40 Year Old Mother of 2 (19 Years and 2 Years) - Lipo of Upper/lower Abs, Sides and Flanks - St Louis, MO

I just had my preop appointment today (8/19/14) and am very excited for my surgery date of 9/3/14. I live a pretty active life style and workout with a trainer 2-4 times a week. I have a 19 year old and a 2 year old. I gained about 25 lbs with my 2nd pregnancy but lost it all plus 5 lbs. I'm 5'1" and 120 lbs. My weight has been consistent pretty much my whole life, but I've not been able to get my midsection where I want it since my 2nd child was born. I'm not devoting the same amount of time to working out as intensly and eating right like I did before. I'll post more pics plus a write up once my surgery is performed 9/3 (upper/lower abs, sides, flanks).

My surgery is scheduled for 9am tomorrow and I'm excited, nervous and can hardly believe it's about to go down! I've been on Vitamin K for 9 days. I will take half an Ativan tonight before bed and a whole tomorrow morning, plus I'll also start antibiotics in the morning. These new pictures of me in the bikini are standing regular and flexing really hard.

Arrived at 9 and was taken back to OR . IV was inserted but never used. Took almost 2 hours to numb upper/lower abs, sides and flanks. The numbing was probably the most uncomfortable part of the whole thing but it wasn't too bad. Needle pricks of numbing med which allowed the nurse to make a small incisions and insert a tube to fill me up with the numbing solution.

Dr Wright came in and started the procedure as soon as the numbing was complete. Hard to describe what the cannula suctioning felt like. It was a vibration. There were a few tender spots around my belly button and upper abs but I would communicate that and he's back off a little. I was moved to different positions and at the end stood up. When I was standing I was given a mirror to see if there were any spots I thought needed more. It was kind of hard for me to tell since I looked pretty swollen but I pointed to 2 spots above my groin. There were 2 nurses that also pointed to a spot each and the Dr saw another spot. So standing right there he inserted the cannula and suctioned the areas. The whole suctioning process took about 2 hours.

They let my husband come back while I was being wrapped. I was awake during the whole procedure but pretty high from the ativan and other pills I was given. The nurses made sure I was drinking water and eating small snacks during the procedure and couldn't have been nicer. We all listened to music (Classic Rock Party on Sirius) talked about everything under the sun and the time flew by.

I have 15 puncture holes and am currently wrapped with absorbent gauze, a very thick binder, and a crotchless body spanks type garment from my shoulders below my knees. I can take a shower tomorrow morning. So far there has been no leakage. Just to be careful we put a shower liner in the car for the ride home and also on my side of the bed. On top of the shower liner on the bed we places puppy pads, but like I said so far there has been no drainage escape from my bindings. I did throw up when I got home - I think it was from all the pills I took pre and during surgery. Felt much better after. On a scale of 1-10 I'm about a 6. It feels better to lay down then to sit up but I'm able to walk around and get up and down find….just need to take it slow. The only meds I'm on now are antibiotics, vit K and Extra Strength Tylenol. I will post pictures tomorrow after my shower. Please let me know if you have any questions!