Type 1 Diabetic Joining the Flat Side Soon :D - Houston, TX

Hello Everyone,
Been quite a while since I updated... You know how it goes life just keeps on trucking along :)
So yeah, no real changes. Scar is getting lighter. Went to see PS yesterday. He said all is good and took more pic's. I asked him about the "dog ear" things at the ends of my incision & he said give it 6 more months and if it doesn't flatten out he can do a re-vision in office to fix it.

I was hellashiously sick the ENTIRE month of December!!!! I had the flu twice, and a major sinus infection right after! TOTAL SUCKAGE! I'm gratefull that it was a light flu, just fever and lots of snot. Sincerely happy all that is over with now :D Being sick made my numbers go ab-so-freaking-lutly bananas!!! My A1C jumped like a point and a half!!! After I finally kicked the sinus infection my numbers almost immediately dropped back to normal. Such a relief!!!

Posting some new pic's. Front, side, and "dog ears". It's funny how having a nice stomach makes you realize how large your butt and thighs are :( LOL! Need to hit the treadmill, do TONS of squats, all that jaz! Ug! But Ma.... I don't wanna! To bad your ass isn't going to magically get in shape! (That's a damn shame! :( )

Lol sorry about that little rant.............
Hope everyone is healing and loving their mirrors! Till next time..............

Ok ok I have been waaaaaayyyyyyy to lazy about updating pic's, my bad :)! I have been working out the last couple weeks and am super happy to report my new lowest weight is 170 even! Still a long way to go, but dammit I'm FINALLY seeing the scale drop so I'm thrilled!!!!! I still swell like a champ, but it's getting better on and off :).

My numbers are steadily dropping, I'm getting enough consistent lows that I need to adjust my insulin down again :D :D :D!!! LOVING LOVING LOVING that! I don't like the lows, but I know lowering insulin will fix them. I'll mess with my settings in a minute and fix myself up :). My numbers are so much more responsive to insulin it just about blows my mind! I knew this surgery would change my medical needs, but it's still blowing my mind just how much it already has!

I've ordered a scar cream my PS recommended, but it hasn't come in yet. I was using the scar sheets until I took my compression garment off. I loved them, but without something to cover them they tend to peel off on my clothes and I got to fussing with them so much I stopped wearing them. I think my incision is still lightening nicely without anything, but my PS wants me to use Spectra Gel, so I ordered some. I expect to get it soon, so I'll update on my thoughts about it after I've used it a little while. You know The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly run down :).
Now I need to post a bunch of pic's, so I'll yammer at you lady's later! Keep up the healing and being foxy everyone! :D :D

I will put pic's up a little later today (once I've had enough coffee to manage it :))
So I started a new workout program on the Xbox :) I swell like crazy after working out, so I've taken most of the weeks workouts off so I hopefully won't be swollen when I see my PS on Tues. So I figured out the other day that I am now constantly at my un-swollen weight of 172, but still completely swollen!?!?!?! I'm hoping that means I've lost weight & will be even smaller when everything settles down :).

I'm steadily lowering my insulin needs a tiny bit at a time :D! I REALLY REALLY REALLLLLLLLYYYYYYY want to start using my stomach for sites again, but I'm still swelling on and off to much to trust them.

I am going to talk to my PS about possible dog ear like bunches at the ends of my incision, see if he thinks they will go away or will need correcting. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my stomach, no question! If it turns out that they need to be fixed but it will take a lot of re-coup time or pain etc... I might just say never mind, but if it's a simple fix and no additional down time I'll go for it. My stomach is such an improvement I can't even begin to explain how a little puckered skin at the ends is no big deal. I would like it to be flat, but I won't throw a fit if I can't manage it. At the same time I paid for it, so I know he'll fix it if that's what is needed.
My stomach is always sort of oddly tender, like a bruised feeling. It isn't painful, but I still catch myself favoring it or guarding it. lol! The term "hot mess" comes to mind ;)