I am so happy I can not believe I am getting a Tummy Tuck on May 10th. I have lost 145 lbs in a year and a half with the band and now this is the next stop in my life. I am so scared and freaking out about it. I hope people who had it done please talk to me and help me

I am so happy I can not believe I am getting a Tummy Tuck on May 10th. I have lost 145 lbs in a year and a half with the band and now this is the next stop in my life. I am so scared and freaking out about it. I hope people who had it done please talk to me and help me

Hi:

Congrats! It is definitely the icing on the cake after losing so much weight. There will be pain, but it will be bearable. Ask your doctor if he/she is sending you home with a pain pump. Makes it much easier for the first few days.

I know the pain and I would do it over if I had to (but never will have to).

Take care.

Sue

Yes I do get a pain Pump that was the first question I asked lol.

Hi:

Congrats! It is definitely the icing on the cake after losing so much weight. There will be pain, but it will be bearable. Ask your doctor if he/she is sending you home with a pain pump. Makes it much easier for the first few days.

I know the pain and I would do it over if I had to (but never will have to).

Take care.

Sue

I am so happy I can not believe I am getting a Tummy Tuck on May 10th. I have lost 145 lbs in a year and a half with the band and now this is the next stop in my life. I am so scared and freaking out about it. I hope people who had it done please talk to me and help me

Congrats on your weight loss and your TT. My surgeon and I talked about getting mine approved yesterday. I admit I am a little nervous about the pain, but I am planning on doing it. My fear is the pain - but I think I have a good pain tolerance. I am going to wait until later in the summer to do mine as we have a week at the beach planned for the beginning of July and I don't want to be recovering from surgery again during vacation (I was 4 weeks post op from my band when we went away last summer).

Congrats again, please let me know how it goes...

I'm a week in after a tummy tuck with muscle repair. I did stay overnight at the hospital and wasn't sent home with a pain pump. Taking percoset orally has helped manage the pain. I didn't blink after c-sections or the band surgery but this one is something. I can sleep and get around and I never had any help at home since I needed my husband to take care of the kids, but I would count on a good bit of time for recovery. I budgeted a week and clearly that's not going to be enough. If you do tell friends, family and co-workers about the surgery you should be just fine. It's the hiding it from people that's making things difficult. Luckily DH is a saint. Let me know if you have any specific questions. I get my drains removed on Wednesday (hopefully) and I'm thinking that this will improve my quality of life markedly. Congratulations on making this big decision. Pain aside, I'm already so glad I did it. I had so much extra skin on my abdomen even with being in great shape, and overnight it's totally gone. All very exciting!