Counting Down! - Washington, DC

Hey ladies, let me start by saying today I am post op day 14. I tried to write something when I was post op day 4 from my phone and when my phone rung it erased everything that I had written. So now I'll try to go back from the beginning and work my way up to today. The day of surgery was a good day. I was excited and thought the surgery went rather well. I was in surgery for 2 1/2 hrs. and was released two hrs later. I was very tired so I slept the rest of the day. When I did wake up I felt like I've done a million sit ups. I took a pain reliever and was out for the rest of the night. The good thing was I was never in pain I was just sore. Day two I was still tired and took a half a pill and just rest the remainder of the day. By day three I was feeling good did more moving and was just sore when getting up and getting back down. Day four it was time to go back to the doctor and I saw my tummy for the first time. My doctor said everything look good and I agreed. I was still swollen but saw great results!!! She took my drain out ( no pain), cleaned me up and I won't see her again until the 24th. The last few days have been up and down. My stomach is still swollen some days are better than others. I keep having this funny feeling in my stomach sometimes a little burning feeling and itching. Overall, I love my new tummy and can't wait to see how I'll be in the weeks to come. I'm headed back to work tomorrow so I hope all goes well. Oh I having put up pics because I don't know how to add them from my iPad it says something about checking my setting so when I figure this out I'll add my photos. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!!!!

It's getting real now. Monday is the big day. Went to my pre-op appt today, paid in full, and received my prescriptions. I'm so freaking nervous I don't know what to do.

Hello ladies, I've been lurking this site for months but didn't want to tell my story until I was close to my date. Well l'm a 41 year old mother of two handsome, wonderful young men. I've been toying around with the idea of getting a tummy tuck for years. Last December I finally decided to go and see how much it would cost and what would it really be like. My wonderful, and nice PS told me that what I needed was a mini tuck with lipo. Before then I didn't know a mini tuck existed. You can see I really didn't start my research until after my appt. I was excited about what she told me and have been on YouTube and this site every since. I enjoy reading all of your stories the good, bad, and ugly. You guys just don't know how much you've help me feel more comfortable with having this done. Thanks and please feel free to give me ALL the advice you care to give. Oh did I mention I'm getting nervous each day as I get closer??? I'll be posting before pictures soon.