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jenn20    0

jenn20
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Okay people bear with me, I do have alot of questions and this is my 3rd thread in the last 20 min lol.

But, I was wondering...I know that I will have excess skin after surgery and would want a Tummy Tuck eventually. However, everyone says that you need to do it after you have kids..which makes sense..but I dont see myself having kids anytime soon. I don't even have a bf...and I'm still young (20 yrs old) so would it be possible to have a tummy tuck about a year after my surgery and then maybe 7 years later have a child? I don't want a flabby stomach the years that I'm dating.

I'm not sure anyone can relate to me. Most of you are all married and have children, but I am in the dating age. And when you first meet someone you don't really want to blurt out that you had weight loss surgery but after time I wouldn't mind telling that person. (In my opinion) but I know that things lead up to other things...which lead to others...and eventually things happen. I think I would be somewhat embarrased of my naked body being that I'd be dating and not already married.

any advice? Thanks

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I'm kind of torn on the Tummy Tuck pre-baby. I have one friend that had one, had a baby and had zero issues regaining her pretty flat tummy. Then I have a cousin who had a TT around your age, and had 2 children between the ages of 25 and 29, and her tummy tuck is wrecked. They both delivered naturally.

I am married, and have 1 child and believe me I don't love my little tummy roll, but I'll trade it over the excessive fat rolls, and back fat I had pre-op. I was more self-conscious about my huge roundness, and fat rolls that literally got in the way during sex. Now, it's completely different. I asked my husband, and he said " he doesn't worry about that stuff, it's more than the physical, it's just about us." I was more embarassed of how I looked being so fat.

I was fat when I met my husband, and he loved me in my all my fat glory. He loves me the same in my size 10 with excess skin, and saggy boobs.

If you get to the stage in a dating relationship where intimacy comes into play, I would say that man should love you for exactly who and how you are, and not that you may have a little tummy roll.

All the recommendations I've seen regarding plastics is to wait at least 1 year after you reach your goal weight to have any plastic surgery.

A lot of skin will reabsorb in that year after reaching goal especially if you're working out, toning, and getting in plenty of Water.

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jenn20    0

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Thank you Tiffykins you always have good answers and you seem very caring and supportive!! Just wanted to let you know you are very appreciated! THANK YOU!

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Katrina    1

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You will learn that your insurance will cover a removal of extra skin (NOT A TUMMY TUCK) so keep that in mind for now. Later on after you reach goal and keep there for at least a year then worry about it.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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