Question:
Hernia And Tummy Tuck

As of today im 4 1/2 months post op,My starting weight was 270 or so i have lost 81 pounds weighing in at 189 my own personal goal is 150 anything more than that is a bonus, I have a hernia and it is now starting to bother me.But i want to have my hernia and TT at the same time is it too soon for me to have a tummy tuck with 40 more pounds to lose yet?Im not dead set on a Tummy tuck- i dont have alot of hanging skin but my tummy muscles are lose,Doctor said he would do it for me and i dont have to worry about insurance.Second question is how painfull is the Tummy tuck and the hernia repair my hernia is a incesional one at the bottom of my scar(sp?) Thanks in advance    — msski (posted on January 13, 2002)

January 14, 2002
Tara - my surgeon said I could handle a lost of 15 - 20 lbs. without leaving any sagging skin after my abdominoplasty. I would guess 40 lbs. would leave with some sagginess. As far as pain - boy, we are all so different. Many people have felt the abdominoplasty was no big deal. I thought it was much, much more painful than my WLS and it took me longer to recover from it. I had an incisional hernia repaired at the same time. -Kate-
   — kateseidel