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My last update was 11/18 and 6 days have gone by. I’m now 18 days post-op from a medical leg lift (thighs and calves) plus a revision to my lower body lift. I never say anything about the revision since it’s been a complete non-issue. Read previous

My last update was on 11/12, which was 6 days post-op. I’m now 12 days post-op and a lot has gone on since then. This post is going to be very, very long, so consider yourselves warned. When I was researching thigh/leg lift, I never found much inform

Today has been a rough day. I'm six days post-op. This post will include topics like poop, so be forewarned.

In good news, yesterday I did 7.5 for oxy and 2.5 for valium alternating every three hours. Today I've done 5 for oxy and 1.25 for val

So they're actually called Birthday Cake Quest Bars but they're AMAZING. Frosted coating and sprinkles and YUM.

Good morning all! I’m up early due to medication and decided to attempt to post.

Recovery is.. recovery. It’s challenging but already things are starting to get a little easier. Today, when I’m awake for real, I hope to get some good re

My thighs!

I’m totally dopey, but got this posted in the plastics forum and wanted to get it posted here too.

Woke up at 4am. Showered with Hibiclens. Left for hospital at 445. Got there with no issues and checked in by 530. Remembered not to pee befo

Let’s see if I’m coherent enough to post.

Woke up at 4am. Showered with Hibiclens. Left for hospital at 445. Got there with no issues and checked in by 530. Remembered not to pee before getting called back so I️ could take the obligatory

surgery went well and i got home safe last night. I’ll post more when I’m coherent

At the beginning of the year I shared my goals for the year and then made monthly updates with my progress. Those fell by the wayside in June - I was totally not expecting surgery to derail me as much as it has!

I'll post my goal update in a

Woo! I'll get us started today. I used to do this all the time :)

I'm officially finished all of my school work and the term doesn't end until tomorrow at midnight. It's a great feeling. Today my only planned tasks are getting dinner in the

I had to go to Urgent Care this morning due to The Sinus Infection That Would Not End and I don't know about the rest of you, but my Urgent Care place gives me this stack of print outs whenever I go.

And it's TOTALLY AWESOME that one of them

Which makes it sound like I'm getting some awesome bionic legs, but, sadly, I'm not.

I have paid the hospital and done my pre-op on the phone with the nurse. Over the weekend I picked up the lift recliner that a good friend kindly offered to

My partner and I are considering a trip to visit his parents in May and, assuming it's open from renovations at that point, he has suggested that we go to Noma in Copenhagen (in conjunction with fulfilling my lifelong dream of going to LEGOLANDOMGYAY).

I had my pre-op with my surgeon today! I gave him lots of money. All that's left is to pay the hospital when they call to do my pre-op. And, apparently, my PCP hasn't shipped her approval over, which isn't a huge surprise since she's slower than mol

Do you carry your before picture with you?

I went to group therapy for the first time on Thursday and the therapist asked me this. She seemed shocked that I didn't carry my before picture with me. Is this a thing that people do? Do you all

I haven't done a post like this in a while.. what would YOU order here? (Ignore the prices, and remember that I'm not asking you to tell me what I should order, I'm asking what YOU would order for yourself.)

I'm pretty sure I have a hernia. What I'm not sure about is what doctor I should be seeing to address this issue.

Signs: 1-2 times I week I feel a bulge in my back on the lower left side. Tends to occur in the middle of the night. When I feel i

Three weeks to go until my final reconstructive surgery! Of course life is throwing lots of lemons at me right now, but I'm determined that this will happen.

Last week I did my pre-op clearance with my PCP and got my blood work taken care of

Hi all! I hope InsertFitness is okay!

I'll suck it up and get us going this week, even though I'm not thrilled with where my weight is at right now. I know why, and I know what I need to do, but knowing a thing and doing a thing are two sep

I know that I'm a big banger of the "addressing the mental health aspects of obesity is REALLY important" drum, but I also know that mental health services can be challenging for people to access due to location, scheduling, and cost.

My favo

Whenever I get cold, my left nipple hurts a lot. My mastopexy incisions encircle my areola, so I assume that this is because cold = skin contraction = incision tugging = pain.

Did any of you experience this?