Empty Nest – Annie D.

A Year in the Life

I haven’t sent out Christmas cards in years. No Christmas letter to wrap up the year. The kids are grown and I post as I go, so why send a card? Why write a letter? Maybe it’s for me. So I can put it all into perspective. 2023 felt big…

byanniemd007
May 18,23
before and after, childhood trauma, Empty Nest, Girl Power, Grief, Married Life, Middle Age Woman, Middle Aged Women, Mommy Makeover, Nurse, Plastic Surgeons, Plastic Surgery & weight loss journey, Plastic Surgery Revision, Self-love, Social Media, tummy tuck scar, Writer

Kaleidoscope

POV: This is what an #emptynester #nightshiftnurse #californiagirl does when she gets called off due to low census after unsuccessfully trying to sleep all day. Rolled straight out of bed into my controversial string bikini, drank a protein drink, ate some burnt roasted Brussels sprouts and half of my bean…

byanniemd007
May 07,23
Anti-Obesity Medication, before and after, childhood trauma, Empty Nest, Girl Power, Grief, Middle Age Woman, Mommy Makeover, Motherhood, Obesity, Obesity Medication, Plastic Surgery & weight loss journey, Self-love, Social Media, Treatment of Obesity, Writer

Fly Girl

I’m all in my feels today. Let me count the ways: 1. I went back to work and I worked three in a row with some of my closest friends. They made it easy on me cuz they are all the strongest of nurses. It’s easy to be in charge…

byanniemd007
Feb 24,23
50th Birthday, Annie whole life, childhood trauma, Empty Nest, Girl Power, Love, Middle Age Woman, Middle Aged Women, Mommy Makeover, Motherhood, Plastic Surgeons, Self-love, Social Media, Tattoo Therapy, Tattoo Tour

50th Birthday Tattoo Tour

I have been staring at an empty spot on my wrist, trying to decide what to put in that small space, for like two years. It’s surrounded by the leaves of one of my peonies, a Delft Blue tempest in a teacup for my mama, and my Covid syringe. I…

byanniemd007
Dec 27,22
abandonment, childhood trauma, Coming of Age, Domestic Violence, Empty Nest, Girl Power, Married Life, Middle Aged Women, Mommy Makeover, Motherhood, Mounjaro, neglect, Nurse, Plastic Surgery & weight loss journey, Self-love, Social Media

Sit Back and Enjoy the Ride

I have been making videos on TikTok for months. It filled my time during my surgical recovery and my walking updates motivated me to get up, brush my teeth, put on something presentable and to get my ass up and walk. I had a few viral videos of the day…

byanniemd007
Dec 22,22
Annie whole life, Babies, childhood trauma, Christmas, Domestic Violence, Empty Nest, Girl Power, Grief, Love, Middle Aged Women, Motherhood, Plus Size Plastic Surgery

Fragile. But not. 🖤

When we lived with Doc, we were artsy. We went to see movies at Tower Theatre. Movies that I think are cool now, but not the ones I wanted to see then. We saw El Norte, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Out of Africa, Raising Arizona, The Legend of Greystoke,…

byanniemd007
Nov 20,22
before and after, Empty Nest, Middle Aged Women, Mommy Makeover, Mounjaro, Obesity Medication, Plastic Surgeons, Plastic Surgery & weight loss journey, Self-love

It’s a Wonderful Life!

I weighed 245 lbs. on the morning of my Extended Tummy Tuck in January of 2022. Dr. Yamahata cut off 17 lbs. of skin and subcutaneous fat during the procedure and another 2200 mLs of fat via liposuction to my back and flanks. That’s approximately another 5 lbs. off. In…

byanniemd007
Sep 14,22
Annie whole life, College Visits, Empty Nest, Love, Middle Aged Women, Motherhood, Nurse

Not Yet Goodbye

Today was a long day. I set my alarm for 0700 so we could leave by 0730, which is the time Cassidy thought would be best to get us to Cal Poly SLO in time, considering move-in traffic, for her 0830 time slot. She is the orchestrator. We follow her…

byanniemd007
Sep 11,22
Annie whole life, Babies, childhood trauma, College Visits, Empty Nest, Loss, Love, Married Life, Middle Aged Women, Motherhood, Plus Size Plastic Surgery

Puerto Backyarda

I guess I’m predictable. Sometimes, anyway. I’m all in my feelings about taking my baby girl to college at Cal Poly SLO in two days. Two more sleeps with us. One more sleep in her own bed in her own room. Then one night in a hotel in Pismo Beach,…

byanniemd007
Sep 04,22
before and after, Empty Nest, Middle Age Woman, Middle Aged Women, Mommy Makeover, Mommy Makeover Must-Haves, Plastic Surgeons, Plastic Surgery & weight loss journey

8 Months Post-Op for Plus Size Tummy Tuck

Today I am 8 months post-op for my extended tummy tuck, and that’s more than half-way to where I want to be. I have been having so much fun with this TikTok stuff! And they are writing another article about me and my tummy tuck, so…I might pee my pants…