Tummy Tuck W/Lipo of Flanks - Plainfield, IL

Hello Ladies I’m a 38 year old mother of two boys (15 & 8). I’m now 5’ 7” 184lbs. On February 7, 2011 I decided to take my life back and get healthy. I started working out faithfully 4x’s a week. I’ve lost 40lbs and am no longer a diabetic. One day I signed up for a Pilates reformer class and it changed my life. Pilates has transformed my body. The only thing that it wasn’t able to transform was this belly of mine.

I had a conversation with my primary doctor and she told me that my last pregnancy had stretched my rectus abdominis about 6 inches apart and only surgery could fix this. First of all I had no idea what the heck a rectus abdominis was so she told me it’s basically like a built in girdle that’s been worn out. I then could relate to the conversation. My doctor told me to do my homework and don’t rush. Well after 7 consultations I almost gave up. One night I was surfing the internet and came across realself.com. I’m so happy that I registered and started reading some of these awesome stories. Well I reached out to a member and she gave me her PS information which happened to be down the street from my house. I prayed that this would be the doctor and low and behold we were a match…LOL. I’m scheduled for my TT with lipo of the flanks on March 5, 2012. I went in today and paid for my procedure and had another conversation with my PS and she answered all of my questions. I’m so excited and can’t wait for the new me.

I went for my pre-op today with my primary doctor. Everything went great. My primary gave me two thumbs up and a blessing to proceed with my procedure. She also gave me a hug and told me to let her take a final look at my muffin because it will be gone when I see her in the spring. That really made me laugh because she knows what I've gone through to make it to this point. I'm so exicted and can wait for my big day.

I have 4 more days to go and boy am I excited. I've been doing double time to make sure I have everything in order. I'm on this site everyday looking at reviews and I just want to say thanks to everyone who has taken the time out to update their progress. It's really been a big help. Tomorrow is my last day of work. I'm an accountant so it will be a long day but I'm pretty sure my excitement will make the day go by quickly. My wonderful hubby purchased me a recliner so that I can be as comfortable as possible. He remembers how it was after I had a tubal ligation and he didn't want to see me go through that again. I will try to update as soon as I feel up to it and of course I'll update pictures.