Tummy Tuck & Liposuction

So I have just scheduled my FTT w/ lipo of the flanks. I am soooo excited. I have had this saggy panics hanging for quite sometime, and now that I am done having children, I sent a request to have my insurance (Tricare) approve it, and they did! They will be paying for everything but the muscle repair and the liposuction. I will be paying for that out of pocket. So only $1,000.00 out of pocket. Not bad at all!

So I have bought my compression garments, two different sizes, one for right after surgery for when I am swollen, and another smaller one for when the swelling decreases.

I've had my doctor already call in Miralax for me, that I will start taking 3 days before surgery, I don't want to end up constipated or straining. I've learned this trick after 3 c-sections. It's gross, but life is so much better when everything just falls out.

I am getting a pain pump, that my lovely insurance is paying for, and the doctor said I will be numb for about 5 days... Which will be nice because I will have a four hour drive home, and I don't want to be miserable.

I have posted some before pictures, so you can see how a tummy tuck will be beneficial. I'm also having liposuction to my flanks, so I really hope it all blends well together, and I hope we can get rid of most of these nasty stretch marks.

So today I had my complete TLH (total laprascopic hysterectomy), I wish I could have done it in conjunction with my FTT, but my GYN would not let me. Some are comfortable with it and some are not. I was just thinking it would've been a great idea since I'll have a pain pump to keep me numb for 5 days. But oh well!

I know a lot of people think the procedures are too close together, but it has been approved to be okay, as long as I didn't end up needing to be cut open for my HYST. In which I didn't... thank goodness!

I am doing these procedures so close because, I wanted to be able to enjoy my summer. Last summer I was pregnant and miserable, and this year is going to be great.

I will be getting a breast lift with implants around September, but they do not bother me as bad as my stomach does, so I was going to push it off until after the summer. I can't combine my Tummy Tuck, and breasts because I am using a different doctor. My insurance is not paying for those, so I need someone closer, and more reasonable priced....