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of course i havent forgotten, but ive just been too busy to post...

happy 1 year anniversary to my gut-wack... yup, a year ago today (well, Feb 29th) i had my tummy tuck...

thanks dr pollock... :)

wooo hooo

a "wow" moment ... i look flat ... sooo weird, the pants are loose in the hips, snug in the waist (14s!!!)

scar pics - 38 days post op

definately not the most flattering pics ... i was leaning and all contorted, my belly looks 10 months preggers in that first pic... i dunno if it really looks that bad or what ... **cry**

38 days post op - front view

here are my 38 day post op pics.

still not happy with the swelling, but it is going down at least. you can even see a little waist definition (even though it is still about 5 inches more than my pre-op)

38 days post op - side view

38 days post op - rear view

my annoying pooch/pouch whatever...

my 'pooch' or 'pouch' is circled ... it HAS gone down, but its still there ...

27 day pics 1/3

i am now really wishing i would have lost that 20 pounds that i wanted to lose before. i was having a really difficult time losing the weight (i was completely unfilled about 2 1/2 weeks before my PS due to being REALLY tight with the stress of the PS)

my pics will be up on my blog in about 5-10 minutes. i cant see much difference between the 20 & 27 day pics ... of course DH zoomed in more for the 27 day pics, so it looks a little skewed.

but you can see that 'pouch' of fat on my left. i was really hoping the pulling of the skin with the TT would take care of it completely. it lessened it, but didnt get rid of it.

27 day pics 2/3

27 day pics 3/3

20 days post op compare - side

its been almost 3 weeks, here are my before PS and current pics...

Dr. P says that a lot of my 'trunkness' is still due to swelling, but even if it isnt im pleased as punch ...

20 days post op compare - front

20 days post op compare - back

mini rant??

yup, i posted this on LBT, but wanted it here too ...

i weigh 242 pounds ... there are LOTS of people on this board that start their WL journey where i am now ... and i've lost 160 pounds and still have 82 more to go... that's a ton of weight... (ha - and i wanted to call goal by my birthday in June ... double HA!)

i dunno if i am really the person to actually give the guidance... i just log my experiences (tell it like it is) for my journalling ... cause i cant remember shit...

i guess im just SO frustrated that i still look like a tree trunk... yes, the big huge gut is gone, but im still a very large girl.

it doesnt help matters that i refuse to tell my family (step mom) how much i've lost... she sent an email to another relative saying that i wont tell her but she thinks i've lost over 200 pounds .. damn. how big did she think i was??? i dont think i wanna know that answer.

why is it ...

that i have NO PROBLEM telling pretty much anyone and everyone that i have a lap band, but am hesitant on telling someone i got a tuck??

someone commented today that i've really lost a lot of weight, and i just smiled and said thank you and (i think) i just volunteered that i had lap band ... she said that just recently she's noticed ... i just said thank you ...

i mean really, im mostly an open person *really, pick your jaw up off the floor - i am ;)*, but i dont feel i need to broadcast the tuck to people here at work. i told my group, but that's pretty much it ... **shrugs** just thinking...

im just swell ... how are you ;)

so i have this really weird swelling thing going on .. (http://losingjusme.blogspot.com/2008/03/swell-hell-and-belly-button-pics.html)

swelling was getting better except for that 'bump' ... and i was getting a tad concerned... so i called Dr P and they squeezed me in.

he looked and was like hmmmmm ... poked, prodded, poked some more ... "you're fine" ... ;)

he eased my fears completely. yup, im swollen. gunna be for quite some time. he said he 'caused major trauma' to my body and its just going to take time...

ok then ... so it's not a seroma (very rare with his suturing technique).

have i mentioned lately how much i heart Dr. P ?? (http://www.drpollock.com)

so today i feel like crap....

i literally feel like i got the crap beat out of me with a baseball bat. my whole left side just aches and is very sensitive to the touch. putting pants on this morning sucked (but they are 14s!!!)

i dunno what it is, really really bizarre ... how can i be almost numb (kind of like how your feet are asleep type numb) but ache at the same time??

the itching is a bit better... it comes and goes in spurts. when i itch i ITCH so incredibly bad i am shaking and can barely open the benedryl package, but most of the time, not bad at all....

AND ... today is my first full day back at work ... so dont wanna be here. why cant we just win the freaking lottery and get it over with ????????? ;)

scar stories ... 1

i think im healing very well ... redness has gone except some lingering places where i had the rash...

swell hell continues...

this is a total pain in the ass to post all 5 pics so im doing 5 entries...


left / mid

scar stories ... 2

left side

scar stories ... 3

right/mid