My Journey to Find my Real Self - Atlanta, GA

I can't believe it has been 3 years since my TT. I gained some weight and started a ketogenic diet on January 6th this year and quickly and easily lost 35 lbs. I am currently at my high school graduation weight of 155 which I have not seen for 31 years. In October I joined Orange Theory Fitness and go 3 times a week. I am FINALLY happy with my body. When I think of all the years I spent hating my body and clothes shopping it is depressing. I wish I would have had the surgery in my 30's and not waited.

So I went in for a revision because my left end of my scar was raised and kind of pointy and the right was just a bulge. My doctor numbed me up real good and took off a little extra skin on the left side so now I have 4 new stitches. He did a bunch of lip with just a canola and a tube type syringe attached to it. It was weird being awake while he was doing it. I am super bruised and sore on the right side. It brings back all the memories of post TT soreness. I am so glad I am past that. I went to the gym 2 days post op and felt fine. I go back in a few days to get the tape and stitches off. I will take some pictures after that. BTW there was no charge for my revision.

So I am 8 months post op and my tummy still gets red and blotchy when I go out in the sun. Once I come inside it turns to brown and blotchy. I chalked this up to 23 years of never seeing the sun but wondered if this will eventually even out. I am scheduled for a revision next month for some fat that was left at the end of my incisions so now they stick out. I will be awake so this should be fun. I will update once it is complete.