The following post from our forum is from a woman who is scheduled for a fleur de lis tummy tuck but is worried and scared to death about possible complications.

Date: 03/18/2012 Submitted by: TinaScared About Fleur De Lis Timmy Tuck

Going for my fleur de lis tummy tuck on the 29th of March and I am SCARED TO DEATH. Your stories of the complications have me even more scared. yikes…. I’ve been approved by BCBS since 2005 and am finally going to do it. I have got to get over this anxiety. Thanks for your stories.

RESPONSE

Date: 03/18/2012 Submitted by: Tanner

Tina,

That’s the problem with doing too much research and becoming too informed.

You get scared.

Have to remember that most tummy tucks go off without a hitch. It’s only the bad ones that you read about. The people who had no problems don’t write in.

The best thing to do between now and then is to keep busy and take your mind off of it.

Dwell on what it’s going to be like after the operation. Do research on nutrition, exercise, fitness and other self improvement stuff that you can work on after the surgery is over.

Good luck.

Tanner