today's the day!!

my DH will post updates

thank you all for your thoughts and prayers

Your looking great!

I think your legs will tone up. dont freat about them. We only see them because your pointing them out. If we were all together noone would be checking out your legs till you pointed to them. lol

LJM: Your pics look great. You're doing wonderfully. I have the jiggley thighs going too. I'm very leary of more surgery. I'll be watching your experience!

thanks guys... still have quite a ways to go, but pumping up the exercising will help with that...

LJM: Your pics look great. You're doing wonderfully. I have the jiggley thighs going too. I'm very leary of more surgery. I'll be watching your experience!

oh that's not going to happen until i call goal. who knows when that will be ... :Dancing_wub:

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You look great woman!

we took clothed pics tonight, so i figured we'd take partially nekid ones too ...

kinda discouraged about the swelling although it is going down...

will post scar pics in my next post.

i only have one small area where i still have a scab and it looks like its about to come off any day now.

my belly button also has a nasty scab ... it had a small one and i was playing with it (peroxide & q-tip) and poked a bit too hard i guess and it started bleeding ... guess i wont do that again.

left side

right side

belly button

You are healing very nicely!

Looking good.

thanks! im so pleased with Dr. P's work!! :thumbs_up:

AMAZING progress pictures LJM. Thanks for sharing. You must feel so free. Congratulations.

Hey, when do you get the go-ahead to get back into the swing of things, gym, housework, etc?

LJM - you look awesome girl!

LJM: It's so fun to see the progressive pictures. You're doing fantastic!

Losing, you look great!! I am so happy for you!!

One of the ladies in my support group just got her arms done. she is just glowing she is so happy

ok maybe its just me bc I know my turn is coming up soon but geesh LJM it looks so painful! Didn't someone say something about being cut in half? As much as I love the result pics I can't help but cringe and think geesh steph thats gonna be you in 3 weeks.

All in the name of beauty!

Thanks for sharing LJM, its so good to see how good the results can be.

**sigh**, Steph to be honest i wasnt in that much pain.

sure it hurt (i think it was me that said something about being cut in half), but not as much as you'd think being cut in half would hurt ... :drool:

i had my op on Friday and my last dose of pain meds (liquid lorotab) was Sunday night and that was only to knock me out to sleep.

you're only having the tummy area, right? not the arms or girls? im quite thankful that i didnt have other areas done or i would have been dead in the Water i think ... i cannot imagine trying to get up out of bed (a total chore in itself) without using my arms. :eek:

one tip i can suggest - do some major squats / lunges now.. my thigh muscles pulled me through getting up off the bathroom and out of bed..

it did hurt when DH had to give me the blood thinner shots in my back ...

trying to think of what else really hurt... nothing excrutiating...

the skin pulled was quite uncomfortable, but you just grin and bear it...

i have nerve twinges every once in awhile...

the itching was really bad ... really bad but that was from my lipo incisions... what helped a great deal was putting Aveeno anti-itch cream (not lotion) on them. the itching didnt start until several days post op.

you'll do great! and with you being smaller than i am, your results are going to be fantabulous!!! :frown: