Reduction because it was too close to the day I have to fly back to CA. PS wanted to see how I was doing today to know whether or not to push my surgery from Monday to this Friday. Anyway, I seen my doctor today. He didn't really say much, other than that everything looks good. I tried to get a few pictures of my stomach for you guys but they didn't have any mirrors in the room. The nurse that assisted me took my blood pressure, temperature and weighted me. Everything was fine, she told me before I got on scale that not to worry because people usually gain a few pounds after their surgery. When I got on scale I was at the exact weight I was the day of my surgery. She was really surprised. Told me people usually gain like 20 lbs. That made me feel very good. Well other than that I've just been sleeping a lot. I feel good. Not in much pain everything is numb, only pain i get is when I get in and out of bed. I get to take my first post op shower tonight, I'm really excited about that! I will try to take more pictures of my body without the garment tonight when I get out of shower. Food wise, I've been hungry but haven't wanted to eat regular meals. When I got back to hotel last night I only ate an apple sauce and drank a small water and Gatorade (which I should've ate more). Today I ate a big breakfast (scrambled eggs, two sausage links, a slice of french toast) and have been snacking on fruit (had banana for lunch and watermelon and a few chips for dinner).