34 Years Old 2 Kids- Time to Be Happy with my Body Again

A little about me. I've always had extra weight around my stomach.. ever since I was a kid. I lost a bunch of weight before I got pregnant with my first baby but the pouch was always there. After having my first I lost most of the baby weight (started at 160 and went to 200 by the end of pregnancy. After having the baby I weighed 175). I ate like [RS bleep] always and ended up weighing 200 lbs by the time I got pregnant with my second. I ended up weighing 225lbs by the time I had my second baby and lost that 25lbs after his birth. I've been on a weight loss journey for a couple months now and am at 179. I'll be at least 160 by the time I have my surgery in Nov. I did most of the weight loss on my own but to lose the last 20 fast I'm going to do Dr. Seagrist.

I originally planned on having my surgery done in Toronto but holy Hannah the cost blew my mind haha and then I kept thinking "do i really want to drive to and from Toronto for my check -ups?" The answer to that was NOT A CHANCE. It could take 1.5 hours - 4 hours to get there from my place. I ended up booking a consult with Dr. Elmeraghy in waterloo. My gf went to him and sent me pics of her before and afters and I was sold. Some reviews say that he's arrogant.. I have to completely disagree with those. He was funny and honest and to the point. I left there booking my surgery date for Nov 1. I'm super excited and super nervous. It'll be nice to get rid of this extra keg I'm carry around hahaha.

I ended up changing the date of my surgery to Nov 8. Just a week. I have tickets to see Grease the musical in the 4th. Anyone who knows me knows how much i love Grease.
I decided I'm going to stay at my mom's for 5 days after surgery. Her house is right down the street from the clinic and I have 2 kiddos at home that will jump all over me. I'm not putting too much thought into the surgery yet.. reading everyone's reviews like a crazy woman. It helps.
My only worry is the downtime with the kids. My 3 year old is super attached to me (still sleeps in bed with me). Everything he wants or needs he wants me to take care of it. It's gotten worse since I was pregnant with my now 8 month old. I know I can't pick the kids up... but for how long?? The baby isn't crawling or walking so that's a huge concern. My little sister (she's 23) is going to hopefully come stay with me for 2 weeks.. but will I need longer?? Anybody with littles that can offer advice???
I'm still on the road to be down the 20lbs before surgery which is nice. Hard That's believe in a few short weeks it's surgery time. I feel like the nerves will kick in the night before

It's hard to believe that my surgery is on Wed. I feel like I should be nervous or anxious but so far I'm not. Or maybe I am and I just don't realize it. Who knows. The only thing I'm worried about with right now is not being able to hold my 8 month old. That's going to be a huge adjustment. My 3 year old is a mama's boy to the core so he's going to have a hard time with me not being able to play with him.
I'm excited to finally get it done and hopefully the pain is manageable. I have to get my pain meds tomorrow so I don't have to mess around with getting them after.
I took a Motrin last tues cause I had a migraine for 3 days and I told my surgeon.. he wasn't happy so I don't advise anybody doing that. I can't wait to see the results and here's to hoping all goes as planned with my awesome surgeon. We're going away in Jan so fingers crossed the swelling isn't very bad.