| Sometimes people need to hear how others made out | | | | pillows that supported every joint in my body. We |
| during a major surgical procedure such as a tummy | | | | borrowed a potty seat lift that made it easy to go to |
| tuck. Real stories from real people can help other | | | | the bathroom. Sometimes the potty seat was the |
| patients make a decision as to whether or not they | | | | most comfortable place to sit." |
| wish to chance the procedure. Here are a few real | | | | She kept up with her doctor's advice and by eight |
| stories of tummy tuck procedures and how the | | | | weeks after the surgery, she had gone down two |
| patients fared and felt afterward. All of the names | | | | sizes in her clothing. When asked if she would do it |
| were changed, but it does help other people get a | | | | again, Jainie had this to say, "Yes! I marvel at my flat |
| good idea of what to expect. | | | | tummy every time I shower or put on clothes. I am |
| Jainie S. had her first child when she was 32 and she | | | | glad to say good bye to those nasty stretch marks. I |
| felt that her genetically pear-shaped body was against | | | | love the fact that my bra isn't chaffing me anymore |
| her in the weight department by the time her second | | | | because of all of that excess skin. I don't miss those |
| child was born. She exercised religiously but nothing | | | | bread box hips at all." |
| worked to get rid of the postnatal tummy pouch her | | | | Of course, not everyone has it as easy as Jainie S. |
| children had left her with. On top of that, her skin was | | | | Here is what another tummy tuck patient - who asked |
| now sagging. In the interest of getting her pre-baby | | | | to have her name withheld - had to say about the |
| body back, Jainie began looking into liposuction and | | | | post operative days: "I was in more pain than I |
| tummy tuck surgery. She found a doctor in the area in | | | | expected and I was not prepared for the post op |
| which she lived and was told that she was a good | | | | hunch over and back pain. The end result was |
| candidate for the procedure. Following her doctors | | | | definitely worth it, but you should be prepared to let |
| instructions, Jainie prepared for the day of her surgery | | | | yourself heal. It does not come over night." |
| which included doing abdominal exercises to help tightly | | | | There are only two examples of real life patients who |
| up the abs in preparation. | | | | have had a tummy tuck procedure. Before making a |
| Jainie was released the same day as her surgery | | | | final decision on surgery, patients should always |
| after being instructed on how to clean her incisions and | | | | research in detail the procedure, how others made out, |
| drain her tubes. She says, "Getting up and down to go | | | | and information on the success rate of the doctor that |
| to the bathroom was the hard part. When I was | | | | is chosen. Due diligence will make all the difference in |
| standing, a sweat would take over my body, I would | | | | the world in determining whether or not patients should |
| get dizzy, and feel nauseas. I couldn't stand up straight. | | | | have the surgery. |
| My body was sore and achy. I slept with several | | | | |