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36 Years Old, TT with MR ..just do it!
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Oh boy...where do I begin! You all are very...
WORTH IT$10,000
Oh boy...where do I begin! You all are very inspirational! I am so happy I found this site:) I've been on here everyday reading all your journeys and decided it is time to begin mine. I am 36 years old, I have 2 kids 12 & 14 year old. I'm around 5'7" or 5'8" don't really know..lol I decided this is the year for the new me! I am really tired of of wearing tanks over bathing suit @ the beach, I am tired of my undies rolling under my pooch, I am tired of sitting and having all them rolls and I am tired of sucking my stomach in ALL the time! I even do it around my hubby and kids....can't remember last time I took a proper breath. No matter how much I diet, exercise this just doesn't go away, I am really getting to the point where I want to give up trying. I need some motivation! I want to enjoy my life again! I want to be confident! I deserve that! I dedicated my life being a wife for 17 years, and a mother for 14.5 years. I love my kids but I hate what it did to my body. I am staring to post now because this Monday Feb 8, 2016 I am calling for a consultation! I hope the doctor can do something because If he will tell me I am not a good candidate I'm afraid of going into some sort of depression. Still working on getting hubby to be 100% supportive, he keeps saying he loves me just the way I am, and that my belly is a reminder that I gave him 2 precious children......I think that spending the money is what is stressing him. Well I am ready to do this! I will be making a list what to ask the doctor (any advice on questions greatly appreciated). I am hoping to get a full TT with lipo and something done with my thighs....they rub and gives me a painful rash, I am not able to wear skirts in the Summer or even shorts....I wear capris to avoid that issue. And here are the photos that I took today which are very hard to look at them for me, not to mention posting:( I just hope the doctor does not tell me to lose more weight. (Once I find out when my consultation is I will make another post! wish me luck!! and happy healing to those that did it! and good luck to those that will be doing this!
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February 7, 2016
Go luck. I'm just a little ahead, had my consultation 2 weeks ago and I'm scheduled for surgery on March 25. All I can afford is a traditional tummy tuck, so that's what I'm getting. The financial part is also a huge concern for us. Like you I adore my 2 children but hate my busted gut! I'm 5'7.5" tall and I fluctuated between 145-150lbs.
Good luck and don't get discouraged, you deserve to be happy in your own skin.
Good luck and don't get discouraged, you deserve to be happy in your own skin.
February 7, 2016
Thank you so much!!! Be sure to keep us posted! My first step is just to see if doc can do anything on me...maybe I'm not a good candidate. Hope I am and he won't tell me to lose weight
February 7, 2016
From you pics I think you're an excellent candidate, and will probably get a very good result, just make sure to choose a good doctor (easier said than done, I know :-) but really, you're not fat, just got that mom body most of us on here know well.
Keep us posted. I plan to add pics about a week before I go in and of course after.
Keep us posted. I plan to add pics about a week before I go in and of course after.
February 8, 2016
I sure will follow your journey! it would be cool if we had it around same time..lol then we can go though this together:) I am so nervous!
February 8, 2016
Hey love. Your going to look fabulous. He can do alot with your tummy. I'm following you now.
February 10, 2016
I sure do have my own posts click on my name it should pull up my profile I have one In the tummy tuck and breast Aug. Idk about you but this waiting game is killinnngg me . I am so excited it seems like my dates cant come up quick enough already !!! Im researching and youtubing recoveries and pics all day long and im sure my Fiance is bearing with me lmao because its all I ever talk about hahah. Ironic enough the day will finally come and then i will be crapping my pants nervous haha
February 10, 2016
I'm following you now! I the waiting time sucks..lol I am nervous just thinking about my consultation next Friday! and I had a date booked already I would be crapping my pants too!!! but everyday I wake up, wash up and right before I get dressed I look at my stomach and ask my self... Can you imagine???? OMG! Im already looking at bikinis!!! something I never cared about because since my 1st child I always wore a shirt over, lol. I am also trying to figure out how to introduce this to my daughter, she will be 13 this year and I don't want her to be obsessed about her body image. :( she works out with me:) shes a sporty active girl. Maybe I will just tell her that after babies my muscles spread apart and without the surgery I will never be able to get the toned look I want? I dont know.... Its crazy that I was thinking it will be all about me, not considering how this will affect my family. Either way..It's happening!
February 11, 2016
That a girl !! I hope weight loss is not an issue for me either i weigh exactly 170 right now i guess i will find out Sat. what the Dr. has to say about it.I know I could use to loose another 15 lbs. 155 looks good one me . But it seems that this 170 has been a pretty decent maintainable weight for me . My weight has always fluctuated between 155-230 , 170 seems to want to stick on me lol. I have weighed this for about a year now . I have been doing yoga 2- 3 x a week for the last 2 mo. now and I think it has just helped me maintain , lately i started watching what I eat a little better so i guess i will see what that will do for me. Alot of these beauties start working out 5x a week like champions and drop the weight . i just havent been feeling like thats in me lately . my lack of motivation is kinda bad i barely get through yoga twice a week. Im just so tired from life and work when i get home everyday all i want to do is sleep not start doing 45 min. of cardio . I have kinda been feeling a lil depressed about this i think idk why its been so hard for me to get more motivated to pump up my work outs i mean i should be doing all i can do right ... and I just want to sleep lol. womp womp
February 11, 2016
I have a feeling he will want me to get lipo im hoping I can avoid that who knows how much more they will charge me !!
February 11, 2016
I can relate to the motivation... Im tired from life too..hoping surgery will make me want to do stuff more! I try to avoid going places and my family is suffering... I think Once we get our bodies back it will motivate us!! because we are gonna wanna have a 6pk! Im tired of my keg! my doc charges 8600 tt and that includes lipo of flanks only.... I need my inner thighs done but I am hoping he will lip the crap out of my stomach area. I know recovery will be really bad but beauty hurts! and getting my confidence back is worth every penny!!!im still 5 pounds more than you..and yeah 150-155 looks good on me too! hopefully next year summer I will be that! Before I had my 1st kid I was 130-135 lbs, my max was at 210 maybe little over but not much. As far as hard core workout, nah thats not for me at least not right now, I dont want to do something and stop, I do workouts only i enjoy, I love to do treadmill and weights. But I sure do miss my sugar!!!!! ughhh I would love my double double Tim Hortons coffee:)...lol and my Oh henry chocolate....lol Congrats on all the weight loss!!!! you look great! and you have amazing natural curves! I am straight as a surf board.... no shape or curves:( hope he change that!
February 11, 2016
Pinkberry..let me know what he charges you... I will post my price and stuff too once i do the visit.
February 11, 2016
awee thanks for the compliment !!! Wow 8600 is pretty steep my Dr. has a combo of breast augmentation and tummy tuck for 6500 / granted lipo might be a lil more. Ive researched them pretty thoroughly as well and he was a very good Dr. He was on the Real housewives of OC lol . Everyone in the office was great to and they all made me feel nice and comfy.
February 11, 2016
but your $6500 is US funds? my is Canadian..so your $6500 would be $9036.95 Canadian. I am in Canada Ontario here:) did you start buying anything yet? what you might need after surgery?
UPDATED FROM niuniastar
3 months pre
Consultation date booked!!!
So the Doctor I am interested in that does Drainless (NaturalTuck tummy tuck) will be available to see me Feb 19th for a consultation! I am very nervous especially to get almost (__!__) naked in front of a stranger :( I am starting today to make a list of all the questions I may have!!! Any advice/hints of what to ask would be greatly appreciated! I know that lots of reviews I read here said...ohh I forgot to ask.... if I only knew.... so please help! thanks! happy healing all!!!
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February 10, 2016
I am having my consultation this Sat . I will let you know how it goes I have a lot of questions to ask . The guilt and nerves are a bit heavy for me as well considering everything I am risking and the fact I'm sure this money could go somewhere else . But then I read these stories of all these happy women who have a much more positive" self being "after they go through with it . My fiance tells me the same thing about loving me no matter what , but what effects me also effects him . And I always avoid showing my belly . Whenever i am dressing or if he tried to peek on me n the shower i always turn and face the wall :( It would be nice to show myself proudly .
February 10, 2016
I can so relate to all of that....but me too I feel like my kids will be much happier if I'm happy. For example going to the beach and playing volleyball with them or do sand castles and not worry about my shirt going in between the rolls...I want to enjoy making memories not always worrying who us starring at my stomach....and yeah this will add a nice debt to my already debt. ...let me know how it goes!!!! Do you have your own post yet so I can follow your journey?.
January 23, 2018
For sure do it, it has changed the way I feel I am
10 weeks post op. It has been the best, be sure to ask how long recovery one surgeon said 2 weeks everyone else was 5 to 6 weeks. Needless to say it was a warning sign left the consult and moved on.Good luck
10 weeks post op. It has been the best, be sure to ask how long recovery one surgeon said 2 weeks everyone else was 5 to 6 weeks. Needless to say it was a warning sign left the consult and moved on.Good luck
UPDATED FROM niuniastar
3 months pre
Making a list!
So my consultation is still on Friday the 19th..Im a bit nervous not sure what to expect :) but I am starting to make a list of what to ask. And after long talks with hubby he's finally 100% on board! so now I am feeling less guilty:) I also explained that this will benefit him as much as me...bahahahaha (wink wink) if you know what I mean:) I can't even begin to imagine that this could be a possibility and getting my life back!!!!! I'll post again on the 19th how my consultation went and what plans he will have for me. I want to post here my experience in case someone will want to or is having a consultation and does not know what to expect. ??? Happy healing! and good luck to those approaching the flat side! Here is my wish pic!
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February 9, 2016
I had my consult for an extended TT and breast lift about a month ago. I was a bit nervous about being naked in front of him, too. I used to be a CNA, so I know first hand that medical workers REALLY don't care about naked bodies. A body is a body, just like every other body. They all look funny sometimes and nobody seems to like the one they have. (or why would we be on this site!? lol) All that being said, I was STILL nervous. I can't even be naked in front of my boyfriend, and we live together!? Oy. Anyway, the doc gave me a robe and when he did the consult, he just had me open it. I was amazed that it didn't feel like a big deal. I was so at ease, we might as well have been talking about my ears. I hope your consult is as easy as mine was. Try to remind yourself that the doc has seen it all and no matter what you think of your body, they are not seeing your flaws through the same emotional lens that you are.
As far as questions to ask, I suppose that advice would be better from someone that has gone all the way. (Planning my surgery for June) However, I'll throw my two cents your way. I asked my doc if he wanted me to lose more weight (I weigh 175 @ 5'7". He said maybe lose abt 10-15 lbs for best results). I also asked him about my low back pain and he said that many patients report improvement in this area after a TT because he will tighten the abs and it serves as an internal girdle (cool!) I also asked him about my mons area and whether or not some lipo could be done in that area at the same time (yep). The doc was pretty good at explaining everything before I had even asked. I'm sure they get a lot of the same thing and kind of know what we'll ask. Unless you have some unique issues or concerns, you should walk away feeling pretty educated. Good luck!
As far as questions to ask, I suppose that advice would be better from someone that has gone all the way. (Planning my surgery for June) However, I'll throw my two cents your way. I asked my doc if he wanted me to lose more weight (I weigh 175 @ 5'7". He said maybe lose abt 10-15 lbs for best results). I also asked him about my low back pain and he said that many patients report improvement in this area after a TT because he will tighten the abs and it serves as an internal girdle (cool!) I also asked him about my mons area and whether or not some lipo could be done in that area at the same time (yep). The doc was pretty good at explaining everything before I had even asked. I'm sure they get a lot of the same thing and kind of know what we'll ask. Unless you have some unique issues or concerns, you should walk away feeling pretty educated. Good luck!
February 9, 2016
I'am about your height and your weight :) I lost a total of around 40 lbs over a long period of time, I do weights so thinking my muscle weigh some? If the doctor will tell me to lose more weight I will be sad because I have been trying, eating healthy for few months, work out 5-7 days a week skipping period time and have not lost a pound since Jan 1....so I feel Im at this point without surgery it's not possible. On top of that I am loosing my motivation because my stomach is not changing at all. I have back problem too, but it could be because i am a SAGGY (LM(__!__)OFF) 40D-42D and When I was in labor with my son 14.5 years ago they screwed up the epidural...not to mention that gaining about 80lbs being prego with him didn't help. I hope my visit with doc will be as easy as yours!!! what are mons area? sorry I am new to these terms and English is my second language. I hope I can get a full TT, with MR with lipo and my thighs.....maybe in the future breast lift and double chin....I was born with that round face and cant get rid of that. I am googling now corsets for sculpting your new tt bellly! I have been hearing about it and peoples reviews w/b4 and after pics looks pretty good! might be a good support and a sculpting thing? we'll see just want to get through that visit, then figure out the $$$ damage..lol Im hoping to have my surgery no later than beginning of April because I want to be able to enjoy summer a bit, but not sure how that will work out, because I am a smoker and I know you have to quit 4-6 or 8 weeks before the surgery and some weeks after.
February 10, 2016
The mons pubis is the area just below the pubic bone that is usually covered in pubic hair. In heavier women, or at least in me, it's kind of a fatty mound that sits below that "apron" we are dying to get rid of. Don't stress too much about the doc asking for more weight loss. I got the impression my doc would do it either way, but that he felt I would be happiest with the results if I lost a little more. The thing is, 10 lbs is going to come from all over, not just my belly. I don't think it would make a big difference. I'm going to try, but like you, I have already lost a lot and have been stuck for about 2 years now. I was 247, now 175. Congratulations on the weight loss!! Good luck at your consult, hope the doc has good news!
February 9, 2016
I'm thinking if stealing your wish pic :-)
Let us know how you consult goes.
Let us know how you consult goes.
February 10, 2016
LOL.... I guess I will get a V jay jay lift too! hahaha... I watched a youtube video of this girl yesterday and she said after her v jay jay lift being intimate was not the same... she needed to get more creative with positions, she was 4 months PO....
February 16, 2016
All good stuff! My PS said the same when I asked about whether I should lose another few lbs (since I'm still 10-15lbs from my desired goal weight). He said he didn't view me as overweight (I'm dense, I like to think I have big muscles, lol!) and losing it pre surgery wouldn't really make much difference. Besides, I felt like I've been chasing that 10lbs for forever and if I waited for THAT, I'd never do a TT.
I also asked to be shown explicitly where my TT scar would be. I wanted to make sure I could live with the location.
Things that I used for my sx - walker, just for the first day or so, but then I got irritated because I felt like it was cumbersome so ditched it. I already have a pretty high toilet so didn't use a riser, but I see how that would be helpful. I borrowed a recliner and I'm still stuck in this darn thing, since my bed is a tempurpedic and I had a miserable sleep in it when I tried a few days ago.
Start taking a good quality multi vitamin now, and an extra dose of vitamin C - get a good one that is "whole food derived" and not just citric acid. Citric acid is like buying a car with no engine, it's missing some important components. I bought Pure Synergy brand Pure Radiance C on amazon.
I also bought Menuka honey UMF 15+, it has great healing properties and I took a tsp daily in my tea the week prior and after my surgery. It's expensive! But a drop in the bucket compared to the surgery and everything else. Make sure it has UMF rating of 15+ and is from New Zealand.
I know it's hard, but ditch the ciggies asap! When you get a tummy tuck your incision and the whole area is relying on only one blood supply coming down your abdomen. Smoking restricts blood flow and can really hamper your healing.
Excited for you! Even though I'm bored as all get out and I've never watched so much tv in my life, I'm SO happy I did this. Even with all my swelling, I'm super happy with my results! You will love it.
I also asked to be shown explicitly where my TT scar would be. I wanted to make sure I could live with the location.
Things that I used for my sx - walker, just for the first day or so, but then I got irritated because I felt like it was cumbersome so ditched it. I already have a pretty high toilet so didn't use a riser, but I see how that would be helpful. I borrowed a recliner and I'm still stuck in this darn thing, since my bed is a tempurpedic and I had a miserable sleep in it when I tried a few days ago.
Start taking a good quality multi vitamin now, and an extra dose of vitamin C - get a good one that is "whole food derived" and not just citric acid. Citric acid is like buying a car with no engine, it's missing some important components. I bought Pure Synergy brand Pure Radiance C on amazon.
I also bought Menuka honey UMF 15+, it has great healing properties and I took a tsp daily in my tea the week prior and after my surgery. It's expensive! But a drop in the bucket compared to the surgery and everything else. Make sure it has UMF rating of 15+ and is from New Zealand.
I know it's hard, but ditch the ciggies asap! When you get a tummy tuck your incision and the whole area is relying on only one blood supply coming down your abdomen. Smoking restricts blood flow and can really hamper your healing.
Excited for you! Even though I'm bored as all get out and I've never watched so much tv in my life, I'm SO happy I did this. Even with all my swelling, I'm super happy with my results! You will love it.
Thank you for joining us. Â You go and do this surgery and don't feel guilty for one minute. Â You deserve it and should do this for yourself. Â Let us know how the consult goes on Monday.
You are most welcome:)