A week ago I was walking up to the Ambulatory Surgery Unit and I was so nervous and so excited! I couldn't believe that I was actually going through with my Tummy Tuck and Brow lift... something I have wanted for so long! I had really struggled with the guilt- Guilt about the amount of money it was costing.... of the time I would be laying around and out of commission, and therefore not 100% available to my children...
But now that this past week is in the past, the worst is behind me and I am so happy. I no longer have the guilt because it was WORTH it!!! My stomach is still swollen and sore, but I can still tell the final results are going to be amazing. And I feel the same about my brow lift- now my face looks like it SHOULD for someone my age, and not 10 years OLDER, like it WAS looking! I don't feel self-conscious about my wrinkles anymore. It is wonderful.
Yesterday I was up and about and I did quite a bit- I puttered around the house in the morning- swept the floor and cleaned the bathroom. I made my kids lunch and washed the dishes... I did some "school work" with them at the dinning room table. Then after lunch I was WIPED OUT! I laid down in my recliner and took a much needed nap. My Husband came home around 3pm and took the kids to their gymnastics class so I could relax even more without the kids around. When he got home I walked to my neighbors house- probably a little under a mile total of walking yesterday. Then we took the kids to the bowling alley. No, I didn't bowl (are you crazy?!) I sat in the chair and watched everyone having fun. By the time we got home I was ready to get into my recliner! I let my husband put the kids in bed and give the baby a bath. I nursed the baby before she went to bed and then after I nursed her I took a much needed Vicodin and relaxed!
