30 Years Old, 2 Kids - Oak Lawn, IL

I have 2 daughters (10 & 5) my 1st pregnancy I gained far too much weight and didn't lose all of it at 1st. I busted my butt and dropped the additional 40lbs thru diet & exercise only to find that my loose skin looked horrible still. It has ALWAYS been a very large insecurity of mine that consumes too much of my thought. I recently moved to a new state and don't have friends/family here aside from my husband. Soooo I gained almost 15 lbs which brings me to 145 due to depression and loneliness. I decided I have had enough and am taking this step finally. I am also going through a custody battle and have my youngest child's bday party (at a pool!) 2 wks after surgery. I see so much support from all of you to each other on here & I could definitely use that right now! Welcome to my journey :-)

Surgery in only THREE days! I have been up til 3-4am every night with anticipation & nerves! I think I have everything planned out. Only my youngest will be home. I'm sort of nervous because her father works nights at a very physically demanding job so although his intentions are good... ummmmm I am not the type to relax and leave the parenting completely to him. I have the weeks meals prepared and frozen, bought plastic cutlery and paper plates, my wardrobe, necessities, & my lounge set up in the spare bedroom, and am starting the stool softener today. I think I will put some items in my temporary room so that my daughter will have distractions. I have no idea how I'm going to deal with being so dependent!! Lol I need to stop being a high strung ball of nerves. I can not wait to get past the first few hurdles of this!

I feel very very swollen! I'm so happy that the first part is over. I can't get pics of my tummy yet but will eventually.
Only 1 drain and some Vicodin. I'm set!