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February 16th 2008 @ 21.10
Well it is all booked. I
received my flight details and also paid the deposit for the surgery.
I am feeling really excited, but also quite nervous, not about Dr Hamza
or the outcome, but because I am going on my own and how much pain will I be in.
I have a good pain barrier as I gave birth to Mia (my second child) at home
with no pain relief in 3 minutes.
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Lisa before and after surgery
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Lisa before and after surgery
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I am
very independent and don’t like people fussing over me.
Andy has decided not to come with me and instead he will have a week
off when I get back to look after me.
Another stupid thing I am worrying about, is how am I going to lift my
arms to straighten my hair ha-ha.
I have been waiting to have this done for about 4 years, I have sooo
many dresses that need to be worn without a bra and finally I will be able to
wear them and actually fill the bust area.
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One dress in particular I can’t wait to wear is the one that Andy bought
for me (Designer one from Harvey Nichols) just after I had Mia, for my sisters
wedding. He bought it for me because he loves the way it looks on me, but of course,
I was breast feeding at the time, so my boobs where huge and full, and looked
great. But three years on and losing a
lot of weight, they are like spaniels ears.
It will be nice to actually stand in front of my husband again and feel
sexy instead of a sagging mess.
I am now a size 32 B and I think I would like to go up to a 32 D.
I AM SOOOO EXCITED
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Lisa before and after Lipo
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Tuesday 19th February 2008 @ 18.45
Woke @ 5 am this morning and could not get back to sleep thinking about
my procedures. I am getting really
apprehensive about afterwards. I am now
having Liposuction on my inner thigh, outer thighs and my hips. I have been thinking about things like
sitting down. I won’t be able to use my
arms to sit down because of the augmentation and I can’t just flop down, because the
lipo will be painful. What am I going
to do?
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Monday 25th February 2008
Arrgh, 1 week to go, can’t believe how quick it's going. I have packed my suitcase already, put some bikini’s in, just in case I
feel ok to sun bathe. The weirdest
thing about doing my suitcase is that I don’t need to pack any bras as the
bra’s I have won’t fit. (I hope). I have
packed some T-shirt dresses, so that I can wear them and then leave them in
Tunisia, so that my case will be slightly lighter.
I have just told my mum and dad what I am having done, my mum shook her
head and said “what if something goes wrong” which is understandable, because that
is what I have been thinking about. My
dad just stayed quiet.
I am not worried about too much at the moment, the worry about the pain
afterwards is only going to last a while, so I can do that. (I hope)
I just really hope that nothing goes wrong fingers crossed. Wish me luck
I have been eating and eating and eating, it might be because of worry
and also because I am thinking he can take it away anyway with the lipo, but need
to stop, as I don’t want it to go on the bingo wings or my tummy.
I have finally got through all the cleaning, decorating and ironing so
that when I get back, I shouldn’t have too much to do.
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Monday 3rd March 2008 16.15
Arrgh I am now in the airport, sat at the gate 112. It took me along time to get here.
I am feeling very hot, nervous, apprehensive, sad, lonely and lots more
mixed emotions.
I hope the people at the hotel are friendly they all got there
yesterday, but I wanted to spend mothers day with my family, because I will be
alone on my birthday.
Andy and Mia (2) have just brought me to the airport and all Mia keeps
saying is “mummy I will look after you.” Bless her.
17.50
Well I have had my first cry. I
am sat on the plane, I have a full row to myself and I just got very emotional,
maybe a little scared thinking, am I going to wake up. I feel very alone and already missing my family.
11.00pm Tunisian time
Sonia met me at the airport and a very kind man pulled my suitcase for
me, it made me feel very special.
I am now lying on what is going to be my bed for a week in my own room,
it is very quiet and peaceful. The
hospital is very clean, the night staff are very nice, even though they
don’t speak much English.
I am not too sure what I am supposed to be doing, one nurse said that she
is going to come and take my blood.
Help, now I am getting scared., At
the moment I am feeling nervous, very lonely, excited, I have butterflies in my
tummy and I am dying for one of Lizzy’s coffee’s (next door neighbour). I think if I just go to sleep I will be
fine.
My Birthday 4th March @ 18.30
Woke at 7.45am and was very apprehensive.
I spoke to a patient last night that was having 6 hours of surgery, she
said she was being taken down at 7.30 this morning, so I wasn’t expecting anyone
till mid afternoon. Then there was a
knock at the door, it was Ben saying Dr Hamza is here and he will be coming to
sketch on me in 5 mins, because I am the first one down. OH MY GOD I thought, my
heart hit the floor, no time to think and no time to open my presents or cards,
but me being me, had to open them before I went down. Didn’t quite read them thoroughly, just a quick glance. My lovely husband bought me 2 lots of really
nice sexy underwear in my new size, I hope they fit. Then there was another knock at the door. Arrgh, it was Dr
Hamza. HE IS LOVELY!!!! He made me feel
very comfortable. It was like he was
doing a piece of art work the precision had to be just perfect. He said my left
bust was slightly bigger then my right and that he will balance them out for
me. I have had 300cc put into
them. When he had finished he took some
photo’s of me, reassured me, said see you in 30 mins and then left.
Shit, shit, shit, there is no turning back. I quickly pulled myself together and then there was another knock
at the door. It was my bed to take me
down to theatre. She put a big green
gown on me then off I went, everyone was shouting, happy birthday, to me as I
pasted their rooms, that’s maybe because I was singing happy birthday to myself
lol.
It was a very long way. I was there. I was taken into a little glass
room and put next to what looked like a large kitchen hatch ha-ha. Then the shutter opened and I had to climb
off that bed onto another bed on the other side. (I think this was so the wheels didn't contaminate the theatre,
which I suppose is good but it didn’t look a very pretty sight as we all know
what hospital gowns are like)
They took my wedding rings off and the anaesthetist tried to get the needle in my right arm, but
it would not go in, so she tried my left and it went in straight away. She put lots of wires and things on my back
and then a pulse reader on my finger.
Off she went to the phone and then the next minute Dr Hamza came in and said
we are ready, by this point I was also
calmer, but not really there if you know what I mean. Then the lovely lady put something in my left arm and then off I
went with the fairies. This was about
9.00. At 11.30ish, I was awake and being wheeled back to my room. When I got there, all I can remember is
saying look at my room as they had put banners and balloons up for my
birthday. Then I was phoning lots of
people saying I have finally had it done, I have boobs.
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1-day post op (5th March)
Didn’t sleep very well last night, I was getting very frustrated, my back
was really sore, when I lifted my bed up my bum went numb. Three times I had to pee on the bedpan because I had lipo and they won’t let you
stand. I have a pressure garment on and
I had to pee through it. The nurse this
morning put the pan under me and I missed and peed all over my bed! I had to just move around so they could change it.
Ben came round this morning at 9.00 and took my drip out and removed the
drains from my breast.That felt like he
was pulling my tonsils out.
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Lisa the day after surgery
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I have done lots of walking today and feel fine. My lipo is very sore, but
nothing I can’t manage. I did go a
little funny about 5.30 pm, but it was because I was 30 mins late with my
painkillers. My left leg at the back is
still leaking fluid which is really annoying me.
I had a sneaky peak at my boobs and they look massive, whoops have I
gone too big. I can’t wait to have a shower because I have all yellow stuff all over me.
Thursday 6th March
Woke up this morning and felt very weak. The nurse brought my croissant and a cup of tea, but as soon as I started eating it, Ben knocked on the door to remove my dressings, as Dr Hamza wanted to check my stitches.
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I was laid down whilst he did it, then he said do I want to take a look, so I stood up slowly and walked to the bathroom. As I look at my boobs I had the most horrible feeling come over me. They look hiddeous I thought to myself, what have I done. I started to feel very hot and sick. I tried to make it back to my bed, but then I had to go back to the bathroom as I was about to be sick, and boy was I sick. I pulled myself together and got back into the bed and then I started to feel fine.
Ben came back to change the dressings on my lipo, so he took them all off . I was able to have a shower from the stomach down and then he came back in to re dress me.
I am very worried about my boobs as they look really big, Ben said not to worry as they have 30% swelling still. I also took my compression suit off today, to get it washed and my legs look quite lumpy, very very bruised and very wobbly. I hope I have done the right thing with the lipo because I don't want wobbly skin, I would rather have fat legs.
7.20
Just washed my hair and pampered myself a little and feel fantastic. I have my suit back. I looked at my boobs again and they do look fab, maybe the cuts and bruising scared me a little.
On the flight home, I literally felt like my boobs where going to pop. They felt very tight, but thank god it was the cabin pressure and they where fine. Nobody ended up with silicon all over them hahahaha. I didn't manage to get any sleep, but I got through it.
Monday 10th March 2008 9.30
Well it is nearly a week since surgery, can't believe how quick it has gone.
Flew home yesterday, it was a very long day, I was very exited about seeing my children Courtney and Mia and also my husband, as he was the one who got me the surgery for my birthday.
Arrived at Gatwick and felt like a big weight had been lifted off my shoulders. I had managed to get though the flight and in a matter of minutes I will be in my husbands arms. After I got my case, went through to arrivals, as soon as I reached the door I could see my beautiful little girl Mia and my hubby. They both had a big smile on their faces and both came running over to me. Mia was very excited to see me and my husband looked very please as well. (was that because I was finally able to take the kids off his hands) They both gave me a big kiss and cuddle, gently of course.
As we was walking to the car, I could feel my husband looking at me all the time and for the first time ever, without me asking him he said "you look REALLY nice". That for him was quite a big deal and it made me feel on top of the world. I do feel very womanly and sexy already, for the 1st time in a long time.
The drive home was very uncomfortable, because I am not used to movement yet and the car was bouncing everywhere. I was very excited to see Courtney and she started to fill up in her eyes as I came through the door. SOOO glad to be home with my family.
Had a brew and then took Andy upstairs to show him the outcome, he does seem very pleased and can see a big difference. Can't wait for all the bruising to go and to be able to take my bra and compression garment off and feel normal again. Slept very well, but Andy did lean on me twice in the night i'll have to build a brick wall between us!! I think Andy is scard of touching me. He won't touch them unless I put his hands there. I hope he likes them.
July
Just been to Mexico for my holidays and I felt absolutly amazing. I felt very sexy in my bikini and found a lot of people, male and female looking to see if I had surgery, so me being me, got speaking to them and told them that yes, I have and I am very pleased with them and that I got them done through Linda Briggs. I was a little gutted as it is a Catholic country and I wanted to go topless, but was not allowed. I did once and I was asked by one of the security men there to put my top back on. Whoops naughty me.
Went out one night, my husband and I got talking to a man at the bar, because as usual I have the lowest top on. We obviously got talking about by boobs, as I am so pleased with them, they seem to pop up in every conversation. I was very surprised and my heart melted when my husband said to this stranger " I have the wife back that I married" Oh my god I was gobsmacked. I don't think he has given me a compliment like that for years.
Eight months down the line, I am still very happy with my surgery and on almost every occasion I get them out or let people have a good feel. A lot of women have never felt breast implants and want to ask me questions all the time, about how they feel and do I have the same sensation. The answer is yes they are great and I do have the same sensation. I actually work for Linda Briggs now because I find it easy to talk about surgery. I have already been through it and can tell people that going abroad is much better and cleaner than staying in the UK.
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