Hi everyone,

I just wanted to stop in and share a few photos. I know how much it helped for me to follow you guys. I'm only 5 days out and still very swollen but I'm feeling stronger each day.

I will say the first 24 hours were very ROUGH!! It took a little time for me to get the pain under control, but by day 3 I started to feel like I might actually survive.

Im scheduled for a breast reduction/lift on June 5. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

I not my full self I am where I can walk without hurting.

Gratz on your surgery, looking good, take your time to recover properly and do overdo things, I was lucky I had very l;ittle pain with my abdominoplasty but I made sure I wore my compression every day for 6 weeks, it really does help the pain management. Good luck on the breast lift/reduction I found that the easiest surgery apart from the soreness, again compression bra makes life a lot easier. good luck for the 5th June ....

Gratz on your surgery' date=' looking good, take your time to recover properly and do overdo things, I was lucky I had very l;ittle pain with my abdominoplasty but I made sure I wore my compression every day for 6 weeks, it really does help the pain management. Good luck on the breast lift/reduction I found that the easiest surgery apart from the soreness, again compression bra makes life a lot easier. <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> good luck for the 5th June ....[/quote']

Thank you cazzy!!! What's next for you? You've already had several surgeries right? Are you done? Or is there something coming up?

I am finished plastic surgery now, my surgeon said that if u don't keep it in check u could actually just keep finding fault with various bits of ones self so all the major bits are done now, tummy, back, arms, legs breasts so now I am stopping, I may have a nip and tuck on the face in a few years as even this has a little extra skin I would like to get rid of but now I am just focusing on keeping healthy and fit. Hope all goes well tomorrow for you let us know how you are when u can

Hello Waiting... you look great congratulations on your surgery and weight loss. I am 70lbs down and happy to be doing well in onederland. I am a mother of 3 and oldest 19 and youngest 14 and self paid for my band and ready to get this belly/ highway removed. If you would be so kind as to share where your located ( rogughly) and also the out of pocket cost of your procedure. Cazzy if you dont mind sharing the same I am intrested to know what I should be planning to dish out for my 35th birthday gift to myself. thanks

If you would be so kind as to share where your located ( rogughly) and also the out of pocket cost of your procedure. Cazzy if you dont mind sharing the same I am intrested to know what I should be planning to dish out for my 35th birthday gift to myself. thanks

I am near roanoke Virginia. The cost of my my complete abdominalplasty was 8,000. That was about 500-700 more than others in my area, but he had such a good reputation I decided it was worth it.