So maybe I had a little surgery…

I was telling the whole world that I wanted a tummy tuck, and now that the time is here, I’m a little embarrassed that everyone knows.  Michael’s boss even knows, for crying out loud – how embarrassing is that!  Oh well, it is what it is. 

I think the embarrassment comes in me thinking that people will assume that I got the tuck for weight loss reasons or an easy way out.  That was the main reason that I had wanted to show the before picture – to show that the weight was gone, but the skin and muscles were jacked.  I didn’t get lipo, I swear! 

When my doctor looked at my abdomen he said, “Oh you poor thing.”  LOL!  He said I was the perfect candidate because I was in shape, had very little fat (aww yeeah!), and that I would gain more core strength by my abs coming back together (which will make me a stronger runner - woohoo!).  He said he didn’t understand how my abs got so far apart, so I showed him this picture…

...to which he said, "Oh man!  That doesn't even look real!  It's like a torpedo coming outta there!" 
ANYWAY!  I’m just really glad that the surgery is over and done with.  Michael is the best for handling the kids while I heal.  One plus is that I get a lot of time to read.  I actually finished “The Help” which I didn’t know was a movie already.  Dude, I'm out of the loop.

And this is hopefully the last hospital room I’ll sleep in for a long time!
This is how far I can straighten out one day post-op.  It's pretty much the same today, two days post-op.  My back hurts if I stand too long because of hunching over with little core strength.  Today I'm all puffy and swollen.  I gained like 5 pounds in water weight.  AND I may or may not be still wearing this green shirt, but I swear I’m taking a shower right after I finish this post!