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25 Y/O Mom of Two TT with Lipo and BA with Lift - Jacksonville, FL
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I decided to finally make a post, if anything just...
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I decided to finally make a post, if anything just to clear my head. I'm having my TT w/ lipo done Feb 25 part 2 of surgery will be a month or two down the down. I wanted my TT done first and my surgeon really wanted to do both separate he said I need good posture with my BA and the TT will leave me hunched. I'm so excited/nervous but after two kids and 75lb weight loss this mama is ready to have a flat tummy!
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March 4, 2015
Is the price you listed for everything or for just the TT and lipo?
March 5, 2015
No ma'am it was $6750 for full TT and lipo of abdomen and flanks $3750 for BA with internal lift. My ps won't do them together so that's at the end of this month. He gave me a discount for doing both and he has done work on both my sisters and his dad has done my other sisters BA
UPDATED FROM D7933S
1 day post
I did it! I'm on the flat side!
I went in yesterday at 9am with surgery time being 10am. I was so nervous the whole time. At one point I wanted to cry and another vomit the hour long wait was the worst part about my day though. When I got back in the OR she told me she told me she was giving me something for my nerves that I might feel a little light headed. I told her a few seconds later it was working and that's the last thing I remember. They woke me up in the recovery room and told me my husnand was getting the car. I then proceeded to laugh and tell them they didn't really cut me open lol. I started fading out again but my husband has video recording of me singing on the way to the car in my wheelchair while my nurse giggled. You would have thought I was on American idol (don't worry I wouldn't have made the next round lol) we borrowed my mother in laws car which is a nice luxury car with heated seats and so comfy with all the pillows and blankets u brought I didn't wake back up until my husband was walking me out the car. We live about 1.5 hours away ! Still no pain!!! I've been taking my stool softener since Monday so I hope that helps when it's time to go potty but I skipped my morning dose of painkillers and opted for ibuprofen unstead. My mil is here with hubby changing my drain and catheter. I got up last night and waklked to my kitchen and back, a little hunched but not too bad and seriously little pain. On a scale of 1-10 I'd say 4 maybe 5? Is that crazy. Dr clayman is awesome I will say I can't totally see my tummy with this binder on but I am flat :)
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UPDATED FROM D7933S
2 days post
Belly reveal
Saw my belly for the first time and was very pleased, definitely swollen! But I am flat, I can't wait to see it more defined when the swelling goes down
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March 1, 2015
Looks very similar to my results 1 day post op. It already looks good and it will only continue to get better.
March 1, 2015
I showed my hubby your post op picture and he asked if the picture was of me. :-) I thought that was pretty cool. Everything is going pretty well. I'm just now a little over 5 weeks post op. Things get better and better all the time. My swelling is worse towards the end of the day and better in the morning. I'm down 10 lbs since sx, which is great. My mons is still puffy and I tend to swell more at the top of my stomach, in between my breasts and belly button. I also seem to have gotten some slight definition in my stomach. I've never had it before so I don't know. Lol. It's more prominent of my left side, then my right. I wear a tighter Spanx CG during the day and a tight, but more comfortable Spanx CG at night to sleep in. It seems to be working pretty well. I'm also keeping a small cotton ball in my bb to keep it at a nice round shape. I'm sure Dr Clayman told you the same thing. I notice that when I sleep and I don't have a cotton ball in my bb, in the morning, my bb starts looking like a coin slot bb(which I don't want). I'm also starting to be able to sleep on my stomach, which I'm so thrilled about. Not being able to sleep on my stomach for the past month, when I'm a stomach sleeper, has not been fun. I'm glad you're doing so well. You look great!! Once the sutures and the drain comes out, it'll be such a relief and you'll feel so much better. I've been working on an update with updated pictures. Hoping to get it posted today. I've been putting it off but need to do it soon. Work and home have been busy so I've been slacking on my Realself. :-/
March 1, 2015
Thank you so much for the update, I can't wait to see some updated pics of yours! It's funny you say you swell worse in your upper abdomen between breast bc that is where my worse swelling is. I know it's weird but I really haven't had any bad pain today is 4 days post and I can stand straight. I'm fact the only reason I don't is he told me to hold off on that so I don't pull anything. I've been trying to stay hydrated, to help with the swelling. I will say I had the big apron cut off and my pre sx panties are big on me they probably won't fit without my binder and swelling. But I feel like my upper abdomen swelling is making me look big :/ I go back March 26 for my BA and BL and I think he's going to try lifting my upper abdomen some at that point. I just keep telling myself that the swelling will go down and honestly I have a feeling I will be super flat once it does lol. I hope like you I drop some more weight! I will say its funny bc I don't remember much of my sx say after but all the ladies in the office know who I am bc evidently I was singing to everyone lol! I cannot carry a tune btw
Welcome to the community. Glad to have you here with us and I look forward to seeing your results.