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Hi ladies. I'm feeling great. Weight lose has slowed down. I'm almost 9 months out from surgery. Nut set goal weight at 180 - 190. Doctor would like to see me at 173. I'm not sure about that weight. I have not been under 200 my whole adult life and I am almost 41. I will have arm lift done in late September or early October. Surgeon said I have to reach goal weight and be there 12 months before he will do Tummy Tuck and thigh lift. I'm very happy with where I am at. I wear a size 12 pants and large top. Once arms are done I should be able to wear a medium top. Right now I have to buy the large shirt to fit my arms. I'm at 192 lbs right now. I have lost 107 lbs so far. For anyone that has had thigh lift I would like to hear more about how things went and how much time off work that you had to take.

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Hi ladies. I'm feeling great. Weight lose has slowed down. I'm almost 9 months out from surgery. Nut set goal weight at 180 - 190. Doctor would like to see me at 173. I'm not sure about that weight. I have not been under 200 my whole adult life and I am almost 41. I will have arm lift done in late September or early October. Surgeon said I have to reach goal weight and be there 12 months before he will do Tummy Tuck and thigh lift. I'm very happy with where I am at. I wear a size 12 pants and large top. Once arms are done I should be able to wear a medium top. Right now I have to buy the large shirt to fit my arms. I'm at 192 lbs right now. I have lost 107 lbs so far. For anyone that has had thigh lift I would like to hear more about how things went and how much time off work that you had to take.

Sherry

I had a thigh lift about 7 weeks ago. My surgeon took the incision from my bikini line, to curve around my buttocks. I could not sit comfortably for almost 4 weeks. The stitches were just too tight to bend. At my 6 week checkup, I was released to go back to the gym. I am not working thus summer, but I don't think I would of been able to do so before 5 weeks. Before that, bending to pick things up was hard and sitting for long periods of time was impossible. Check with your surgeon and see where you will be cut. Mine said I would be bending better at two weeks, but it took longer for me to feel any improvement. That being said, pain was not an issue. I had thigh lift and tummy tuck at same time and never needed pain meds after they took me off of the morphine drip at the hospital. I got the prescription filled, but never used the pain meds.

Also, I can't imagine having upper body work done at the same times as thighs, I had to use my arms to get up and down.

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Hey ladies...glad everyone is doing well. Had a follow-up with the surgeon today and he says begin maintenance. I am 5'9" and 166. Happy medium. My BMI still says overweight but I wear size 6 clothes!

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Hello fellow tall girls, I'm 5'9" and hoping to get below 175. Anything after that is gravy. I look at those pictures of Kate Middleton--she's 5'10" and weighs 120 pounds--and think, gee, she looks great, but, I gotta face facts: I'm never gonna be the Queen of England--and I'm never gonna be that size.

I was going to say, I'll keep losing til I'm happy with myself--but I'm 1 month and 1 day past surgery--and I'm pretty doggone happy right now!

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