Did you have any muscle tightening? I think that's what I'm most nervous about. That and it being out patient! I have a post op appointment the next day so that will definitely get me moving a bit. I'm also having my upper inner thighs lipoed which I hear hurts quite a bit, but I don't want a flat tummy with my giant thighgina lol. The skin on the rest of my legs has snapped back so I'm hoping that will too. It just seems to be my belly and arms, but I'm not getting the arms done any time soon. Then I'm hoping for a breast reduction in the next year or so, especially if my band size goes down with the tt, I'll be looking at f or g cups.

The 6th. I'll most likely be doing the anchor cut too, he said I can tell him my final decision that morning. He also doesn't like using binders which I'm a little nervous about, since everyone I've heard from said it helps them feel more secure. He starts compression garments 1-2 weeks out.

I thought finding a 36DDD was hard! I can't even imagine! Congrats on the approval! I'm aiming for winter for mine provided I get a job with good benefits that will cover it, and my TT goes well

i worked retail and was on my feet all day, full time. i went back after 2 weeks (took an extra day off that week so only worked 4 days instead of 5). i could have went back earlier. i was going stir crazy and a little over a week out started driving and doing little things like walking around the mall or going over a friend's house

it hasn't budged since. the weight appeared in the course of maybe a month. that was about 6 months ago. my body just seems happier here. even though i was still considered "overweight" by bmi at my lowest weight my face was very thin and drawn out. i honestly like from my shoulders up better at this weight, and plastics next month will address the issues i have with my lower body, which really didn't change between the weight (i seem to hold all 10 pounds in my boobs lol. they went back up from a d to a ddd, that's the only size that changed).

nothing in my diet/exercise changed when the weight gain happened, though i did hit the dreaded 2 year mark right around then. 

i've gained about 10 and been fairly active here for probably 3 1/2 years. (surgery was september 2010). 

you can get it online and some health food stores carry it. i think last time i bought it it was $4 or $5 for a regular peanut butter sized jar (in manhattan)

i'm going through the worst pms hell in a long time right now so i'm totally relating right now. usually i go ahead and get something small like a hershey bar or a small box of cookies, but i'm trying so hard to be good right now. but nothing seems to be working. i tried some hot chocolate, spoonful of peanut butter, and some grape tomatoes. i'll probably cave tomorrow and get a piece of candy or something. just buy something individual sized and not a big box of whatever. that way when it's gone it's gone. you satisfied your craving without overindulging.

cookies! i was doing awful with them so i gave them up for lent and have hardly had any since then. 

they apparently brought my parents to me in the recovery room once i was "awake" and talked with me and the surgeon. i remember none of this. the first thing i remember is them wheeling me to my room, and my parents were there with me then.

i didn't when i had my wisdom teeth out (general), but lost a good amount with my rny. hopefully i won't lose any with my TT next month.

my (former) direct supervisor and manager are two of my best friends so they knew what was going on. i was in retail at the time and all the other managers and supervisors, and really most of my co-workers, in the store knew, except my gm (but that's another story. he's probably the biggest ass i've ever met in my life so it was entertaining for me that everyone knew but him, perhaps immature, but he didn't deserve to know something so personal about me).

 

edited to add: i also had saved enough vacation/personal time that i only had 2 or 3 days that were unpaid, so it wasn't a big deal.

i waited probably about 9 months. coke zero is like my crack now (better than the regular coke i drank more calories in a day of than i eat in a day now!). i do like the carbonated waters though too, but usually only drink them in the summer, they're so refreshing! my surgeon only said not to drink them for at least 3 months and then it was as tolerated (i've never had any issues).