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Surgery review
It's my personal preference and to be honest, I'm just not comfortable doing so.
With that out of the way, on with my review. :) ????
I am currently 8 days post op. I'm back home & healing nicely.
To say I'm pain free would be a bold faced lie. I'm not a medicine taker (I don't even like taking Tylenol), but man oh man, I wish I still had some of my pain relievers.
I ran out night 6 (I took them every 4 hours as labeled to stay on top of, not chase the pain) & switched to excederine extra strength. (Doesn't touch my pain.) I switched to ibuprofen today per Spectrum and I've noticed a HUGE difference.
I tried on clothes yesterday (7dpo) for the first time and I LOVE my new shape. Literally love it! I started at 5'3, 195 and had a large stomach, no hips, no ass, and semi-small legs. (I don't know how many CC's were used.) But I do know from RS Surgeons and google that 4 liters is the allowed amount of fat to be removed in one setting with lipo (in FL) which equals just under 9 pounds. 1L= Roughly 2LBS.) & I carried most of that in my stomach!! He took out almost all of my stomach fat and sculpted my back nicely. (But focused on my midsection, like I wanted.) He gave me wonderful hips and a very good sized derrière. ;) (Although I had "wish pics", I told him when he asked, to just do what would look good with my frame/shape.)
And Lord have mercy he knew what he was doing! I no longer have a muffin top! For the first one in my life, I don't have a muffin top!!
Now mind you, I could have lost weight and had "better" results per a lot of people, I'm sure. But my starting size was where I wanted to be. And I'm not a perfect body, by any means. If you ask a surgeon or someone who strives for perfection, I'll need a tummy tuck eventually (but I don't know if I will ever get one! Per my choice.) I just wanted to feel good in my clothes. And for the first time in my 29 years, I looked in the mirror, still heavily swollen and said to myself, "oh my damn, you look really good in this outfit!"
So, with the very scatterbrained and confusing review, being able to say for the first time ever to myself that I look good.... I can say it was definitely worth it!! And I can't wait to see what my final results yield at 3 months post op!
I stuffed as much as I could into this review in what time I had free. (I'm a SAHM of 3 kiddos, with not a ton of time to dedicate to this tonight.)
I know I go back and forth and it probably doesn't make much sense, so if you have a question, ask away! Lol
Bags are packed & leaving tomorrow...
I'm getting more and more anxious & excited.
More so about my little guy seeing the beach for a few hours. ;)
I think I got most of the tears and nervousness behind me. Now, I'm ready to get this over with and on with my recovery.
Thanks so much, to those of you who have helped calm me and encouraged me throughout this.
I'm very grateful!
Oh my goodness. Nerves are setting in.
Just one.
One.
Freaking.
Week.
I could seriously vomit.
I'm beyond nervous. And scared. Can't forget scared. I'm trying to stay as positive as possible, but every "what if" that I can think of, is consuming me.
Please, if you read this, keep me in your prayers. I've got three precious little babies that need me!
Provider Review
He was wonderful! I'd imagine going through his private practice would be much better... More time to discuss things, better communication, etc. but I was pleasantly surprised when meeting him. He instantly calmed my nerves with his confident, yet humble demeanor. He was very kind and had wonderful bedside manner. I would recommend him to anyone. I'm 100% satisfied with my results. (Even still very swollen- so I imagine I'll be even more in love with my results once I see the final product.) Ps. Aftercare follow up didn't get a rating because he went on vacation two days post op, so I never saw him. (Which he told me about when I met him, so I wasn't thrown off guard.) Phone and email responsiveness- I went through spectrum, so we don't get to speak with the surgeons. Spectrum- (which he's just helping out with at the moment, so this won't dim his review) could use some organization. The nurse Kathy... Lordy. She was my preop nurse the morning of and very unpleasant/unprofessional. Had me typing info in the computer because she didn't know what a particular thing was referred to, or how to spell it in English. Maybe it's just me, but if that's your job, you do it. Learn what you must. Don't have a PATIENT do your work.