40 Years Old, Wife, Mom (5 Kids): Finally Focusing on Me!

I turned 40 years old in November of 2016. I felt good going into my 40th year because I had lost 30 pounds and 6 inches in my stomach (HCG diet) and managed to maintain the loss. Even though I felt good, the tummy tuck that I had wanted for several years was still in the back of my mind. Finding this website has helped me to conquer the fears ...... 1) will my spouse understand why I want to have this surgery, 2) feeling guilty for spending this amount of money on myself and 3) worrying about who's going to keep everything on track in this family while I'm recovering. I have many things to be thankful for but even so I completely came back alive while going this process. Looking forward to sharing my journey with all of you and going along for the ride on your journeys.

I went back and forth with myself on if DR was the place for me to get my surgery or not and I ultimately chose to stay in the states. With any surgery, done anywhere there are risks. Ultimately my decision was based on my chemistry with the doctor AND his/her nurse staff, where the procedure was being performed, post op care and being able to connect with my surgeon live if I encountered any issues. There are a ton of board certified plastic surgeons here in Wisconsin and I scheduled consultations with just about every one of them but I knew I could not see everyone of them and it was silly for me to pay consultation fee's to multiple surgeons. So I weeded out doctors by studying their online before & after pictures for each surgeon. I fell in love with one doctor's pictures because his work featured contouring. Most of the other surgeons work did not produce any curves! The unknown star that I chose was Dr. Alex Colque. I decided on a tummy tuck, muscle repair and lipo of the flanks and bra line. I'M NERVOUS Y'ALL!

Total Cost: $7,500
Includes: surgeon fee, anesthesia, hospital fee (overnight stay), compression garments and skin treatment/dressing for the scar.

Height: 5 "7"
Weight: 204 (175 looks really good on me)