Can't believe a whole year has gone by since my surgery

hi all, I haven't updated for a long time. I can't believe a year has gone by since my surgery. I still think this is one of the best things I've ever done for myself and I would recommend to anyone. My weight has fluctuated over the last year (a lot) but this has not affected my surgery at all. Even though I've gained and lost between 20-28lbs over the last year, I've still kept my (relatively) flat tummy. I'm again working on my weight so hopefully at some point this year I will be back down to my post surgery weight. I'll try and post some updated pics over the next few days, but I don't really look any different to my last pics so maybe there's not much point.

If you're reading this and considering surgery GO FOR IT. I'm currently saving up for lipo on my thighs, lower and upper back

well well well, I've discovered something today that has given me great hope. I have not worn my binder since about week 6 po, as this is when my ps said I could discard it. Today I have worn skinny jeans (which were pretty tight around my tummy) and for the first time in weeks I am not swollen tonight. It is 9pm here in the UK and my tummy is still as flat as it was this morning. I know there are some ladies on here who swear by wearing their binder much longer than 6 weeks and do you know what, I now agree with them. I'm going to try it again tomorrow. It has definitely given me hope in that I am still experiencing quite major swelling as the day goes on, so obviously this isn't my end result. I've just looked through my pictures and I'm quite shocked at the last one as my tummy is nowhere near as "podgy" as that now and it's making me feel on top of the world

hi ladies, I hope you are all doing well. Well I'm 19 weeks po and can't believe how quickly it's gone. What an emotional rollercoaster this has been. Ok I'll start with the negative and say I'm not entirely happy BUT on a whole this is just the best thing I have ever done (apart from marrying my husband and having 3 beautiful daughters). I haven't got the completely flat tummy I was hoping/expecting but I'm a million miles from where I was before having surgery. I can wear clothes that I could never have even dreamed of and it feels blooming fantastic. I still need to suck my tummy in but I don't care. I'm now saving to get more surgery. I'm going to get lipo on my thighs, my back and some more off my flanks and hopefully i can get some off my tummy to get it a little more flat. I probably won't get it done until a year after my last surgery but I've definitely got the "bug" now for surgery. When I wear i wear a figure hugging dress I feel like a million dollars, it's such a wonderful feeling.

If I knew what I know now before I had had my surgery I would have definitely had a better discussion with my ps about my expectations because this is the reason I think I'm not entirely happy. I was hoping for a flat tummy but in reality I'm a little overweight so I suppose it just wasn't achievable with what my ps had to work with. If I was to get revision done on it, there maybe a chance of getting more of a flat tummy but this is something I will look at in the future.

Overall I'm just so so happy with this surgery and if there's anyone reading this who is considering surgery, just do it, it will change your life