28 Years Old Mom of Two Girls. Wanting a Better Tummy - Myrtle Beach, SC

I am 28 years old and a mother to two girls ages 3 and 7. Before coming pregnant I was 165 lbs. While pregnant with my first child I began to swell more than normal and had a lot of fluid around the baby. I became 190 lbs at the end of my pregnancy. And Because of this people thought I was at full term and pregnant with twin at only six months. I was huge. The reason for the extra fluid was unclear and my baby and I were perfectly healthy. However my stomach suffered terribly. I than become very depressed. I hated my body and didn't care to do anything about it so I gained Weight and a lot of it. I was 220 lbs. finally I have had enough. I started to feel better and started to lose weight. I dropped just ten pounds before coming pregnant with my second child. Sadly the same thing happened and I had extra fluid around my baby making me huge. I had also peeked my weight at 245 lbs. while pregnant I had made a diet plan and exercise plan I would start as soon as my baby was born and I did. I went from 245 lbs to 175 lbs in nine months from diet and exercise alone. However my body was becoming very deflated, my boobs went flat my tummy just dropped and my face was becoming very narrow. I did not like the way I was looking, so I eased up on my diet and gained back 10 lbs. I held at 185 lbs for six months until we moved and the stress caused another 5 lbs. two year later, I am currently 190 lbs. and after seeing what my body looks like at different weights I prefer to be around 180-185 lbs. yes this is considered over weight for me but it's where I think I look best. I do not want to super skinny or have a body of a teenager. I want the body of a woman. A curvy strong woman but unfortunately with my hang and extra fat in my stomach I just can't seem to get where I want to be. My goal and wishes for my tummy tuck is to simply rid of my hang. Tighten the mussels that have been pulled apart from my babies and rid of some extra fat around my tummy.
I had my first constitution May 5th and the doctor informed me with everything he will do, can do and what I will look like after. He made me feel so comfortable with his skills and knowledge I booked with him the next day for my surgery ( currently booked for June 20th ) they are going to try and get me in sooner if a spot opens up. I have never been so excited to finally feel good about my body! His plan is a full tummy tuck and mussel repair with 360 liposuction and lipo in the trunk. This surgery can't come soon enough!

My tummy tuck was planned for June 20. I had my pre op and payment in place, everything was a go until I woke up in the recovery room unchanged. What a horrible feeling. I knew the moment I woke up they did nothing to me. I could still feel this god awful hang that was supposed to be gone. Instead of waking up changed, fixed and beautiful I only had a sore throat. What had happened while I was out for five minutes was not the doctors fault or even my own. I do blame the anesthesiologist. Why? Because 11 years ago I was in a horrible car accident. I was in a coma for a month and in the hospital for three months with surgeries for three years to fix all the damage. One of these issues could not be completely fixed, my throat. A breathing tube was forced in so hard it broke a cartilage ring in my neck and I was giving a trech ( plactic breathing tube that comes out of your neck ) I had to have this hole to breath through for three years after my car accident. The breathing tube that permanently damaged my air way was placed in because my lungs collapsed. The permanent damage had heeled it's self over time but I was left with a smaller air way than a normal person. Knowing this I informed my anesthesiologist so a smaller breathing tube during surgery would be needed. She did not listen, she tried a normal adult size as soon as I was put to sleep and it would not pass. Then smaller and smaller until she reached the smallest size which was a eight year old size breathing tube. I was so swollen by then from her forcing that tube that would not fix . I was getting close to needing a hole in my throat again just to breathe. So they quit and woke me up. I was so heart broken I could not stop crying for two days after. I saw my doctor the very next day which I couldn't talk to cause I couldn't stop the tears. Luckily my husband did all the talking for me. He thought I may have some scar tissue left over from pass surgeries and gave me appointment date and time with a ENT doctor in two weeks. Depending on how this will go or what he says I may or may not get the surgery. I was given my full refund and sent on my way. During my two weeks of depression my throat got worse over time. I could hardly breath. I struggled everyday and almost went to the hospital to have them open me up somehow. Luckily had having enough I started coughing, hard. In hopes to,open me and somehow it worked. My air way slowly began to open again. I saw the ENT Doctor two weeks later who placed a camera down my nose into my throat to have a look. The damage was below my vocal cords and a CT scan with dye was needed a week later. Which cost me another $400. After my scan I saw my ENT Doctor five days later. He had a look at my pictures and was completely baffled. Why? He told me this should have never happened! My air way is smaller, yes but not to the point where this should have been a problem if the anesthesiologist would have listened to me. He gave me the ok to reschedule my surgery and this time he will call my doctor and plan to be in the surgery room with me. The anesthesiologist is not allowed to touch my throat again and my ENT will be tubbing me. What a wonderful man and doctor. Because my surgery will now have two different doctor in place my date was as soon as possible for two doctors and they gave me July 18th. A horrible experience with a sweet new start. I pray they can do it this time and make me look beautiful. With two doctors on my side this time I have faith this will finally be a reality for me. Even though it should have never happened in the first place and I should be on week five of my recovery. I'm still a bit bitter over everything but yet happy I get a second chance. It's nice to know there are doctors out there that care about you even if it's a selective surgery. It may not be important to them that I have this done but it's important to me which made it important to him. Like

It's been 13 days from my surgery and I'm gonna try and post a couple of pic from the last two weeks. In hopes to help someone else I'll do a post later in detail of my experience so far