NSV almost 2 yrs out: "I didn't realize you were so small!" (x-post from Main)

Hi all,

Haven't posted in a while . . .   Started my 2013 off the right way though!  At a New Years Day open house, lots of old friends, one of them said to me:  I never realized you were so small!".  She's only known me obese and then after surgery.  Now after 2 yrs and maintaining 105 lbs lost (okay, gained 2 pounds over x-mas!) and having tummry tuck and boobs fixed so they watch me brush my teeth and not tie my shoes (!!!!), i finally feel like i'm close to the small person i was all my life!

YAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!  Happy New Year everyone!  ((((((((hugs)))))))))

Way to go!

That's great!  What a way to start the year!

Do you mind me asking how the tummy tuck was?  Was it very painful?  I am considering having one (not circular, just hip to hip), but not sure I want to go through the pain.

Input from anyone is welcome.

Thanks,

Jane

So jealous of the tummytuck and boobjob!  I was looking into getting them last year, then decided that I didn't want to spend the money, but now I'm back to thinking that I really want them done!  Did you get both done at the same time?

plastics:  yup, did them both at the same time.  boobs were covered by insurance b/c i had some residual effects of a car accident.  tummy wasn't bad enough, so self-paid $5000 for that part.

recovery SUCKED.  waaaaay more complicated than VSG -- open instead of laparoscopic, tummy tuck incision literally from hip bone to hip bone and DRAINS -- yuck!!!!!  the recovery definitely took longer.  it was less freaky in the respect that i wasn't doing some life-changing thing like VSG, so it was less scary that way.

my basic rule now is:  no more elective surgery, ever!!!!!!!!  they're going to have to be removing an organ or something to get back in there!

i am defiinitely glad i had it done.  my -105 lbs boobs were TOTALLY disgusting and i hated my squishy tummy.  on the (extremely) negative side, i lost significant hearing in one ear post-surgery and nobody seems to know why.  quite a shock.  i've always hat bat-like hearing and still do in my "good" ear, so i'm doing okay.  my surgeon is the head of the plastic surgery dept at a large hospital here and she had never had this happen to one of her (many) patients, so it's not something i would factor into my decision!

any other questions, let me know!