Just wanted to reach out and tell someone that can relate to my feelings right now that my Tummy Tuck is scheduled for tomorrow morning, Jan. 3, 2013, at 7am! I'm soooooo excited but getting nervous and anxious. I was doing o.k. until the anesthisiologist called me a minute ago. I am not at goal weight which was originally set at my personal want of 140lbs. I really don't think I can maintain 140 as the last time I was that weight was 10 years ago and prior to my open heart surgery, full hysterectomy, hypothyroidism and Hoshimoto's . I could probably get there if I tried extremely hard but I know that realistically I won't be able to maintain that weight and if I could it would be a constant struggle. I'm at 157 and my plastic surgeon believes that 150 is a more realistic and maintainable weight for me since for the past 4 months I have maintained from 153 to 157 (I'm 5'71/2"). Therefore, since I'm within 10 lbs of my goal weight my surgeon says it will be perfectly fine for the TT operation. My VSG was one year ago on Dec. 13th.

I've already ordered the silicone sheets for after the scabs have fallen off to help the scar look better. If anyone is curious or wants more info. on them go to silon.com. I bought the abdominoplasty shaped sheet that is made for TT's or C-section areas. I watched a Youtube video where a woman had a TT and used the silicon sheets and her scar came out beautifully!

Wish me luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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That is a phenomenal transformation

It is magic loool

I am extremely happy to c those photos

And hope u get better soon

Waiting for pics in summer with the bikini mode ON loool

Bravo 2 gr8 decisions u have made

The sleeves and the TT

I guess the results r very pleasing and gave u a major boost to ur confidence

Wow, frumpynomore! Congrats! Even without the crease down the middle gone (I know it will leave eventually), you can see quite a remarkable difference. Geez, you are going to rock the bikini season. Thanks again for posting! I hope that you will be able to stand all the way up in the very near future.

Me some!!!

You look MAHVELOUS!!!

ok let me try to post my photos

excuse the blue ballons, but with out them i think it would be to graphic!!! lol

next surgery will be thighlift, arm lift and breast implants...

excuse the blue ballons, but with out them i think it would be to graphic!!! lol

Wow! You look amazing as well! That's a lot of work done and you are already planning more?! I guess that's testimony to how quickly you are healing and how satisfied you are with how things are going. You and frumpynomore are definitely inspiring. Thank you, too, for sharing. I hope that you continue to heal quickly and fully recover from surgery.

thanks danyelleb!!! actually i ask my doctor to do my legs but he said no cause it was too much and I'm glad he didn't cause I'm healing great i think and i can do that later of course with my arms and breast lol

WOWEEEEE lara0280! You look fabulous!!! Your doc did a great job! Good luck to you with the rest of your plastics and please keep us posted on your progress!

Yes, ultrav!olet, it has definately helped to boost my self esteem! BUT...it also makes the other areas that need tucked and lifted stand out to me. One of my friends asked me the other day if I thought I would ever be happy with the way I look and stop having cosmetic surgeries. My reply to her was "Absolutely! The way I look at it is I did a huge disservice to my body by all the abuse I put it through over the years of gaining weight, losing weight, gaining weight and losing weight. I need to do one lift and tuck to every major area (face/neck, tummy, butt, boobs, thighs) and then I will be done. I will have corrected, as much as possible, all the wrong that I did." Then I told her one last thing...don't be jealous! None of this is free or painless...it is all coming with an extremely high cost to my finances, pain/suffering, and time lost.

Thank you to ALL OF YOU for your support and thoughtful responses to my pictures. You make me feel great!

i think many people don understand us because they are not going thru all this or because they want to keep hurting their body like you said, but it is true like my doctor told me that we have to realize the limits we have and not get addicted to unnecessary surgeries and that is part of the doctors also to make us stop when we need to stop and not risk our health

Thanks Lara and Frumpynomore for posting your pics. We appreciate your willingness to share your journey.

Frumpynomore

I've been following your posts and with that kind of result it was definitely worth very penny and all the pain! You look fantastic.....summer won't come fast enough for you:)

Lara0280 what a great job your surgeon has done. Huge difference, super great results. I like how low the incision is. I would love to find out who your surgeon was and the charge for the tummy tuck. You look great:)

livinglifeout you can google my doctor