3 YEARS OUT

Feb 23, 2009

It has been three years now.  I battle 5 lbs up and down but other than that things are good.  In September 2008 I had the extra skin from my lower stomach removed and the skin from my arms removed and insurance paid.  I was very disappointed with the results.  Feb 12th 2009 I just had a complete abdominoplasty , Liposuction on my arms and in 5 weeks I will go back and have the extra skin removed from them and I had breast implants.  So far so good.  Left breast is giving me some trouble but I only took a week off and today is my first day back and I'm feeling pretty good.  The girl that sits beside me at work has her surgery March 2ND and each day this week I am giving her a goodie bag with her favorite candy bar and a new shirt in a much smaller size than she is now.  I am so excited for her.  This surgery has changed my life, I guess I should say it has given me my life back.  The plastic surgery was maybe not necessary but a want. 

I am still a huge fan on Dr Udobi and KU.  They are an amazing team and I do my 6 month follow up faithfully  with him and I look so forward to my appointments, he is so motivating and uplifting to me. 

I attend a support group up north here where I live and the one thing I hear all the time from those that have recently had surgery is how you will never get this or that again after the surgery.  That is wrong. I can eat about anything but in moderation.  Sugar does nasty things to me but I'm telling you,  come that time of the month if I want a candy bar I will prop myself on the couch close to the restroom and I will eat maybe 1/2 of it and then pay the price but once in a while it is worth it to me.  I drink diet caffeine free Dr pepper about 2-3 times a week.  The list goes on and for these people to tell others that are thinking about the surgery that they are never going to be able to have these things again really upsets me.  It scares them and it's not true what they are saying.  Would it be better for us to never have that candy bar?  Yes, but that was the same way before the surgery.  There is nothing that I can't eat, I just have to be very careful with my diet cause I do not want to gain my weight back so therefore those bad things that I crave once in a while I will allow myself but in a very small portion and it cures the craving.

It has been life changing but all for the good and I would recommend it to anyone!

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