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Excited, Nervous About Tummy Tuck - Raleigh-Durham, NC
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Ok so I'm scheduled for a adominoplasty (Tummy...
Candy GJune 17, 2016
$10,000
Ok so I'm scheduled for a adominoplasty (Tummy Tuck) on 06/28/16. I don't know how to feel really because everyone in my family had the exact same belly. Both men and women. I'm happy with the rest of my body (boobs and thighs/butt) I just want the mid section reduced. I feel like my doctor is apprehensive because she thinks it's not what I want .... I keep feeling her I want a ass like a horse and waist like a wasp.... My daddy's daying for the perfect woman.
Anyway I keep getting a lot of negative comments about the pain and recovery time. Mostly I get you just need to exercise and eat right. Well I hit the gym everyday and eat right even saw a nutritionist everywhere for 6 months, I was constantly hungry on 1200 calories and felt terrible. When I loss a bunch of weight my boobs and butt go down and the floppy belly remains. Every trainer tells me... Well you can decide where to loss fat or spot reduce. At this point I'm just ready to get it over with.
Anyway I keep getting a lot of negative comments about the pain and recovery time. Mostly I get you just need to exercise and eat right. Well I hit the gym everyday and eat right even saw a nutritionist everywhere for 6 months, I was constantly hungry on 1200 calories and felt terrible. When I loss a bunch of weight my boobs and butt go down and the floppy belly remains. Every trainer tells me... Well you can decide where to loss fat or spot reduce. At this point I'm just ready to get it over with.
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June 29, 2016
I hope everything went well today! I am 11 days post op and starting to feel better again. I think it will be worth it!
I am having my surgery done at Durham VA Medical Center (free). I am 49 years old, 2
C-sections (back in 80s & 90s) left my stomach looking like a front butt. I have been wanting to get it done for years, however, insurance does not pay for it. I learned that the Durham VA Medical Center does it for veterans; they don't call it "cosmetic" because you have to have a "medical" need for it. My medical need is basically reconstructing from previous C-section surgeries. I feel you though, I am excited and nervous at the same time too. I am asked constantly, why not just exercise ...... they don't understand that once the abdominal wall muscles separate and there is loose skin, both can't be repaired just through exercise and diet. I am just ready myself. Yep it will be painful and lengthy recovery, but I have been also looking on youtube people who have shared their story, their recovery, and their pics too. Good luck on your surgery. Feel free to send me an email before, during and after your surgery. We will be recovering together.