Wow... I can hardly believe I've made it this far. Tomorrow is my first appointment with the Plastic Surgeon, where I get to ask about possibilities and pathways. I'm nowhere near goal yet, but I can see it in the distance and believe that will get there one day, and I want to start planning for it now. I still have well over 15kg to lose but I'm on a roll at the moment and feeling confident that it will happen.

The boob job is a given - I've lost so much weight off my chest that the girls haven't just gone south, they've migrated to Antarctica. They'll need the full reconstruction treatment - lifted back up and filled out again. Of all the weight I've lost, the only bit of it I miss are my boobs :mad2:. After having G-H cups, I'm now down to an E cup, but that's all just skin. Basically, I have to roll the girls up and tuck them into the E cup, but there's not much actual boob inside them.

I don't want to do just the basic tummy tuck either. I have 2 very large scars from previous surgeries and these both need removing/disguising. One is 10" long and is the common full line across the base of the pelvis, above the pubic line, which accentuates the flabby pannus that folds over it. That was from a surgery in the 80's where I tried (unsuccessfully :tt2:) to have both fallopian tubes repaired after using an IUD.

The other is from a major kidney operation that I had in 71, to repair trauma damage after being run over as a child (I was 9 at the time). This runs 12 inches from a point about 6" to the right of my belly button, just above my right hip bone, up and around my side to the centre of my spine about 4" higher at the back. It is in just the right place to "help" the back fat and loose skin fold over into a really nasty roll. I'm hoping that the surgeon can somehow remove this or incorporate the old scar into the new one so that the foldover effect isn't as apparent.

As a result, I think I'll need the full lower body lift, probably with some modifications to work around the old scarring. I'd love to get my upper arms done as well, but not sure if the doc will do all of this in one go and I will only get one bite at this cherry, so I am going to try to push for it.

Lastly, and probably one of those "love to have" things but not one of those "MUST HAVE" things would be to get the slightest little tightening done on my neck. I don't have wrinkles around my eyes or lines around my mouth but the triple-chin has been traded in for the turkey neck and I DON'T like it! :wink: When I pull the skin back, it only takes a tiny tug to make an enormous difference - how hard can it be to add that into the Grand Plan?

I'm so excited, I don't think I'll sleep at all tonight. I just don't know what can and can't be done to work with the problems I have, but after all this time, I'm at least going to be able to find out!!

Wish me luck, folk! :smile:

Edited May 21, 200917 yr by Fanny Adams

Well it's 11pm on Christmas Eve for me and I just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, as I probably won't be online tomorrow.

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Merry Christmas Fannay!

Merry Christmas back at ya, Fanny.

Mimi

Merry Christmas Fanny!!!!

WOHOOOOO Fanny you look Marvolous!!!

Merry Christmas to you!!!!

How are you feeling, Fanny?

Happy New Year, Fanny. I hope you are doing well.

Mimi

Happy New Year to you, too, Kate and Mimilou! And to everyone who reads my thread. Mine was a great night, hope yours was/is too!!

Happy new year 2!

Oh dear - just realised I haven't posted in my own thread for a while, though I have been following Alli's and Kate's, etc. So...time for an update, eh?

I'm healing up very well for the most part. Flew back to site on Monday night and just about finished up my second day at work now (Wed afternoon). Saw the surgeon's nurse on Monday before I flew out and got the all clear to stop taping up the incisions - thank goodness for that!! I had been cheating and had stopped taping up the boobs a couple of days earlier, as they seemed well healed and the itching from the tape was driving me mad! The rest of the itching is really easing off now that I don't have to have that glue all over me.

There are a couple of things that I'm not completely happy with, but the nurse assures me that it will all settle down in time. The LBL incision has popped open in a couple of places across the front and looks red and nasty. I thought it was a bad infection but the nurse says it is very minor and not to worry about it - apply Betadine at night and let it dry out in the day and apparently it will close over again and still shouldn't scar badly. I'm not so sure about the last part - it looks like those spots will be quick thick icky lines Also, the line above my mons is quite puckered, like a drawstring, and I'm not sure that will settle out fully - hope it will!

I've started scar massage with Bio-Oil, which I was told not to do until now (i.e. not until the incision had healed over). My nipples are doing great but the line under the boob is still quite red. Also, now that the swelling has just about gone from under there, the boobs don't stand up nearly as high and perky as before and DAMN but these implants are HEAVY! I wear bras with underwires constantly (yes, I know it's probably too early for that) because if I don't, I can practically feel the skin stretching and boobs sagging under the weight. Still, the shape is much more natural now and much less Barbie-doll plastic looking.

I can't get over how hard and flat my tummy and hips are. I knew I had been doing some hard work on my abs prior to the surgery but I had never been able to see/feel the results. Now that the swelling has almost gone, I feel so buff and taut!! YAY!! The hard work pays off at last - can't wait to be allowed to get back to that!

All in all, I think the most spectacular result has been the effect on my bum. It's so smooth and round and compact. I'm getting so vain about it now - every time I pass a mirror, I have to turn around and look and think "Is that REALLY me??"

Fannie, you are a hoot!!! I am sorry for your setbacks, I hope you heal quickly and in the manner you want. I am glad you posted about your breasts not being as perky, so I know to expect that. Did you get saline or silicone implants? I am glad you are able to go back to work.

Mimi

Hey Fanny,

It's great to hear you are doing well! I also have been wearing underwire, the implants are heavy and I don't want them to drop much more! I have to tell you, I've been using Mederma and it is doing wonders on my scars. I am not sure if they sell it there but it's definetly worth looking in to.

Have a great day and shake your new booty girl!

I haven't seen Mederma in the pharmacy here, but I've only been using the Bio-oil for 2 days and already I'm noticing results, so I'm fairly happy with it. Bio-oil is also specifically formulated to treat scars and stretch marks, and makes many of the same claims as Mederma. My surgeon says it is not really the product that makes all the difference but the process of massaging it in.

Mimi, I has silocone implants as those were recommended by the surgeon. The initial result after surgery was for VERY high perky breasts, but most of that was because the incision line underneath was so swollen and hard, it acted like a built-in underwire. The effect was actually very "fake" looking, as the shape was conical. Now that the swelling has almost gone, the shape is much better - more natural and breast-like, although a teensy bit lower than I was expecting. Still, I'm an E to F cup so I can't really expect completely sagless boobs. These puppies are HEAVY!! The implants alone were 440 ml each which is about 14 fl oz in your language. I'm not sure if they are the same weight per volume as Water though. In metric, 100 ml of water weighs exactly 100 grams, so 440ml would be 440 grams = 1lb, but I don't know if silicone is the same (i.e. it could well be heavier for the same volume). Either way - I'm figuring each boob (flesh and implant combined) weighs in at a couple of kilos - 5lb!

Edited January 14, 201016 yr by Fanny Adams
Corrected metric/imperial conversion

Sorry about your setbacks. glad you like the bum. I really needed to do something for mine but must live with a flat one.

I can't imagine wearing an underwire already. My right side boob is still very tender underneath. What kind of bra are you sleeping in?

I started using the mederma again but haven't noticed anything yet. It still makes me a little itchy too. I think I agree with your surgeon it's the massaging that helps the scar tissue.

sorry i am new to all this with the tummy tuck do they take out all the fill to do this operation and if they do when do the put the fill back do u gain any weight without the fill

Edited January 18, 201016 yr by worker
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