I Am Actually Doing This!!! - Springfield, MO

Tomorrow is the day. I am beyond nervous but so excited at the same time. I am 32 years old and have had two beautiful babies via c-section. My first was 10lbs 2 ozs. I have done almost everything imaginable to get the weight off. I run and do Zumba and have lost most of my weight. I am now 156 lbs and am 5'5". I would love to be 140 but with my horrible stomach that will always be hanging there I have lost my motivation and have been pretty much stuck. I am hoping that once my belly is fixed I will have a new found motivation and can soar on to my goal weight. Even at 156lbs I feel like I look more like 200 lbs with the way my belly looks. I am sure I am not the only one to be nervous about the surgery and think that if anything goes wrong I selfishly left my children without a Momma but that thought just sits there in the back of my mind. I have a great support system. My husband is willing to help me out as much as possible and my five year old daughter says she will be my nurse and take good care of me. My two year old however is not gonna understand why Momma can't pick him up for a while. I guess I just need to pray that everything goes smoothly and that this was the right decision for myself.

So I thought I was absolutely dying. I hurt so bad and was nauseas every time I moved or got up to go to the rest room. Then the unthinkable happened...I threw up! That was the most painful thing I have ever done! I ended up calling Dr Meystrik at around 8 pm. (She is an amazing Dr I might add). She called me in a different pain medicine and now it is like night and day. No more nausea and it has helped with the pain level tremendously! Now I am not regretting doing this lol.

I am starting to feel human again. Taking a shower is much easier. I am still very swollen. I can tell the Exparel is wearing off because when I get up I can feel a twinge of pain around my incision in spots. My husband and kids have been wonderful through this. It is kind of nice to just relax and let my husband do the laundry and cooking.