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Mother to Get New Tummy
UPDATED FROM kumama
3 days post
Four days post op. Feeling better daily....
WORTH IT$6,100
Four days post op. Feeling better daily. Medication helps with pain but make me sleepy. Saw results at Dr office. Love small Bb but lowerbelly is swollen. Seems more swollen on one side then other. Seem normal?
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UPDATED FROM kumama
9 days pre
So the day after I pay the doctor my husband takes...
So the day after I pay the doctor my husband takes my hand and says, honey I wonder if this surgery is a bad idea! Seriously he did! He is worried I am taking the easy way out and wonders about the cost. I feel the same way about the cost but know its not really gonna be easy at all. I have lost the weight before through Extreme dieting. I could not maintain this however. I am not unhappy about my weigh really just my saggy tummy. The loose skin and wrinkles didn't leave, just got worse.
I am worried about gaining the weight back. I work out four or five days a week and eat pretty healthy. I just always return to this size. I am having lots of doubts.
I am worried about gaining the weight back. I work out four or five days a week and eat pretty healthy. I just always return to this size. I am having lots of doubts.
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April 4, 2011
Awe sweetie, I know you and your husband must be nervous.... I know I am nervous with four days to go! Heck my mind is wandering...I just have to keep busy and look at all of the successful tummies on this web! These women look wonderful and are an inspiration.... Have you done all of your grocery shopping and cleaning and everything yet? I am so wondering what am I forgetting to do! Hugs sweetie...everything will go well and you will have a new tummy soon!
April 4, 2011
Wow. Thank you for your kind words. I have been near tears all day today. I think the fear of the recovery is setting in. I just love my kiddos and want to be there for them as quickly as possible.
Did some shopping today. Going to start making some dinners to freeze. Bought a thick book! I keep updating the kids shcedules as games, practices etc. come in!
do LOVE this site! Are you feeling prepared?
Did some shopping today. Going to start making some dinners to freeze. Bought a thick book! I keep updating the kids shcedules as games, practices etc. come in!
do LOVE this site! Are you feeling prepared?
April 5, 2011
I know the closer you get the more nervous you get as well as guilt starts to creep in. But it is worth it! My boyfriend was nervous for me and did not want to see me in pain. He worries when I am hurting. He also had his doubts but he is now pleased with the results and I am only 4 weeks out. I have had some complications along the way but it has not changed my mind that I have done the right thing...:). Even though I am going to be pretty much broke for the rest of the year I am still happy and ecstatic that I did this. YOu and I have the same kind of tummy. When I would bend over it would just hang and I couldn't stand that...or it would sit in my lap when I sat down. Made me want to cry sometimes. I excerise and eat pretty healthy as well but couldn't get past my weight of 175. After surgery along with lipo I now weigh 165 and I have a flat tummy and thinner thighs...:). And it just keeps coming off. Guess I had to shock my body into blasting past my plateau...lol. You won't regret this later, I promise. You will be so happy and your husband is going to love the new you along with your new found confindence...:). Chin up sweetie...:). we are here for you to lean on...
April 9, 2011
Good luck to you on the 12!! It's normal, I'm sure, to have some doubts, but just keep looking forward, girl!! You have worked hard and deserve this!! I too, have some doubts, but I just just keep thinking about how hard I've worked to take care of my body with exercise and eating right, and I still have this saggy, wrinkly skin!! Hang in there- this is one of the best decisions we can do for ourselves!! Bikini land here we come!!
April 11, 2011
WOW.....your body looks A LOT like mine pre surgery! I had my surgery on the 5th of April, I go in today for my second post-op visit. I too workout for an hour a day, 5 days a week (I'm actually a fitness instructor and can suck that bad boy of a belly in REAL good and I wear very tight fitting clothes to workout in)....eat a VERY good diet and just could not drop the tummy. I am 5'3", weigh 137.6 pounds pre surgery and only had 13% body fat! You should read through my review and check out my pics. You are the first person on here who I think my belly truely resembles! Good luck tomorrow, you will do great and be so glad you did it!
April 13, 2011
Home from hospital. 2 day post op. Very sore. Hard to get out of bed. Very sleepy but doing ok. One pump. Hospital volunteers make sling.
UPDATED FROM kumama
11 days pre
I had my Pre op today. Got my prescriptions. Same...
I had my Pre op today. Got my prescriptions. Same ones I used for breast lift/aug. so I know I should'nt have any reactions to them. We discussed lipo for my inner thighs and she said she could do it same time as tt but would reccommend waiting as they are getting new equip. at thier facility for Slim (not smart) lipo. She said it is a laser type. They will be only facility in Kansas City area to have it. She said advantage is they use local so your awake, its done in their building, and its supposed to help shrink the skin so your not saggy after the lipo. The down side is I would'nt be able to do this same time as tt. It would be several weeks later, but the cost is about $1500 less!!
I am very excited as my surgery was going to be the second of the day but the other person rescheduled so I got moved up!! Less time for anxiety! 11 days to go!!!
I am very excited as my surgery was going to be the second of the day but the other person rescheduled so I got moved up!! Less time for anxiety! 11 days to go!!!
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April 2, 2011
Just had my tummy tuck in Seattle March 18. Feel and look great and I guess after 35 years of having a "big fat belly" it is well worth it. My doc also included a lift of the mons pubis (new words for me), so my incision dips a little. I lost 140 lbs via diet recently and after sev. pregnancies, know all about stretch marks and hanging skin. I'm so excited I tell everyone, including total strangers. My own mother won't say anything to me about it or the weight loss. So sympathies if family/friends don't support the decision.
April 3, 2011
Hey girlie! I see you got 10 days left and I know you are excited! I wish you the best!
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