where did this.....come from?

Love the calendar idea!! But don't think we should hide the yuckies!! Let the world see what happens to us, maybe the whole "oh, it's just a hyst" thing would go away!!!
So far as the dunlop, wear it as a badge of courage! I call my stretch marks my battle scars
Here's my question, anyone else glued?? I had a tah, with the delux plan (took it all and then some) and then got glued back

Tah, delux (all and then some) Sept 11, 2006

Bfree,
You crack me up! Thank god I didn't read you post 2 days ago, because I would have split my incision!! I am post op 2 weeks also and My surgery date was 9/26/06 so we are in the same boat. I am definitely using your dunlap term from now on. That is the funniest thing I have ever heard! I look identical to you I think, I have to lift up this little dunlap to see my incision too!Thanks for the funny post and a sense of relief that I am not the only one with this attractive feature

I feel great today so I am going to Walmart to shop for a pair of sweat pants with a wide waist band to push in this dunlap!

Take care,
fynewyne06

Hi, gals-

One of my dear sweet girlfriends brought me a care package, after we talked on the phone a day or two after my surgery & I said my skin looks yukky, my hair is straw-like, and my skin is dry and itchy ....
She bought me:

a tube of facial mask
a gentle at home microdermabrasion-like face wash & lotion set
a sugar body wash-scrub & new body lotion
Biosilk hair silker
Rosewater body mist

So, my first at-home shower was heavenly and gave me a pick-me-up! And despite my little belly, I did feel better and prettier. She also painted my toenails for me.

I highly recommend asking a mom, sister, daughter, girlfriend to do the same for you, too.

And also remember, that I think that all of you are dear and beautiful , simply from what you've all shared from your hearts .

"It is only with the heart that one sees rightly."- from the Little Prince

I so with you on this one. Like you, I was relatively toned and in shape prior to my surgery. I feel like, almost three weeks out, the Pillsbury Dough Boy. My abs are no longer toned, and I notice all the jiggles and flab that now takes the place of what was a nice looking midsection. Now, mind you, I am by no means a model, and I do not have a high self image of myself, thanks to a nasty ex-husband, BUT I am so self conscious of my flab to begin with and now I see this.....it is depressing. And the sad thing is that I am not all that hungry so it isn't like I am downing buckets of sweets and fattening foods.

I so want to get back what I lost.....but I am wondering if I will ever find that nice midsection again.......and, might I add, I am NOT a patient person!

never thought i would have the same problem..but i do. ask dh this am if we had money for a tummy tuck everytime i look down at that pouch i dont know whether to laugh or cry. who had a tummy tuck after surgery????

ROFL! You guys are the funniest! I feel sorry for our sisters who are still guarding their incisions!

I'll add to our vacabulary. I like to tell people that "I'm on the level". Then explain that the bubble is in the middle!

Please keep entertaining us all!

I saw an article on aol news about a bunch of old men
who did a nude calender. One of them was 80!!!!
They raised enough money for the kids in town to have music classes twice a week.

Hostesses are you paying attention........

LOL


Harley

Ok I cant even OFFER a nekkid picture of me after this hysto! The Calendar would send the masses running and screaming trying to find the end of the earth to jump off! Oh I have a pic when I was a cutie.....but I wont even look at it now, nor post it, because it will make me cry like a baby.
Surgery shouldnt turn us into an odd lumpy clog of clay! I feel like I should be the molding clay Demi Moore uses in the movie Ghost, not the PARODY movie where it flies all over the place and leaves a glob of gook on the table instead! growl

Thanks for all the laughs today ladies! Um, I am afraid I would not be up to the nekkid picture idea either. In fact I close my eyes when getting out of the shower. I can't stand to see my huge self. Oh to live in the bygone days where larger women were the sexy standard. I would be so HAWT back then! LOL. My dunlap goes from a little one to a full fledged 6 pack a day beer belly size dunlap. Very discouraging.

OK Y'all I have the belly thing figured out..... The kangaroo pouch is caused from the surgeon standing us on our heads before stapeling us up. Thats the only conclusion I can come up with. Let alllll the fat go towards our faces then BAM the pouch. I just wish he would have kept me upside down longer so the fat could have at least traveled to the boob area.