My Journey Begins - Illinois/ 5 weeks PO on 7-14-12
I will start by saying I am 5'2 and a 1/2...
I will start by saying I am 5'2 and a 1/2 currently 159 pds give or take and turning 40 this year. (yikes) and decided I wanna treat myself to this. I have 3 children 22,20 and 14. and All by C-section. So I have what I refer to as a flap, It's mine I earned it and it was well worth it! But now it's time to trade it in on a better body. I have battled weight issues my entire life. My highest weight was around 189 pds and my lowest around 137 which by the way everyone said I looked sick at this weight That being said I am (bellieve it or not) very comfortable at about 150ish I like my curves for the most part I just want more solid curves and a flat tummy I quit smoking about 4 years ago and decided to get in shape on and off an average of 4 days a week at the gym working out mostly cardio and adding some weight training I watch what I eat but my job is alot of sitting. Of course I fall the wagon occasionally and don't go to the gym for weeks and then jump back into it like a maniac. This is not my first rodeo with plastic surgery.I had breat augmentaion about 15 years ago to fix a big size difference I told everyone I was trading up my husband at the time for a new set of boobs (I traded one boob for two : ) Ladies if anyone is thinking about breast augmentation. It is the best thing I ever did besides my three wonderful children. Anyhow I have a new husband who is sooo wonderful and great job and a full happy life. I have been reading reviews on here and wow I have laghed and cried and followed other journeys. i feel like I know some of you personally and I love this site! I am addicted! My husband walks in and I'm balling he says what are you upset about and I have to tell him it's because I'm reading stories on a tummy tuck blog LOL Anywhoo my first consult is today! Yipee I am nervous and excited all at once Feeling a bit weepy?? Cant explain it? Wish me luck Oh and I'm uploading some before pics and hoping to actually schdule this for June / I have a consult today, One on the 4th and one on the 8t to pick the best PS
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Ok so my PS appointment didn't go exactly as...
I didn't really get to ask all the questions I had in mind.
He was nice and all but he was trying to book it and I was up front about
getting 2 other consults first and then making a decision.
I felt like it went a little bit down hill from there.
I'm really not sure he can get me the results I want and it seemed as though he did mostly breast Augmentation.
He said he is doing 3 things for me at the price he quoted (8000)
He is tightening my stomach muscles , removing te excess skin and lipoing my upper
stomac area.
There really were not enough examples of his work
It was really an eye opener
Also I really thought I would be able to get Lipo on the backs of my legs while I was under the anesthesia but he says he does those procedures seperately
which is Ok I was prepared for that .
I really came away feeling out of shape and fat ( I hate surgical panties)
: ( so sad I built this up so much today I was so excited about this consult
couldnt even sleep last night thinking about it
Well wish me luck I have one more on the 4th and one on the 8th I hope one of them
makes me feel more confident In them ?
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I hope you find a great surgeon
Post your experience if you can
It's great to share. I think it's helped with All my apprehension .
Ok so I had my second consult today and it went...
Only thing was it was much more expensive because there is a hospital ans over night stay . : (
Not completely against this just about 4000 more the way they broke it down was 7500 for the tt with upper leg LIpo inner outer thighs and flanks 2600 for hospital room overnight other 1500 anistesiologist pardon my spelling I'm doing this on my phone and I'm to impatient to go back and correct : )
He may or may not need to do mucsle repair? Is a case to case basis
I have very solid core and abmuscles they are just under a bunch of blubber lol I do crunches leg lifts sit up almost daily
The only other down side was the date they can do it will only
Give 10 days off and then I can work from home a few days after that on my lap top
What do y'all think about the time off? Enough or not?
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