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I used medicalfinancing.com... But I have good credit (just too much :-/) & my Internet rates are insane... Totally worth it to me though

Thank you!!

Congrats on getting your surgery!

I recommend:

-definitely 24/7 help! For the first week at the minimum

-thick maxi-pads (these are cheaper than the ABD pads they put on you after surgery and your wounds will weep for few days, plus they are absorbent too!)

-LOTS of antibiotic ointment!! I'm talking like multiple tubes of it! And I found it to be cheaper if you get the target/Walmart/dollar store brands. Can't even tell you how much of this goop I've used in the last 6 months!! Haha

-LOTS of non-stick pads. These are kind of like gauze pads, but they will not stick you incisions when they are trying to scab up. I used these once the majority of the draining was gone. And just like the antibiotic ointment, cheaper at Walmart/target/dollar stores.

-an extra abdominal binder. It will get dirty and you have to (and most like will WANT to keep it on for at least the first 4 weeks), it was nice to have a spare while washing the other

-female urinal would be nice, but not a necessity (I only wish I had one after my tummy tuck--thank god my doctor put in a catheter for the first night!!, but I really needed after my thigh-lift)

-maybe prepare a couple of frozen meals ahead of time so you don't have to worry about cooking for a few weeks

Good luck! Can't wait to read about your results!

Here is one from the first few days... Sorry I couldn't find one of my incisions that doesn't show my hoo-ha!! LoL but you can see that the "droop" on my thighs are gone also, for those that are wondering, my incision go basically from my TT scar down each side of my groin to under each buttcheak.

Hello all!! Sorry it's been so long for me to post! It has been super busy this last month!! I'm waiting for my TT "fine-tuning" before I post my total before pics (but my doc showed them to me and OMG :0... Scary!!)

Anyhow, I had my inter-medial thigh-lift on may 9th. Along with that procedure, my doctor revised my breast-lift/implants (this was free of charge because he does all of his revisions & tweaking for free).

I was kinda scared going into surgery this time because of the incredible pain I had after the mini-brachioplasty, TT, and breast-lift/implants. However, when I woke up, I was in pain, but NOTHING compared to the prior surgery (btw this was a 2 hr surgery)!!! Don't get me wrong it's still uncomfortable, I'm roughly 3 weeks out and it kind of hurts to bend over or sit on my butt, and my incisions are taking longer to close up (understandably, due to all of the motion like walking, sitting down, etc), but they are close to being done! my doctor said thigh-lift incisions carry a 35% complication rate, so I guess I lucked out! On June 4 he will be removing another small strip of skin on my TT and also correcting "dog-ears" (this is free of charge, as it is his revision ). This procedure will be done under local anesthesia and will only take about 20 mins

Some useful tips for those considering doing this:

~for the ladies, get a female urinal!! OMG it ended up being a life-saver!!

~plan on walking around and looking like you had anal-sex or something for a couple weeks lmao!

~i personally am so glad my doc wouldn't do this procedure in combination with my first go around... Oh, hell no!!! It would've been bad! I don't even know how that would've worked!! :0 so to those considering it, I thought I wanted it in the beginning, but because my doctor is smarter than me-- I'm very thankful lol.

Here are my latest afters

So I had my tummy-tuck, breast-lift, and mini brachioplasty on January 8. Everything healed great, but then I wanted to get my legs "fixed", so I did on Thursday, may 9. It's fairly uncomfortable, but definitely nothing compared to my surgery in January! I will try to get some before & after pics posted soon!

I know you can't see too much there, once I can take the bulky pads off and put on panties I will share a better one!

If anybody has experience with this surgery and have any helpful suggestions and tips, please share with me! Thank you all!

Thank you! I'm getting my thigh lift hopefully this week! Will post another thread on that!

Actually, my diet is pretty horrible 8-0 but I think I stay around 800 cals a day. No excercising either, although I'm starting today lol.

This is a month old or so, but in my first pair of 1's

congrats! Are you at your goal weight now?

lynda

I don't know lol. I honestly haven't really been trying to lose so much since about 40lbs. My original goal was 150 lbs. web md says my healthy weight range is 111-150 lbs. I don't want to get a whole lot smaller though!

Thanks! Never dreamed I'd be here!

This one is from about 4 years ago. I'm not sure what my weight was, but pretty positive it was somewhere in the 220's

I'm soooo flippin happy! I have lost 100 lbs since my surgery on 6/15/12!! This has been the greatest decision ever!

Surgery weight= 217 lbs

Current weight= 117 lbs

Height= 5'5"

nice! LOVE your hair color' date=' btw. [/quote']

Thank you! I have a thing for red!

I am booked with a plastic surgeon locally here but i am having second (and third' date=' and fourth) thoughts.

It is a day surgery and they send you home - good luck! All follow ups I have to be driven back.

Since it is day surgery, they will only do a little at a time - I will need 3 surgeries!!! That will take me years because I need the time off for each recovery.

I am looking into a well known out of country option that uses a different anesthesia so you can stay "under" longer and get more done at once. It is alot less money, but money aside, it seems like a better situation. They keep you in the surgical facility for 2-3 days and then you stay in a local hotel another 12 days and are visited daily by both a nurse AND the surgeon. to me, that sounds like better after care then my usa doc has planned.

This is a hard and scary decision but the out of country doc has great before and after photos and a ton of satisfied patients.

I am still thinking....

Back to the OP- would you be brave enough to share your pre-plastics photos? I suspect they weren't as scary as my current pics look like since I lost 150 (well 170 from my highest weight). I basically have skin for two people...lol[/quote']

As soon as I acquire them, sure I still don't have my copies & well... I was not interested in taking my own pics prior to surgery! Haha

Oh, and my skin removal so far was 7 lbs... I'm with you, I thought it was going to be way more!

I just wanted to say you look great and LOVE

the the cute Victoria's Secret number you have on!

Thanks! figured I splurge on some bras & panties for once!

I was self-pay in the states. I went to Mexico for lap-band and my VSG revision, but there is so much immediate follow-up care after plastics, I wanted to be close to home.

Wow! You look great! Especially 10 days post op! I was so swollen the first 4-6 weeks and I would've been way too scared to put on an underwire bra! I actually am not allowed to wear underwire until April 8 (my actual 3 mos post op date). Your body rocks! Congrats!

Thank you so much!

Keep on trucking' date=' looking good. How much weight have you lost and how long did it take?[/quote']

I've lost 99 lbs. had my sleeve done on June 15 last year

Thank you for the lovely compliments!

Thank you!

Well it's nearing my 3 month mark! Can't believe it! Just went and spent a crap-load of $$ at Victoria's Secret today! Finally starting to feel "normal" and enjoying my new self!

Don't mind helping at all! I was SUPER swollen the first month, by eight weeks I pretty much would wake up with very little swelling at the bottom of my abdomen and by night be more swollen (depending on the days activities). My doc said this can last 6 months or so. And I've never heard of that painkiller, it's not an NSAID is it? I was on oxycodone the first few weeks and then stepped it down to Vicodin until about 8 weeks. I'm feeling better & better everyday!

Phew! Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone with this...did it just last a week? I've had a crumpet for breakfast' date=' a rare 'treat' and I'm stuffed![/quote']

Yes round about... But I still wasn't able to eat too much once the reflux settled because my doc puts you on two different antibiotics, Valium, and pain killers every 4 hours... So I basically ate mostly pills the first 10 days + haha