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@@WLSResources/ClothingExch I sure hope so! Time has flown by! I can't believe I'm already at the plastics part. It's crazy!

@@Julie norton Thanks for the tip! I watched a YouTube video of a woman showing a way to get out of bed and another said she tied a sheet to her lower bed frame so she could pull herself up with it. I've been given so ridiculously sting narcotics for after. I'm curious as to how that's going to go. Ugh! I just want it all over with!

@@2goldengirl Thank you!! I just didn't have much to say lately AND I've been working like crazy! Plastic surgery is NOT cheap!

We decided a fully TT & lift . I wil go back once healed for implants if I need to.

Thanks everyone. Still not sure at this point what I'm doing. I'm just going to go with my gut. I will be speaking with her tomorrow and I'm not worried about offending anyone at this point.

@@con con Yes, I'm having it done in our city. This has been the most agonizing experience of my life! I've contemplated this for hours and spend days reading and researching everything! I'm a different kind of case. Nothing's clear cut. So many options and not knowing the outcome of any of it until it's over is crappy! I'm not concerned with the TT. That's pretty standard . It's these boobs!!! I got different opinions from multiple surgeons and not one says the same thing. I've never stressed about a surgery so much in my life. VSG wasn't even this difficult of a process. I HATE it!!! All the fun and excitement has been demolished by unknowing and fear. I'm going back to talk with her on Tuesday. I have a lot of questions I need clear answers on before I fork over 12,450 bucks! Im less concerned with the money and more concerned with that happens to this body that I worked so hard to get right! My PS has a good reputation and has been a PS for 29 years but what she's saying is possible is NOT what other surgeons are saying. I'm running out of time because I need a full month off and I took all of April off. It has to be done then. I've taken a new potion at work so I won't have the luxury of taking a month off any time soon. That just adds more pressure to the situation.

Change of plans! I've decided I will go for a TT and lift. I don't want big saggy boobs! Could end up with "snoopy boobs" or "ball in sock" . Neither are cute. I'm going to stage it and do the TT and lift. Then go back in 6 months for a decent implant. 750 is just too big and causes too many issues.

Hi everyone! After weeks of overwhelming research and headaches I finally found a PS I'm thrilled with and am scheduled for surgery April 6th!!!! I'm excited and down right terrified. Terrified because like a moron I repeatedly watch TT YouTube videos and trust me when I say they are horrendous looking, and I work in healthcare. So I'm scheduled for a full tummy tuck with muscle repair. My surgeon says I have about 3 inches of muscle separation. Also a breast augmentation. I'm going big but I'm Italian and have the large Italian boobs complements of my Nonna! Well deflated boobs now. We decided on 750cc as of now. We are hoping to avoid a lift by using a larger implant to fill the space. I originally had a 40 DDD bust so the size is not a factor for me. I prefer it. Any advice about either procedure would be greatly appreciated. Anything....maybe what you feel was necessary to have at home to help with recovery? Any tips or tricks. I know it's going to be painful. "I think I'm going to die" (see already prepared) I've had 3 c-sections and of course VSG so my stomach has been through it! She's also taking out all 3 of my c-sections scars. I'm not worried about the TT scar. I can't believe it's time for all of this already! Thank you for any and all help you can provide!

@@bayougirlmrsc I hope so, Im praying over it!

I've changed my surgery date to April 4th so two days sooner, it works better with my husbands schedule. That will give me a full month of recovery and then I took a new position at work starting March! Game on!!!!

Moved my date up two days to April 4th! Perfect as it works better with my husbands schedule so I can have an extra day of his help!

@@VSGAnn2014 She's done everything! She's been in practice for 23 years. Her names is Dr. Carla Garrison in Springfield Mo. Of courses she's a board certified plastic surgeon.

@@bayougirlmrsc Lol! You're too funny! I'm going to do it I'm just scared! Ugh! Why must beauty hurt!! I did NOT enjoy those c-sections btw!!! I will gladly take pain over another kid though!!!! DONE!

Did you cry?! I'm going to cry aren't I??! Should I just start now?

@@bayougirlmrsc Wow that looks awesome!!! I hope mine looks like that! I don't get to stay in the hospital with a pump. I go home the same day as surgery with pain pills and muscle relaxers. That seems pretty brutal to me. I don't know how this is all going to go. I'm not going to lie, I keep having to look at before and after pictures or else I'm afraid I'm going to try to back out out of fear. I'm excited one minute and then think what the hell am I doing??! I moved my date up today to April 4th instead of the 6th so my husband can spend an extra day with me. I'm basically going to be on my own after the second day. My husband has to go to work and the kids will be at school. I hope I can do this. How do you survive on just pain pills and muscle relaxers after such a brutal surgery?!

I dreamed all night that I had my boobs done and the silicone flipped. I kept trying to flip it back around. It was a horrible dream! If I were just doing the boobs I wouldn't be scared, maybe I'm delusional in thinking they won't be bad. It's the TT that has he scared to death!

@@AvaFern ha! I am excited and then I see another YouTube video of TT with muscle repair and freak out. I know I should stop watching them but it's like a train wreck! I can't help but watch. Did you have muscle repair done too?

@@AvaFern Dang it! I went to your profile hoping to see some pictures of your boobs and NOTHiNG! Lol!

@@FocusOnMeNow Yes I tried them on with a bra. It was a size 32 DDD which is what I was before....well I was a 40DDD-E . Here's a picture of 750cc... That may seem big to some but I think it's perfect!!! If I get that I will be thrilled!!! I will insert a picture of my breast before the weight loss maybe that will help. I'm on the right. Not the best picture but you can probably tell they were big and full! Plenty of cleavage without a push-up. I just want that curvy figure back.

@@AvaFern We are doing to bigger implant because I don't have hardly any tissue left. I have deflated little bags! TMI but my nips are in a perfect location and are not sagging. Is the tissue around them. If I do a smaller implant I will have to have a lift and all the scars to tighten the skin around a smaller size. I'm trying to avoid doing that. I tried them on over the little bit of breast tissue I have and they looked amazing with my hip bones and smaller waistline. I guess I'm just use to big boobs because I've always had them and am built to carry them. I will be discussing it with her agian before surgery. I'm not a small framed person. I'd say medium. I have a larger rib cage. I wish I could just see them in my skin before hand but that's not possible I found some pictures of women my height and weight with the same size I'm getting and I like them. We shall see I suppose. I would insert a picture but I'm not sure if nudity is allowed?

@@Queen of Crop Are you getting around ok now? Does it still hurt? I took the whole month of April off and May as of now. If I feel good enough I may go back in May though. I make my own schedule so I have control over the amount of time I'm off. I'm just wondering how you function at 3 weeks.

I stopped tracking a long time ago but I figure around 1,000 maybe more a day? I don't know. I snack a lot which they say you shouldn't do but I'm still losing weight so....I may track for a couple days and see. I just eat whenever I feel like it.

@@Queen of Crop Ok, I was wondering about that. Well hopefully it resolves itself soon.

Yes, you will. If not we would be a big group of grumpy people. Hang in there!