40 YO - Mommy Makeover - Tummy Tuck - Breast Lift w aug - Arm and Flanks Lipo

42 yo with 5 kids. (3 much older and 2 little ones from my second marriage ages 5 and 3.) It wasn’t until I had my two youngest in my older years that I couldn’t bounce back physically. I gained and lost almost 70lbs on top of each baby being close to 10 lbs. Safe to say my body went through a lot. I found Dr. Jesus Garcia after narrowing my search to my top 3 PS to check out. He is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente which was also a plus since I’m a member. I liked him and his staff from my first meeting. He has great bedside manner and a pleasant way of explaining the process and expectations. He emailed me shortly after our initial consultation welcoming any additional questions/concerns that I had and responded quickly when I did. Did I mention he is also a magna [RS bleep] laude Harvard grad? Definite Plus for me!

Arrived at the clinic 0545. Check in was at 0600 but I was anxious. By the time I got checked in, prepped and marked up it was 0745 before I was being wheeled into the OR. With a quick reassurance by a wonderful medical team off to night night I went. Woke up and learned it was a 6+ hr operation. Longer than expected but went great. Also Dr said I had really fiberous fat?? Making the fat extraction rather difficult. Not common thing he’s encountered. Anyone ever experience this? I’ve had no prior lipo or similar procedures. He said if I opt for future procedures I may need to consider ultrasonic lipo? I’m new to all this so I’ll have to research. I guess my fat jut likes to stick round. Anyways all went well I just want to crawl in my bed and sleep. I didn’t get a fancy recliner, but I did get a toilet seat riser deal. It’s proving to be Godsend.

Forgive me but I realized this app doesn’t allow you to change the dates so I’m posting “after the fact”. Anyways here are pics 3 days post op. Nicely bandaged and moving around. Still standing with a significant C curve but a little improvement.