Plan to Get my Sexy Back! :-) - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Hello Ladies, it has been awhile from my last post. The reason is because I didn't want to be a Negative Nancy. This past week has been a struggle for me and I am continuing the uphill battle. My scar below my belly button has re-opened, and that has slowed my progress. I believe the reason my scar re-opened was due to the lack of my surgeon's attentiveness.

I had to re grade my surgeon. The surgery was successful and he did a great job. However, I feel after the surgery was over he threw me to his nurse for after care, not helpful. Anyway I'm not going to continue to wallow. Today I'm going to see a doctor to close my wound and hopefully everything will start moving upward.

So here is a funny story. My first day PO I looked at my scars and was upset. I said do I have two belly buttons. And the nurse who doesn't speak English said "Si". So now I am livid, I'm thinking about all of the horror stories I read about when you have an international medical surgery, and I am close to tears. My friend who is in and out of consciousness says that it doesn't look like I have two belly buttons. So I touch both of them, one feels like a belly button, and the other a scar. Now my mind is all over the place, I think that the doctor started to put my belly button one place, but put it somewhere else. My friend tells me to ask the doctor when he comes. While I am waiting I look at one of my Pre-ops pics, and lord and behold that mark is clear as day on my belly. LOL Fours years ago I gave my husband a kidney. This is the scar from that surgery. I never paid attention to it or took care of it because I hated my stomach. I put on my girdle and kept it moving, never inspecting it. Now that I'm post-ops and want the world to see my body, I will care for this scar like I'm caring for the new ones. My friend keeps teasing me saying how you had a WHOLE scar and didnt know. LMAO

After reading other posts, I realized through all of my excitement I never really introduced myself. LOL I am a 35 years old African-American female from Brooklyn, NY. I have 3 lovely, pain in the asses children, ages 12, 15, and 18. I've been happily married for 12 going on 13 yeas in April, and all I've ever wanted was to be completely satisfied with my body with or without clothes. The last two years I was at the biggest that I've ever been, the weight I was when I was close to labor. But I'm proportioned out and wear my girdles faithfully, you could never tell with close on. After earning my Masters last year, starting a new job, and becoming a homeowner, I decided that it is time to be completely happy. Now that I have gone through with the makeover I am more ecstatic than ever. I'm going to Jamaica in April with hubby and I already see me in my outfits. LOL The summer of 2013, is about to be a problem. I can't wait. Anyway, that's a little background about me. I hope that you enjoyed it, and I wish everyone successful surgeries!!