51 Y/o Waited 20 Years for This - TT W/ Lipo - Trinity, FL - On the flat side now!

Here are the side by sides of before and after. My favorite is the front view. ;-) Things are getting back to a more "pre-surgery normal" feeling. I'm still numb in the centermost part of my tummy, and I'm still very hard feeling there. Funny story... my one son always teases me and pokes me in the belly as we are goofing about, as he knows it tickles and makes me nuts. He's been good about not doing it for a while with the surgery and all. Well the other day he did it, and hit my stomach, and of course his finger just stopped... bamm... brick wall ! He was like, whoa Mom... dang... I cracked up!
I did go for my first lymphatic massage, and I'm going again tonight. It really made a difference in the hardness and I feel like I can bend better too. It really improved the look at the scar line, I always seem puffy above, but after it was more smooth. But boy did she push on me! She also was surprised that I waited as long to have one. She said many women come in at the two week mark to start. Well I don't know about them, but at two weeks there is no way I could have taken that pressure on my stomach, and forget about getting on and off the massage table!!
Going to start back at the gym this weekend too. Everything but core. It will be interesting to see just how far back I've fallen after almost 8 weeks of no cardio.
That's all for now, safe surgeries and happy healing to all !

Here it is.... the bikini bod...lol Really happy with the results. Healing continues and the bf and I had a wonderful weekend, if you know what I mean. ;)
Attaching a pic of the scar therapy sheets from Target, and also how I cut them in half to wear. Safe surgeries and happy healing!

Saw my PS last night for my four week check-up. He said I'm doing fantastic and he cleared me for light exercise! Yea, I can get back to the gym! Every day seems to be better, but the progress is slow going and it's harder to judge the day to day improvements. It's more like, oh, last week doing that hurt, or I can bend further than last week. I can lay on my tummy now, but it still feels like I'm stretching it way out. He also told me I don't have to wear my binder all the time, but be prepared for the swelling at the end of the day. That is a fact....the BF and I finally took a day of leisure and went out on the boat. I kept the binder on until we got out to the sand bar, but I was not wearing that with my cute new white bikini! (med bottoms, XL top) lol had to brag on that one ;) We really did not walk around that much and just chilled in the beach chairs. We were out for about four hours, but that night I was super swollen. So, I'm going to keep wearing it unless fashion dictates otherwise! I also did sign up for a few lymphatic massage sessions as the middle of my tummy is still very hard, and the PS said the massage will make that go away. Still numb in the middle too, but that seems to be getting better as well. I did notice that just before the feeling starts to come back, my skin in that area becomes HIGHLY sensitive, like light touch almost hurts. Seems to last a few days, but then it subsides and I'm like... oh I feel here now. Here are a few new pics. Hard to see progress in them, but I am posting one with clothes on now, and one of where my drain was, all healed up. Happy healing to those on the flat side, and safe surgeries to those upcoming!