Guest guest Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Has anyone here had the tummy tuck? I just wanted to know what to expect. How painful it is, how long I will be out of commission, etc. Thanks in advance for your reply. Lynn H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Has anyone here had the tummy tuck? I just wanted to know what to expect. How painful it is, how long I will be out of commission, etc. Thanks in advance for your reply. Lynn H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 I just looked at the pictures of those having a tummy tuck. They don't really look like folks that had gastrci bypass. They looked very skinny with a pooch on their bellies. I was hoping to see people that actually had skin hanging, like many of us bypass people will have when we are done losing our weight. I know I will have some loose skin and would like to know what it might look like. I don't know if I would go through all that. I'll just have to get donw to my goal weight and see what things are like from there. If I am in a size 12 pants, but my legs and butt need a 10 , then I might do it. My legs are getting small and so is my waist, and my butt is GONE, my weight is staying in my belly/ hips area. I've always had a shapely figure( even being large), but when I started losing weight, things didn't go at the same rate.....LOL I just came out of my second plateau, this one lasted about 1 1/2 weeks, so I'm back on the losing side, I'm now down 70 1/2 lbs. I had my surgery 7/18/06 H. > > Has anyone here had the tummy tuck? I just wanted to know what to expect. How painful it is, how long I will be out of commission, etc. Thanks in advance for your reply. > Lynn H. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 , you are doing great!! Congratulations!! I agree, I too am going to see where I am at 18 months and go from there with my doctor. I too have most of my weight in my stomach and hip area. Doctor called me bottom heavy last visit. Looking good on top but need LOTS of work on the bottom. I'll get there tho. My goal for my sister's wedding next August is size 12/14.. I really need to kick it into gear. I am slacking. wrote: I just looked at the pictures of those having a tummy tuck. They don't really look like folks that had gastrci bypass. They looked very skinny with a pooch on their bellies. I was hoping to see people that actually had skin hanging, like many of us bypass people will have when we are done losing our weight. I know I will have some loose skin and would like to know what it might look like. I don't know if I would go through all that. I'll just have to get donw to my goal weight and see what things are like from there. If I am in a size 12 pants, but my legs and butt need a 10 , then I might do it. My legs are getting small and so is my waist, and my butt is GONE, my weight is staying in my belly/ hips area. I've always had a shapely figure( even being large), but when I started losing weight, things didn't go at the same rate.....LOL I just came out of my second plateau, this one lasted about 1 1/2 weeks, so I'm back on the losing side, I'm now down 70 1/2 lbs. I had my surgery 7/18/06 H. > > Has anyone here had the tummy tuck? I just wanted to know what to expect. How painful it is, how long I will be out of commission, etc. Thanks in advance for your reply. > Lynn H. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 , you are doing great!! Congratulations!! I agree, I too am going to see where I am at 18 months and go from there with my doctor. I too have most of my weight in my stomach and hip area. Doctor called me bottom heavy last visit. Looking good on top but need LOTS of work on the bottom. I'll get there tho. My goal for my sister's wedding next August is size 12/14.. I really need to kick it into gear. I am slacking. wrote: I just looked at the pictures of those having a tummy tuck. They don't really look like folks that had gastrci bypass. They looked very skinny with a pooch on their bellies. I was hoping to see people that actually had skin hanging, like many of us bypass people will have when we are done losing our weight. I know I will have some loose skin and would like to know what it might look like. I don't know if I would go through all that. I'll just have to get donw to my goal weight and see what things are like from there. If I am in a size 12 pants, but my legs and butt need a 10 , then I might do it. My legs are getting small and so is my waist, and my butt is GONE, my weight is staying in my belly/ hips area. I've always had a shapely figure( even being large), but when I started losing weight, things didn't go at the same rate.....LOL I just came out of my second plateau, this one lasted about 1 1/2 weeks, so I'm back on the losing side, I'm now down 70 1/2 lbs. I had my surgery 7/18/06 H. > > Has anyone here had the tummy tuck? I just wanted to know what to expect. How painful it is, how long I will be out of commission, etc. Thanks in advance for your reply. > Lynn H. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 , you are doing great!! Congratulations!! I agree, I too am going to see where I am at 18 months and go from there with my doctor. I too have most of my weight in my stomach and hip area. Doctor called me bottom heavy last visit. Looking good on top but need LOTS of work on the bottom. I'll get there tho. My goal for my sister's wedding next August is size 12/14.. I really need to kick it into gear. I am slacking. wrote: I just looked at the pictures of those having a tummy tuck. They don't really look like folks that had gastrci bypass. They looked very skinny with a pooch on their bellies. I was hoping to see people that actually had skin hanging, like many of us bypass people will have when we are done losing our weight. I know I will have some loose skin and would like to know what it might look like. I don't know if I would go through all that. I'll just have to get donw to my goal weight and see what things are like from there. If I am in a size 12 pants, but my legs and butt need a 10 , then I might do it. My legs are getting small and so is my waist, and my butt is GONE, my weight is staying in my belly/ hips area. I've always had a shapely figure( even being large), but when I started losing weight, things didn't go at the same rate.....LOL I just came out of my second plateau, this one lasted about 1 1/2 weeks, so I'm back on the losing side, I'm now down 70 1/2 lbs. I had my surgery 7/18/06 H. > > Has anyone here had the tummy tuck? I just wanted to know what to expect. How painful it is, how long I will be out of commission, etc. Thanks in advance for your reply. > Lynn H. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Hi Lynn -- I had a T/T in May of this year. I had RNY in April 2003, lost 240 lbs and had a huge amount of skin hanging on my belly. I didn't have any fat left, just skin... I took about a week off work and was OK....but I am something of an over-achiever. Count on far more pain than with a typical RNY surgery. PLan on a back-ache from stooping for a couple weeks. Plan on needing LOTS of pillows that are soft an mouldable...several behind your back to support lower back and neck, at least one under your knees as you will prolly not be comfy with your legs lying flat. Remember that nothing good comes without some discomfort/pain. Good luck! I don't regret having it for a minute. Take care, jbbb > > Has anyone here had the tummy tuck? I just wanted to know what to expect. How painful it is, how long I will be out of commission, etc. Thanks in advance for your reply. > Lynn H. --------------------------------- Sponsored Link Get a free Motorola Razr! Today Only! Choose Cingular, Sprint, Verizon, Alltel, or T-Mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Hi Lynn -- I had a T/T in May of this year. I had RNY in April 2003, lost 240 lbs and had a huge amount of skin hanging on my belly. I didn't have any fat left, just skin... I took about a week off work and was OK....but I am something of an over-achiever. Count on far more pain than with a typical RNY surgery. PLan on a back-ache from stooping for a couple weeks. Plan on needing LOTS of pillows that are soft an mouldable...several behind your back to support lower back and neck, at least one under your knees as you will prolly not be comfy with your legs lying flat. Remember that nothing good comes without some discomfort/pain. Good luck! I don't regret having it for a minute. Take care, jbbb > > Has anyone here had the tummy tuck? I just wanted to know what to expect. How painful it is, how long I will be out of commission, etc. Thanks in advance for your reply. > Lynn H. --------------------------------- Sponsored Link Get a free Motorola Razr! Today Only! Choose Cingular, Sprint, Verizon, Alltel, or T-Mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Thanks Jodi... you have been very helpful. Re: Tummy Tuck Hi Lynn -- I had a T/T in May of this year. I had RNY in April 2003, lost 240 lbs and had a huge amount of skin hanging on my belly. I didn't have any fat left, just skin... I took about a week off work and was OK....but I am something of an over-achiever. Count on far more pain than with a typical RNY surgery. PLan on a back-ache from stooping for a couple weeks. Plan on needing LOTS of pillows that are soft an mouldable...several behind your back to support lower back and neck, at least one under your knees as you will prolly not be comfy with your legs lying flat. Remember that nothing good comes without some discomfort/pain. Good luck! I don't regret having it for a minute. Take care, jbbb > > Has anyone here had the tummy tuck? I just wanted to know what to expect. How painful it is, how long I will be out of commission, etc. Thanks in advance for your reply. > Lynn H. --------------------------------- Sponsored Link Get a free Motorola Razr! Today Only! Choose Cingular, Sprint, Verizon, Alltel, or T-Mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Way to keep a postive attitude Donna! The way I look at it I'll be thinking about sagging skin very very far down the road if at all. I got this surgery because of those pesky things like diabetes and death. I was a few steps beyond giving a crap what I looked like. I still don't really. Maybe some day I will. Mike in GR > > Being a medicaid surgery, I have about a snowballs chance in hell of ever > actually getting a tummy tuck, or chin lift.. or thigh sculpture.. or any of > those things, but I have come to terms with it. I am getting healthy, will > spend some money on some good girdles, and finally be able to keep up with my > kids and fiancee again. I wouldn't change it even if I end up with the full > apron. This is all helping so much, so soon. I still have a chance of having > good skin, and I hope, and rub firming cream, and keep praying, but even if not. > The benefits so outweigh the disadvantages, so even if you can't, just > begrateful for that hanging skin, cause it stands for every single pound, ounce > and drop of sweat you have put into this. > Donna in VA > RNY 9-18-06 > 315/275/171 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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