Added some new pictures

Hi all, I just added some pictures that were taken this week. One is of my arm scars and one is of me in my compression garments, but all the rest are just what I look like after my LBL. Now I just need surgery on my face, which won't happen for awhile. Well, boobs and thighs, too. Sue

Hi Sue, just checked out your new photos. You are looking just great, you must feel that way too. How was your recovery? I am getting a hernia repair, abdominoplasty and breast lift in several months. I would like my arms and possibly thighs done later. I am older than you and I know my face has lost alot of it's tighteness too. I don't know what my DH would say to that.He says I am getting very vain and is happy with the way I am now but I told him it was for me, so I can feel good about myself. Take care Sher

Hi Sher, Thank you. I am still recovering, still swollen especially my arms, but I am beyond thrilled that I had my surgery done. The bad thing is that I will be going broke buying underwear. This is the first time in a very long time (that I can remember) that I can buy panties and there is no bulging over the top or in the leg. I love how I look. It was a lot to have my arms done with a LBL, but to get it over and done with, even knowing then what I know now, I would do it exactly the same. In the next couple of years, I would definitely like to get my boobs, thighs and neck done, too. I don't think it's vain so much as just liking what the results are now. I spent so much time avoiding the mirror, I am just making up for lost time. Do you have a date set for your surgery and did you get the stomach covered? Sue

I don't have a date yet. My PS's office has submitted to try and get approval for the removal of the pannis (hanging stomach) part. After we find out about that a date will be set. My surgeon is a busy one and it probably would be about a three months wait. That's ok, since I am recovering from a total knee replacement I had just before Christmas. ALso gives me a little more time to save more money. As for liking what we see in the mirror now. I can so relate to that. To see the final results has to be just fantastic. I am excited to see mine. What kind of compression garments have you had to wear and did your surgeon provide them or did you get your own? Sher

Sher, I was wondering if you had the knee replacement surgery. How are you doing with that? When I was in the hospital from my ps, my roommate was a woman who'd had a hip replacement and I felt so bad for her. Are you doing ok with it, doing rehab and all? My ps gave me the binder after surgery and then since I ended up getting it kind of mucky from the incisions and all, they gave me a 2nd one. But I had bought one pre-op because I didn't know they were giving me one. As a matter of fact, they put the binder on me following the surgery and I woke up with it on. There is a website called makemeheal dot com that sells different garments. I would ask your ps if they will provide the garment. My ps also said that panty girdles were just as good as compression garments and I ended up buying a few of them because they are actually easier to use when I go to work and I like the sleek line they provide. Take care, Sue

You look amazing!!! I can't wait to win the lotto so I can have surgery! Yikes think I have to play it first to win it!!!