I chickened out!

Fawn,

If your head was not right about having your TT then it was not the right time for you.  The twain shall meet if it is to be.

(((Fawn))))

You have to be emotionally and physically ready for the procedure.  You are still a very sharp cookie to know it wasn't today.

HoneyPoo will be fine.  He was trying the tough guy, suck-it-up approach first.  Next will be his version of TLC. 

You can write that down.

Hugs.  (I had to follow you over here to post.  I lived here for a bit when I was thinking along these lines and now I avoid it for the temptation when I know my mind is not in the game yet).

Fawn, I don't blame you one damn bit.  I too think about having a tummy tuck, but I'm just too scared and frankly I look okay naked...and no, I will never look like I did in my 20's but who cares.  I've had 2 kids and 2 c -sections and my husband loves me as I am.  Now I just have to learn to. Hugs sweetie.

Laura

I wish I had chickened out!  I kept doubting whether I should go through with it, had my TT and Brachioplasty on the 17th and have been miserable!  My TT is nothing - no pain, one drain, OK.  My arms have been so painful - and now I have a raging infection in the right elbow.  It started on Christmas Eve, I couldn't get antibiotics till Saturday when the pharmacy opened in our small town.  I finally get to see a doctor (not mine, but I don't care) tomorrow, to get these drains out of my arms at least, and maybe I'll live through it.   You went with your gut instinct, I wish I had listened to mine.

Philly, surgery sista;   ALWAYS trust your gut, even though it's smaller than it used to be.  - Tamera

If that was your "gut" reaction then you made the right decision for you.  Like you said if in the future you decide to go through with it, you will be ready. Your husband will get over it.  Men don't always know how to react to our emotions:) 

I chickened out too, only it was about 5 days before my second surgery, which was supposed to be an LBL and spiral thigh lift.  The plane tickets were bought, the hotel set up, the surgery paid for, the aftercare paid for -- and I was having panic attacks, because the first surgery was SO hard, and it was "just" a face and neck lift, eyes, and brachioplasty.  I am now 8 weeks out from that first surgery, and I have also canceled a second, smaller surgery that I had previously scheduled for January 8th (upper body lift and boobs).

I just can't face the pain and the risk -- it is too much, and I'm not seeing how it could be worth it.  The work I've already had done will need tweaks, and I don't know if I'm going to do that either.

Knowing your limits is CRITICAL.  Congratulations on being able to say no when your gut tells you it wasn't right and you weren't ready.  And it's OK if you never are.