I waited until I was at my goal weight and that my weight was stable. I figured the surgeons would be able to give me the most accurate opinion and quote during my consults. My surgeon said it it important after the surgery to try and maintain right around the same weight, because a larger gain/loss does affect the results.

When did you remove the Scopolamine patch from behind your ear (if you had one)? For a couple different surgeries, I left it there much longer than the 72 hours it was supposed to work and it made my vision blurry.

The tufts of fat are probably loose skin and yes, I still look like that post-birth-dog a little when I bend all the way over. They can't get rid of all of our lax skin, and honestly, our skin just likes to stretch a bit more. You are also still going to be in the middle of swell hell and nothing looks like what it will when you're a few months out.

As far as sex drive, mine felt strangely supercharged for the first couple of weeks - maybe because we had been given the suggestion to wait 4 weeks a minimum (we did not). It's now back to the normal I was used to post WLS and that's down some from what it was before WLS.

I go see my PS this morning, and ive got a few things to discuss with him. One being my eyesight. Ever since surgery, when i try to read something, whether it be on a shampoo bottle, my cell phone, emails, computer, etc, i cant see it. :( Also, i noticed this morning, while bending over to dry my hair, i have 2 little "tuffs of fat" around my belly button. Obviously prior to surgery they were bigger, but i would have thought surgery would have gotten rid of that! I dont want to look like a female dog that just gave birth ya know? :(

Also, early this morning, I woke with more severe stomach pain, uner chest, but above belly button area. I cant sleep on my side and have been forced to sleep on my back since surgery. My back hurts, i did something to my neck the first few days cuz it hurts to turn to the left (maybe from being forced to sleep on my back perhaps?), my sides are killing me, as if someone has been punching me repeatedly for a long time, and ive been very dizzy lately. I stopped taking the pain meds and muscle relaxers a few days ago, and just finishing up the antibiotic. Almost felt like vomiting this morning from the pain, but talked myself out of it, cuz im sure after a tummy tuck, thats the last thing i want to do. Just the thought of using my stomach muscles to vomit....no thanks!

I go back to work tomorrow. Hoping PS says i dont have to wear the binder with the incch thick cushion anymore, cuz it makes me look like im pregnant! Id be ok with wearing just the binder, cuz its thin, but the cushioning makes me hot and itch like crazy. :(

Anyone know about tummy tuck surgery and sex drive? Mine was lost for the last 2 years or so, but ever since surgery, idk, its like in overdrive or something. lol TMI i know, sorry.

I think you can go for a consultation at any time, but my plastic surgeon required me to be at goal for a year before she would do surgery. I talked to her about it long before that so that I could understand what I needed to do. For me it was easy, because she is the one that does my Botox, so they were casual consults during those appointments and didn't cost me anything.

I was at goal for 4 months when I had my consult. On surgery day I will have been in maintenance for 6 months (minus a day). My PS wants people at a stable weight for at least 3 months. The bariatric surgeon suggested waiting a year and a half from WLS surgery, but I got to goal quicker than most of his patients (8.5 months). So I guess the right answer is at a stable weight, at a time that is right for you, and at a point where your PS is okay with operating on you.