I know it has been a long time since I have posted about my journey. Yesterday marked one year from when I went under the knife to better align my physical and mental image after losing 115 pounds. I have to say that this has been a long year filled with personal ups and downs, professional advances, family health crisis and much more. All of those things have kept me busy enough not to post, but the reality of it is that there hasn't been much to post about regarding my transformation. I've been hitting the gym pretty hard the last six months in an effort to gain some muscle that I lost while losing weight. I have been pretty successful so far and starting to see result - even getting some compliments from those around me about muscle tone. That make me very excited to push harder!
My body has long healed and settling into its new tighter mid-section. I still have not completely regained the feeling in the nerves around the incision and belly button. I feel pressure, but exact feeling is still missing. I hear it can take a long time for the nerves to reconnect and some don't come back at all. My back and flanks where they did some lipo still gets tender at times. I've had a few massages since surgery and tend to notice that tenderness most then. Almost feels like needles when the pressure is.
Posting a few pictures below (no jokes about how pasty white I am, please). You can see the the incision line is healing up nicely. It's slowly starting to fade away. I used to think it would take forever, but now I don't even seem to notice it.
At the end of the day, a year later...I have no regrets! Having this surgery has changed my life and allowed me to finally feel a sense of accomplishment in my transformation. I couldn't have done it without the help of my friends and family. You all have been so wonderful! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Now, let's see what 2016 has in store!
