BBL- My First Consult 8/9/13 - West Hollywood, CA

I came in weighing about 126, im 5'6", i weighed about 117 the beginning of the year and slowing began to gain weight in preparation for this procedure. Dr. Bruno advised me to gain a couple of pounds, 6-8lbs, to assure he had enough fat to work with. I was advised to try eating/drinking lots of protein for good/healthy weight gain.

I had my second consult on Oct 8. I followed up with dr. Bruno to see how my weight gain was going, so far I'm good, I think im about 10 pounds in. Dr. Suggested I gain an extra 5 just to be safe that I have enough, the more the merrier. I scheduled my surgery for the 1st of Nov which is 16 days from today, yikes. I have my deposit and need to get my labs done soon. I applied for carecredit just so I wouldnt have to dig into my savings in case of emergency. I haven't put much effort into gaining the extra 5lbs, maybe next week ill stuff my face, for now I'm just eating my regular meals which usually do consist of pasta, white rice, chicken or tuna anyway. Maybe next week I will over do it on the pastas, milk, peanut butter and bread. I will upload some pictures from my first consult and second and more as the time gets closer. Ttyl!!!

So I got my Labs done last week and just waiting on them so I can forward them to the office. So far this past week I've began to feel a bit more nervous. My hubby finally, after a few venting sessions, had began to be a little more supportive. I think one thing I haven't seen mentioned too much in these reviews is emotion support. He hasnt been to supportive mostly because in his mind he doesn't think I need it. When we met I was a nice size 3 with no tummy a lil bit of hips and a decent size chest, post baby I lost my boobs, got loose skin from my stomach stretching, terrible torn looking stretch marks and as ive gained weight moved up to a size 5. I don't mind the size but since it's mostly because the need to fit my stomach, my butt part seems to sag sometimes. Anyway, he seems to think that I'm doing this just to be a cheater and have lipo done because I'm too lazy to exercise, not only is that offensive but incorrect. I've spent years admiring other woman's booties and how their clothes fits so nice. I don't know in how many ways possible I could explain to him that all I wanted was to have a shape!! Finally after weeks and a good slap in the face with eye opening comment, " your so uninterested in what I'm doing you don't even know who my doctor is, where my surgery will be or if I'm even allergic to anything!" He finally decided to spend a little more time listening and asking questions. He's still not overly excited but he does choose to eat things that are mainly on my protein list like fish, Tuna, chicken, sometimes pasta (carbs), we can even talk about finances a little more openly with more options. Not having his support was very stressful and exhausted, having to explain to him why I had to come in to work on weekends to catch up on work while on my vacation, why I was driving snakes and eating, why my clothes didn't fit... so many things he refused to understand because he just didn't want to accept that I was going to go through with this. I'm hoping the next couple of days will get better but they are going by so fast and im getting very nervous and anxious about my recovery. I sit allday and wonder how I'm going to figure this out. Any who, I'm starting my extra eating and more protein meals, I haven't weighed myself in a couple of days so ill let you know where I'm at when I do. Ttul!