Can you believe it’s been 3 months since my leg and arm skin removal. I haven’t let you know in a few weeks as to how I’m doing so I thought this was a great time to update you. I’m so please with what Dr A did with the skin removal surgery. He is truly an artist. I’m loving my extra skin FREE legs and arms.
My legs and arms have healed well and I’m back at the gym full force with no problems. I can’t even tell you in words how nice it is to workout without all that extra skin getting in the way. I have more stamina, I don’t tire out as fast and no more medical issue’s due to the over lapping skin. I truly feel like a new person. I dropped weight and I had to buy all new workout pants but didn’t hate that a bit. Someone asks just last week if I would do it all over again the same way knowing what I know. I said no there is one thing I would do different, I would have done it sooner. I have NO regrets other than that. From day one I was all in and I’m still all in with 1 surgery to go this coming spring. I’m looking forward to it as it will bring to close 5 years of a painful but rewarding process of my restored life.
This past week I started one more process in this healing journey. I have many scars and my skin is sensitive so I have some issues with the scars they are dark purple in spots. I will be visiting Dr A’s office treating those scars. It’s not an over night treatment and there will be a few. In the end the scars will be very light and appear to be gone. I thought it would hurt but it’s just like a little pinch every inch or so to the scar area. First they will appear darker and then they will begin to fade with each process. I’m so excited about this you have no idea.
Still I have people say to me that I’m vain and should be grateful I lost the weight and move on. I wish it were that easy to just move on. You are reminded daily of the weight issues you had when the skin causes medical issues. Every time you look in the mirror you see what has happened to your body and working out is hard with all that extra skin. For me as I said it was an all in starting almost 5 years ago. I made a plan and now I’m gonna finish that plan. It’s never been about a 2 piece bathing suit, tight clothing or having my teen body back. It has always been about my health, children, grandchildren and restoring my life. Taking back what was mine that I allowed others to take away. I’m proud of what I’ve done, weight loss surgery, plastic surgery and I take full responsibility of letting my weight get out of control and full responsibility of taking my life back and losing the weight. By no means was any of this easy and I wanted to get off this train many times. As I round the last leg of this journey It will come to its final station very soon. I’m gonna step off one train and quickly step onto another train. I don’t want any down time. I guess you could say there is a new chapter coming in this book of mine and it’s gonna be a doozy I hope you stick around to see whats just around the bend. Have a great Blue Happy day.
