Having surgery tomorrow morning

For me today is a bit stressful because I am having surgery tomorrow....very early in the morning.  I have a lot to get done before I drop off my 4 legged baby to his vacation kennel this afternoon and I leave for surgery tonight.  I'm starting to feel a bit nervous...a little ball of nervous energy...

I'm paranoid about blood clots....I remember once reading that the risk for clots is higher with the inner thighs.....maybe I read it wrong....I'm trying to not obsess on it and after all I do have faith in my Surgeon, his nurse, and the anesthesiologist so I trust I will be ok. 

I'm having my last major round of plastic surgery.....the Inner Thighs (long incision) and I am having my arms re-done (2nd full Brachioplasty...ugh),  plus some small revision to very top of the TT incision by the breasts and maybe a revision to the left nipple.  A LOT of cutting so it will be a lot of recovery.  I already know the inner thigh is the most painful of all the surgeries and the hardest recovery....I've been mentally trying to prepare myself for this. 

I have prepared plenty of healthy food and snacks to take with me to the facility were I will be staying for a couple of days....I don't want to rely on pkg'd or fast foods for the next couple of days so I'm taking some healthy food I froze and a container of protein shake powder (I've done this with each surgery and it helps me stay on track with my food.....this is important because I will not able to exercise for a few weeks and I don't want to gain ....I'm guessing that even walking is a problem for 3-4 weeks!)

I've taken all my before pictures (not pretty!) and will be taking after pics once I get out of recovery...as always I will share with my friends once I'm able to.
OK, I've rambled on long enough...maybe I am more nervous than I first thought....

Anyhow, I won't be posting for a couple days so I will wish you all well.   Prayers of any kind will be very much appreciated!

My Friend and Angel Renee (renee2007) will be posting post-op updates for me and I will post as soon as I can.  Thanks again Renee!!!!!

Catch up with you all in a few days when I hopefully have smaller/smooth thighs/legs  and unwrinkled arms.

TTFN
Ruth

PS- I'm trying to not freak out.....I've run out of things to vacuum...jus****ching the clock tick at this point until I take my dog to the kennel.

Hi Ruth, You will be fine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Just take it easy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Good Luck Tomorrow.
                                                                                                                                                           Gail

Wishing you all the best- the end is in sight with your surgeries! What a great feeling that must be. You know what you are doing and that is half the battle with these recoveries. Looking forward to reading the updates on you-

Ruth, you make it sound like it's the end of the world but it's not! (Easy for me to say now that I'm 3 weeks out!) The first week is hell I admit but I was sweeping my hardwood floors by 2 weeks out because it was driving me crazy and no one sweeps like I do. LOL Slowly but I did it. I drove myself to the Dr at 2 weeks as well and have even gone to the store to get a few things I needed. Nothing heavy. I have had to force myself to slow down because I have spurts of energy and I know I can still injure myself. Dr L was right. The bounce back from this was better than my LBL.

I'll be saying a prayer for you and wishing you the best recovery!

Melissa

This sounds very encouraging.  Hopefully recovery will go as smooth and easily for me as my TT did...   I figure if I expect the worst I can only be pleasantly surprised if it is better than expected. 

Thanks for shedding some sunshine on this for me.

Hi Ruth,
 I will be thinking about you tomorrow, hope all goes well with  you. can't wait to see your new pix,u r gonna be hot
Take care
praying for  U Susan

I wish I lived near u , I would watch your furbaby for you

Hi Ruth,
Just wanted to say good luck and may God bless you with a speedy recovery. My prayers are with you.
Aloha,
Linda

wishing you the  best!

Ruth-
I hope it all goes well for you.  I will be keeping my fingers crossed and you will be in my prayers.

red

Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.

You will be so thrilled with how good your thighs are going to look!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It is so worth it.

Lin