After 3 kids my body is shot! - 3 weeks PO - Murfreesboro, TN

After 3 kids my body is shot! No matter how much I exercise or change my diet certain areas of my body (legs and stomach) will not budge. I am turning 30 this year and decided my gift to myself would be my old body back!!

My first consultation was July 2012. I met with a doctor in AL (I live in TN, but had heard good things). The consultation was VERY quick and not thorough, and the doctor that I met with recommended that I use another doctor within the practice, but the quote price was GREAT! I called back in February to get the ball rolling on scheduling, but the nurse told me that the quote was no longer valid; although I had been told as long as I had the original quote they would honor it. I went back in for a 2nd consultation with the other doctor and although he was more thorough, he gave me a different opinion than the first doctor and the price changed for the 3rd time!

The wait in the lobby took forever, and after a 3 hour drive that was not ideal. After everything they said about how willing they were to accomodate me being out of state they were not willing to call in my prescriptions early, but recommended that I see if my primary care Dr. would write me a prescription. They lost my blood work, and told me that I would be able to get a surgery date within 2 weeks, but when I called to schedule it was going to be over a month! They also began to encourage me to find a local doctor and have them remove my drains. This surgeon is very notable and does the most BA surgeries in the US per year, but honestly I felt like a number, not a person.

What I had been so excited about became something that I was constantly nervous and worried about! After they called to tell me they lost my blood work I began calling surgeons in my area.

I came across Dr. Tarola. Night and day difference!! The staff was so nice, they worked with me on the consultation fee (since they knew I had been to so many other consults with the prior surgeon). They got me in for a consultation the next day. I waited for maybe 10 minutes before they brought me back, and the surgeon was AMAZING!! I want to go up 2 cup sizes with my implant exchange, and I thought I was a 250cc, the surgeon looked up my current implant size (something the other surgeons failed to do) and I was substantially off on the cc. Can you imagine if I had just gave them what cc I desired and only went up a 1/2 cup size!!!

After all this I am scheduled for April 1st and am SOOOO EXCITED!! Now I'm trying to prepare. I have the kids taken care of for the 1st week, the laundry is done and working on getting the house clean.

So, what supplies are essential to the recovery process??