G'day from Down Under

I am home from breast arm lift and breast augmentation.

Arms feel tight and swollen... can't really put my arms flat to my side yet. At least it slows down my holiday eating opportunities since I can't really easily eat without help... hee hee hee

Breast pain- compared to body lift and arms... not a problem.  Bit tight.

The gals are still 'riding high'... but they'll drop. I am not sure what size the new boobies are.... other than BIGGER.  Full but not obscene. Feminine but not tarty.

Did have one frightening turn of events.  I was just about to be discharged from hospital when I went into an allergic anaphlactic reaction.  It came on suddenly and I could hardly breathe, my face was bright red and my skin was itching like mad.  Man, you should have seen the hospital staff spring into action.  My poor husband was met by my nurse running down the hall screaming "CODE BLUE get a coat up here NOW", while the crash cart was brought in, Drs and nurses swarmed everywhere to treat me... scary but over now.  They still don't know what triggered it, so I need to see an immunologist to work it out- and am under strict instructions to call an ambulance if I even think I might be having the start of a reaction between now and when I see the specialist.

Guess I can never say my surgeries are uneventful can I?

You all have a great Christmas.

Em

Wow Em, that's crazy!  Glad to hear you're okay now! 

How long do you think it will take you to heal?

I have 6 weeks ff work.  So fingers crossed should be mostly good by then.

Em

Oh god Em, you're a braver lady then I am.  From losing weight I've got flappy skin and I've thought about plastics but I can't bring myself to commit to it.  You're a trooper.

Glad you're okay.  I hope you heal super soon.

I had the flappy skin for ages before I started looking into plastics.  I stayed at goal for a year before I even went for an appointment.  Then waited more than a year before I had my first surgery.  It was a long process deciding to commit to the scars.  Even now I lament the damage I did to my body though obesity, and wish there had been a less dramatic way to fix the skin sags.

Where is your worst skin?

Em

My worst skin is my saggy boobs and my lower belly flap.  My boobs are just deflating as I'm losing weight and they're embarassing.  And my lower belly flap is ridiculous.  It covers half my coochie.  Blech...

Hey Neen, if you think your boobs are embarrassing, you should have seen mine.  They hung down to my belly button...and my belly button was sagging!   When I laid down, they were in two different time zones.

And if you're belly flap only covers HALF of your cooch, you are doing so much better than I was.  By the time I hit onederland, Miss Kittie was no where to be found.  From the front, you couldn't even tell I had on drawze!

A GOOD plastic surgeon can fix all of that.  Mine is a miracle worker.

Mary

Congrats on your surgery.  I hope they find out what you had the reaction to soon.  I know that can be scary.  I have had reactions to several different medications so really have to be careful with what I take.  My sister has severe allergies to several different things, but they have never been able to pinpoint exactly what.

ANGIE! Love the pics.  Wow, hope you feel as awesome as you look. Congrats to you.

Hey lady,

How are you?  I do feel so much better, it's amazing!  I had my digital camera stolen back in July, the night I got home from New Jersey.  Thankfully, my DD had downloaded most of the NY pics onto her laptop while we were still up there.....but we lost the pics we took on the way home.  Anyway, that leaves me at the mercy of others to send me the pictures they took at Thanksgiving and for parties and such......so not so much updating...LOL!
I am expecting some more via e-mail and I will update more. 

Merry Christmas!!!!