40, 3 Teenage Kids, Lost 50lbs, Having Tt & Muscle Repair with Breast Lift - Lethbridge, AB

Well tomorrow will mark 11months post-op, hard to believe this time last year, I was planning, organizing my life for surgery! I am still very happy with the results! Glad I went through it, however not happy that I am healing at a slower pace than most of the other women on RS! PS told me I am an individual that will heal at a slower pace! So for now, I will embrace this, continue to work on my diet & shed a few more pounds! Which I am happy to say, I'm back to pre-surgery weight & am working out lots & watching my body getting stronger & more defined! Yahoo! Good luck to those of you about to go for surgery & to those have just recently finished, Happy Healing!:)))

I would like to wish all my real self peeps Happy New Year & wish all the best for 2015! I m feeling better with my incisions! I finally can lay on my sides on a flat surface with it hurting minimal. My incisions are turning on & off whit with reddish spots hear & there. My biggest complaint so far is still my upper stomach fat, side fat... I have another appointment in for months to review this part. Another concern is my new belly button... It is still quite red & wondering g how much longer it will take to heal???? Is this normal??? As for breasts... They are finally relaxing & dropping a bit. Not sure if this is normal or it is the extra weight of them??? The are still perky though! One complaint about my nipples are that when I'm at the gym, sweating , my nipples get hard & you can see through any shirt? Any suggestions as to what to do about this??? My bras is not thick enough & all my shirts are showing my hard nipples... Grrrr embarrassing!:( I hope 2015, is a better year than 2014, I have spent on & off a complete six months from recovering from surgery & getting every flu or cold & bronchitis & pneumonia this past six months! Wish everyone the best for 2015!

Wow I can't believe I am at 5 months almost at the 6th.... time has gone by fast... I am still tired and exhausted. I think working full time, kids and all the things you do with them and travelling every weekend for the past 2 months, has caught up to me. I am sad to report, I have gained 10 lbs since surgery and unable to loose it. I am working out like crazy but its not coming off. I am so frustrated, its kind of put me into a bit of depression. Not to mention this, but my body is finally recognizing that I have done something too it and its in a state of shock, I have lost a great deal amount of my hair, so much in fact that you can see through it. I finally went to the doctor and he is checking out all my hormone levels, etc. To see if I am depleted. I feel very stressed and I can seem to get off this roller coaster, I am up at night worrying about my loss of hair, and what I can do about this...Lack of sleep isn't helping it either. I finally hired a nutritionist to help with my weight loss goals. She indicated that my cortisone levels are out of whack and my body is storing every morsel of food and it thinks I am starving it.... She also told me to slow down on the exercise and weight will drop, eat normally . This is what I have been doing this past week and wow, I have dropped a few pounds. I will continue this until I met her after xmas.... Is anyone else finding this as a problem? My scars are healing really well, I can lay on my sides now on the floor without it hurting, now I can work those side leg muscles. The funny thing is that my size in inches (when measuring) is still the same, even with gaining some weight. Go figure!!! Hope all is well with everyone and wishing all a Merry Christmas!