Dr. Ortega (Spectrum Aesthetics) SX date: Mar.21.2018

I’m 2 weeks & 2 Days Post op and I’m loving my results. Dr. Ortega is the best! I’m getting back into the swing of things and officially start back to work on Monday. I have a desk job so I’m sure I’ll be ok. If anyone is looking to get a Mommy Makeover, Dr. Ortega is highly recommended just look at his results.

Today has been one stressful day. Finally I had my drains taken out but with a lot of strings attached. Let me first say that I’m in the military I thought the process would be much easier but boy was I wrong.
So I go in to see my PCM this afternoon. I get there and was then told they won’t be taken out because they don’t specialize in drain care. A consult was then put in for me to see Surgery Care for tomorrow at 0800 and I was also given additional medication for my pain management.
Me being me I decided to go pay Surgery Care a visit today to see if I would be taken care of for the following day or if I just needed to take out the drains myself. I get there and was asked a thousand questions ( mind you I was cleared through the military for surgery). I was again told they don’t usually see/work on patients who was operated on by another surgeon. So I’m like but I’m Active duty so that shouldn’t matter (because I cannot be denied treatment). Anywho they take me back and take out these dang drains.
My right side was fine. It hurt a bit when the Doc was cutting the stitches but that was it. But my left side Jesus.........that ish hurt like no other. My skin had started to grow close to the stitches so he had to push my skin back first then try and get to the stitches OMG. Not mention the drain on my left side was sooo long that it went up to my bra line and was sticking out of my stomach. During my post op appointment I asked what it was sticking out and I was told it was my muscle. Come to find out it was the drain. So right now I’m in pain from the drain being pulled from my left side. It’s like I can feel it in my muscles the pathway in which the drain was pulled from. On a good note t least it wasn’t my muscle that was sticking out but that was painful. I’ll be giving myself a massage tonight and putting on my stage 1 tonight.

Attached are my Day 8 Photos. I’m feeling better everyday. I’m so happy I finally went through with getting my MM. I’ve brought every possible device, pill, tea, waist trainer, ab belt there is and after 2 years of not seeing results I knew it had to be something wrong with my stomach. I went to Dr. Ortega knowing I had muscle separation (after doing my research) but after my surgery he said for me to be so small I had an extensive muscle separation. I ended up receiving an extended tummy tuck.