today's the day!!

my DH will post updates

thank you all for your thoughts and prayers

shalee .. i can relate!! the first time my PS looked at my tummy, he asked if i had one ... :grouphug:

just had to lift up the 'top flap' and expose it ... so yeah, i LOVE my belly button ... even if it looks kinda gross right now.

LOL I can relate to the belly button too. I am sure the temp thing will regulate itself. Your body just needs to get used to the smaller you.

Your doing awsome by the way

LJM you look very good! My stomach looked as bad as yours. It is amazing the change. My stomach is also so swollen as yours.

My belly button looks like an ass.

I am not impressed.

How much was your tummy tuck and did insurance cover it?

Okay AngieB that is pretty funny! Love your pic!

Hope the stitch removal goes well. Let me know if you get okayed to get back on the treadmill. Maybe I should be doing something like that?!

stitch removal wasnt as bad as i thought it would be. my bb is still a bit numb so that was a good thing. they took a few from the sides, but most should just dissolve.

i see him again in 2 weeks. said it looks good and swelling is less than last week, i guess that's a good thing ...

i asked about walking on the treadmill and i got ... THE LOOK .... he really doesnt want me on the treadmill yet, but i bargained with him, i will go no more than 1.5-2.0 MPH and the slightest twinge of anything i will get off of it...

every visit i like Dr. P more and more. the first visit (initial consult) i thought he was a pompous ass ... but liked him for some bizarre reason... today i truly enjoyed his company. **shrug** i dunno what it is... i still think he is very confident in his work, but that's what you want in a plastics guy...

sooooooo, i go on the treadmill Saturday morning. i cant believe it will be 2 weeks tomorrow! things have changed so much already... so happy to have the gut gone. i know i have a LONG road still (about 80 pounds after i just lowered my goal) but i will make it!!

LJM - did your ps say you might need another tt if you lose more weight? Mine sounds like I would but I can't imagine I'd ever have anything like this apron that I have now. I wonder if he thinks I want to look like a young hard body instead of a 46 y/o women.

Angie - the belly butt is cute!

steph,

he didnt mention the revision, but i know i will need one if i want it to look 'perfect' ... which at this moment is no big deal, but when i call goal may be... i shouldnt have an apron, but it will be 'skin-ny' ... as in loose skin...

angie - your belly button doesnt look bad at all .. you couldnt even see mine!!

LJM - see thats what I'm thinking - I may not look nice and tight and I might have a little saggy skin but as long as I don't have an apron I'm fine with that. I was to the point that I didn't care if the insurance wouldn't pay for a tt, if they'd pay for the pannectomy that was good enough for me - just cut that darn apron off!

the only thing i worried about with a panni is the 'wedge' that may be created ... that scared me ...

Angie I wish my belly button looked like yours. Like LJM, mine is nicely tucked away between my two belly rolls. When I had my lap-band installed that was my goal was the see my belly button...now that is my goal after my tummy tuck, because the belly button just wasn't ready to make an appearance even after 80 pounds gone!

Only on LBT would my belly button anus be considered cute.

LJM - What is the "Wedge" you were talking about earlier?

with a panniculectomy, they literally chop off everything either at the belly button or right below. so if you are 'thick' above the belly button you will still have that and it will create a wedge ... if you do a google search on panniculectomy, it will show a picture of a very bad one (and they considered it good...) i know i posted the URL to the pic, maybe in my other plastics thread ???