Full Tummy Tuck/Lipo in the flanks & Axillae/Muscle Repair - Springfield, MO

Hello! I have been watching this site for weeks and I have become obsessed with watching everyone's journey and it has really helped me and so I am doing this in hopes to be helping others on their journey. So a little about me.... I am a 30 year old mother of 3 amazing girls (10,7,3) and a wife to an amazing man. I have a very successful business with It Works Global. After I had my 3rd child I was the biggest I had ever been coming in at 190 pounds. I found It Works last year and it truely has changed my life. In January I started adding fitness and clean eating to my life and have lost 40 pounds. I'm 5'5" and weigh 150 now. I have completed Insanity, Chalean Extreme, and Body Beast this year. I was losing weight but my stomach still has this skin that will not go anywhere.

Soooo, I decided to look into the whole tummy tuck deal and found this site and knew this is what I needed. So I did my research and feel I got the best surgeon. Went to my consultation just to see what he would tell me. I knew something was going on because the wraps I sell work but my tummy wasn't going anywhere. My surgeon said that my abdomen muscles were very separated from pregnancies. That's something my wraps can't fix. So now I have decided to go with Tummy Tuck/Lipo in the flanks and under the arms and sides.

I am so excited about having this procedure done! I have to wait till January 24th to have it done because I'm going to the NFR in Vegas in December, Florida in the middle of January, birthday is January 20th, having surgery on the 24th. I wasn't gonna post this early but I decidedyto go ahead and start my journey!!!

I have only told a few selected people about this surgery because I don't want the judgements. My husband is very supportive and my dad is my biggest supporter. He will be taking a week vacation to help me the first week after sugery. I won't tell my husband's family till right before surgery so I don't have to hear any crap! LOL!

My surgeon and his staff is AMAZING!!! They answer all my questions and they make me feel like they care. When I went into my consult, I wasn't rushed, my Dr answered all my question with detail, I even joked and said I want a six pack when I come out lol, he said he would do his best to have me bikini ready! Ha! Anyways, I will have a drainless tuck so I am relieved about that. I had a breast reduction when I was 15 bit I was young then and recovery was a breeze. My dad bought me a walker and his recliners are SUPER comfortable so that is set! A nurse will come to my dad's and stay with me the first night which is really awesome! I love my surgeon and his staff so I am so excited and cannot wait to join the flat side!!! Sorry so long lol. I will post before pics soon!! Thank you all for sharing your journeys and I hope mine will help someone in the same way!

But who is really counting??? LOL! I got a countdown timer on my phone (silly I know)but it still seems soooo far away! I have worked so hard this year to lose weight and then when I saw that my tummy was not going anywhere I wanted to get this done RIGHT THEN! But because of my trips I've got planned, I have to wait. But I scheduled it 4 days after my last trip and that's only because my PS only does surgerys on Fridays. Anyways, happy healing to those of you who have already joined the flat side and happy waiting for this of you like me who are still waiting!

I forgot to tell you that the nurse that will be coming to my dad's to stay with me the first night after surgery called me yesterday. She just wanted to see if I had any questions and that she would be checking up on me just to make sure I didn't have any questions. I LOVE that!

I see that everyone on this site talks about Arnica and Bromelain so I asked her about that and she said I wouldn't need any of that till my stitches were out of my BB. I want to get well prepared before surgery and I've got a list of just about everything. If ya'll use something that isn't seen on here often, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!! :)